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Old Man with Tennis Racket Hits Journalist
Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz A journalist is slightly worse for wear this afternoon after getting a backhand of sorts from Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Brown, who enjoys his tennis, was his grumpy old self as journalists gathered at his local tennis club, seeking more comment from him about his response
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View from Your Window
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Parts of Auckland May Become Too Expensive to Insure
Michael Naylor Senior Lecturer in Economics Massey University The clean-up from Auckland’s devastating floods last week is just beginning but insurance companies will need to start thinking about what the record-breaking weather event will mean for future coverage. Over 24 hours, 249mm of rain fell across the
Hipkins Steering Towards the Centre
Richard Shaw Professor of Politics Massey University With a cabinet reshuffle just a day after two polls showing Labour ahead again – in which he promoted more Maori MPs to the front bench, created a new Minister for Auckland portfolio and drew a line under the previous administration by demoting several
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Same Circus Different Ringmaster
If the media can drag themselves away from their favourite pastime of criticising Mayor Brown, they may see a similarity between the government’s big boo-boo on school closures to Mayor Brown’s tardiness in declaring an emergency for an unprecedented weather event… Or not. Both appeared ‘out of
A Bread and Butter Reshuffle
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins continues to be the new broom in Government, re-setting his Government away from its problem areas in his Cabinet reshuffle
New Boss Worse than the Old Boss
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz The cabinet reshuffle was predictable. Hipkins is, so far, our very worst Minister of Education. He has appointed someone who may well be worse: Jan Tinetti. Hipkins says: “As a former school principal and education expert new education minister is uniquely placed
Dropping GST on Food Would Be Crazy
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com A couple of months back I wrote a column on New Zealand’s high and, at that time, accelerating rate of inflation. I concluded that column with the following comment: There has to be some risk that, faced with growing public concern about inflation and the
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As Predicted, Hipkins Extends Fuel Tax Cuts
As I predicted earlier, removing the fuel tax and RUC cuts has proved too difficult for the Government to even contemplate. With Hipkins’s promise to focus on the cost of living, removing the fuel tax and excise was going to see prices at the pump rocket up by a
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