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RNZ: The 9th floor – Clark

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“We don’t have a written constitution so nowhere is it written down what are the powers of the Prime Minister. It’s partly your personality. It’s the skills that you’ve got and it’s how you use the office”.

RNZ: The 9th floor – Shipley

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“During the day we spent with Shipley she said New Zealand needs to take the “blowtorch” to middle class welfare, with student allowances and healthcare areas where middle and higher income earners should pay more.” “I believe in leadership, not political occupancy.”

RNZ: The 9th floor – Bolger

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“He says neo-liberalism has failed and suggests unions should have a stronger voice. He says Treaty of Waitangi settlements may not be full and final and that Māori language tuition should be compulsory in primary schools.”

RNZ: The 9th floor – Palmer

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On RNZ Guyon Espiner is running what will be a fascinating series, The 9th Floor, consisting of interviews with five ex NZ PMs. First up on Friday was Sir Geoffrey Palmer, “reflecting on the revolutionary fourth Labour government and his year as one of its three Prime Ministers”.

Nice Mr Key

Written By: Anthony R0bins
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The Stuff interview of John Key in the weekend was better than your average puff piece.  Interesting that Key doesn’t even try to defend his record on its merits.

Asking the second question

Written By: Steve Pierson
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Key’s best trick is to answer questions with impressive or technical sounding assertions that stop the line of questioning but don’t actually tell […]

Helen Clark answers your questions

Written By: Guest post
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We’re very pleased to have Prime Minister Helen Clark respond to your questions as part of our Interview the Leaders series. Question to all leaders: Of […]

Clark’s answers delayed

Written By: Steve Pierson
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We had hoped to have the answers for our ‘interview the leaders‘ series from Helen Clark today. I talked with the PM’s office […]

Last chance to grill Rodney

Written By: Steve Pierson
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Remember, our party leader in the ‘interview the leaders’ series this week is ACT’s Rodney Hide. Questions are picked on Sunday, so take […]

Interview the leaders IV: ACT

Written By: Steve Pierson
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A big thanks to Greens’ co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimmons for participating in our ‘Interview the leaders’ series. Her answers provided an insight into how the Greens […]

Interview the Leaders – reminder

Written By: Tane
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Just a reminder, there’s still time to get your questions in for the Greens in our upcoming Interview the Leaders series. You can […]

Interview the leaders

Written By: all_your_base
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We’re going to interview the leader of each party but we’d like to give you the chance to ask the questions. Starting next […]