When asked if he would now consider local government and a run at the mayoralty, Smith said he enjoyed what could be achieved in politics.
“But there’s also a part of it, with the leaks and the secret recordings and that nasty stuff, that occurs in both Parliament and local elections that doesn’t make it very attractive, so I’m not giving any consideration to a further career in politics.”
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Winston Peter’s heckler voided his free speech rights the moment he put the company lanyard around his neck.
Dispatches from the edge of a temporarily unbalanced Aussie mind.
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Pressed repeatedly on if Labour would bring back the Māori Health Authority axed by the National-led coalition, Jackson said the party was “still talking about” it – before he conceded his own view on the issue.
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He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.
