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Friday 20 November 2020 News: Hawke’s Bay makes cautious step towards Maori seats Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has decided to poll voters at the next local government elections on whether it should create Maori wards. Chief executive James Palmer says while a majority of councillors appear to support
Daily News Roundup – 20 November 2020
Housing Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Meeting the overwhelming quantum of need – A modest proposal for ending New Zealand’s housing crisis Richard Harman: “This crisis is too big; we cannot wait any longer” Zane Small (Newshub): Green MP Julie Anne Genter questions Jacinda Ardern ruling out capital gains tax while
Daily News Roundup – 18 November 2020
Housing Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern won’t stage Reserve Bank intervention as Government loses grip on house prices Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): One-in-four property speculators dodging housing tax Jane Patterson (RNZ): Government under pressure across political spectrum over inflated house prices Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Reserve Bank finds itself
Daily News Roundup – 19 November 2020
Housing Alice Wilkins (Newshub): Tax reform needed to solve New Zealand’s housing crisis – economist Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing crisis: Green Party urge prime minister to reverse ruling out taxing property wealth Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing crisis: Judith Collins reluctant to push for change to Reserve Bank’s mandate RNZ:
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A much-loved teacher who died unexpectedly at home has been remembered by current and former students for his “cool police stories” and “great sense of humour”. Emergency services were called to the Christchurch home of former Australian police officer Jarrod O’Sullivan, 51, on Saturday. It is believed he
The Great Culture Clash: France Will Not Give Its Freedom of Speech up to Radical Islam
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The Scandal You Never Heard of: Outgoing Syrian Envoy Claims Trump Was Misled on Syria Troop Totals
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Courting the Chameleon
Denis Muller University of Melbourne Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election raises a perennial question about what Rupert Murdoch does when the candidate he has opposed wins. Answer: He adapts and he waits. Electoral cycles last three, four or five years. Murdoch has been wielding power for
Daily News Roundup – 17 November 2020
Housing Liam Dann (Herald): House price surge just getting started – Westpac Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Social pressure from renters may force Govt to implement wealth tax: Westpac Michael Cullen (Stuff): Time for a monetary policy rethink Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Reserve Bank fuelling housing boom with printed money says former Finance Minister
The Battle for the White House
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Daily News Roundup – 16 November 2020
Housing Henry Cooke (Stuff): If it wants to fix housing, Labour needs to get out of its defensive crouch Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Millennials suffer as old generals fight the previous war Tracy Watkins (Stuff): What happens when the only way for housing seems to be up? Steven Joyce (Herald): It’
Face of the Day
Clocking in at 16 hours; 46 minutes; nine seconds (just 14 minutes shy of the 17-hour cutoff time), triathlete Chris Nikic didn’t finish with the fastest time when he recently completed his first Iron Man race—but he did set a new world record. This past Saturday, after
