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TVNZ 7 have a theme for their November schedule "In plain English" as publicised by New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English. I wonder if it includes: * Minimise your tax liability with a trust in plain English * Maximizing your rental income in plain English * LAQCs in plain English * Public
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I don’t know much about ACC, have never needed it to any large degree, but I wonder about this article. Is Rod Oram, usually sound, off his rocker or are we being spun into partial privatisation by rhetoric? Rod Oram: ACC - the political claims and the reality... | Stuff.co.
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I may have once before… The Peters Factor | In Business Sir Robert Jones predicts that National will prove to be a one-term pony, and that the former member for Tauranga will once again stalk the boards of parliament… Via Mallard
Forest & Bird are rather polite regarding the Energy and Resources Minister’s desire to access resources locked up in National Parks and Conservation Reserves. “Fuck off” seems more appropriate. Forest & Bird » Blog Archive » Undermining NZ’s clean, green image Energy and Resources Minster Gerry Brownlee has his eyes
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According to The World’s Smallest Political Quiz , I’m a Centrist. What are you? Via Cameron
What if the Birther, the Truther, and the Deceptor movements merged?
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My Political Views I am a left moderate social libertarian Left: 3.79, Libertarian: 1.11 Political Spectrum Quiz
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Watching the report on TVNZ regarding US heathcare, or lack of it, and the impact it's having on the new poor. Given that's a fast rising group it's a worry for the US. I fear it's where National will...
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Can't blog about politics today, until the polls close, other than to say: Go vote! From www.elections.org.nz New Zealanders can vote in any polling place in the country – but voting in...
Not the sort of comment you'd expect from a potential coalition partner "Over the time that I have known John Key I have learned to be disappointed." Rodney Hide on John Key, is he another Michael Cullen?
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Rodney Hide (unless someone has hacked the Act Blog) on John Key. Are they really going to work together? The way Rodney puts it a Key/Clark coalition seems more feasible... John Key's Econom...
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Dear Helen, Saying you won doesn't mean you won Dear John, Thinking you won doesn't mean you won. The only thing I learnt was TVNZ Mark Sainsbury can't run a debate. Could Paul Henry have a go n...
