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Without an overhang, we are still facing a hung-parliament but, with the overhang, the centre-right has a pathway to hold on to power so perhaps the strategic voting message is getting through.
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Seymour may have devised the policy as an alternative to compulsory saving, but I think he has a winner for the retired.
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How can Barbara Edmonds possibly manage to balance the books with ‘treats’ for just about everyone. It can’t be done, which is the message Nicola Willis is running with.
Quick Hit: Pharmac Said No in May
National wants $604m more for medicines, paid for mostly by a 10 per cent aid cut with the Pacific protected. In May its own budget turned down Pharmac’s request of about $800m and gave it $54m.
The Battle Over the Waitangi Tribunal
When the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process was introduced by Norman Kirk’s Labour government in 1975, it was framed as a means of dealing with ongoing injustices. The Waitangi Tribunal was established as a permanent commission of inquiry to investigate contemporary claims that the Crown had breached the Treaty.