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Why Do We Hate Voting So Much?

Voting rights took centuries of struggle to win, so why don’t more people value it?

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NZF’s Company Tax

A 20 per cent SME rate is not a magic wand that will rebuild the country on Tuesday. It leaves more of the profit with the people who hire. Applaud that.

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Quick Hit: Don’t Write It Down

A curriculum lead was filmed telling staff the minister’s feedback was “OIA-able” and should stay out of writing. Now the chief ombudsman is formally investigating, and Erica Stanford says it’s a matter for her chief executive.

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Strategic Voting to Win

Strategic Voting to Win

With less than four weeks before overseas voting begins, the expression ‘the election is in the hands of voters’ has rarely been more meaningful. The way voters decide to use their two votes could materially affect the balance of power in the next parliament.

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Cartoon: Trevor Mallard in dark glasses and an earpiece walks a small, anxious Chris Hipkins across a road by the hand, holding an umbrella in the rain.

Chippy’s Minder

Trevor Mallard kept Owen Glenn away from Helen Clark in 2008. On Saturday he was stepping between Chris Hipkins and a heckler at Ōtara. Some people never change jobs.

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