Archive for October, 2011

The Main Report Group’s “Sacred Cows” Survey Reveals The Retirement Age Must Rise, No Support For MMP And Too Many Parliamentary Seats

October 17th, 2011

After 12 years on the front line in politics Simon Power concluded Parliament is too often afraid to tackle the “tough issues” for fear …

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Capital talk: Buzz from the beehive

October 13th, 2011

The master of the container ship Rena celebrated his birthday on Wednesday last week, the day the ship ran aground on the Astrolabe …

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Time to turn swing voters into loyalists

October 13th, 2011

National is so far ahead in the polls, conventional political wisdom says it will win the general election, if not by a country mile, …

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Who’s to blame for the finance sector debacle?

October 7th, 2011

A row has broken out over the finance company debacle, with Auditor-General Lynn Provost criticising Treasury for failing to intervene early enough to lower …

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Play of the Week: Don’t insult our intelligence

October 7th, 2011

Oh, come on now. Anyone who believes John Key’s appearance on RadioLive was not political needs a brain cell check, and perhaps a reality …

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