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The news out of Europe, China and Australia is looking worse by the day. Bernard Hickey spelt out the consequences for New Zealand this morning: A concerted slowdown in the global economy and the inability of China to restart its strong economic growth would bear…
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I've had a petition sent to me with this message: a lovely woman in Johnsonville has just started a petition against increasing class sizes! That includes the education spokesperson at Federated Farmers, who has agreed to circulate it. So that's my challenge to you -…
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Nurses forced to supply own thermometers Nurses are bringing their own thermometers and pens to work as Auckland District Health Board cracks down on a multimillion-dollar overspend. And a baby stopped breathing and almost died at Starship hospital because there were no nurses on its…
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It's been said so often that surely everyone understands it by now. New Zealanders invest too much in property. It's "unproductive" investment in that it doesn't create or export anything. It's often done on borrowed money, which drives up debt. Oh and just incidentally, it…
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Remember when John Key promised 4,000 new jobs from the cycleway and, in fact, a few hundred, short-term, part-time positions were created? Remember when John Key promised 170,000 new jobs and unemployment went up instead? Looks like Key's being making it up on the pokies-for-convention…
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Wanganui Collegiate School has been in financial trouble, with not even annual fees of $9775 per day pupil and $19,775 for a boarder enough to keep it afloat. After Anne Tolley gave it $800,000 last year, the National Party's Budget 2012 has given it another…
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There's been a bit of coverage of this development at The Green Party conference: Greens launch attack on Bennett and Key The Green Party has ramped up its personality politics, directly accusing Paula Bennett and Prime Minister John Key of stripping away the welfare and…
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I'm not a big fan of the whole honours system, with or without knighthoods. But if you're going to have it, make it mean something. Giving the top gong, which only 20 living people can have, to a guy whose claim to fame is marrying…
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We all know National is on a record borrowing binge. But when they say they need to slash education investment to balance the books, what dumb spending are they leaving untouched? Which leaves the obvious question: why were these Tory sacred cows protected while public…
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