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FTA with Russia on ambitious timetable
Negotiations for a Russia NZ FTA are expected to accelerate, in time for a deal to be signed up in Vladivostok in November. …
Dairy industry proving it’s an economic saviour
Huge volumes of dairy products are being shipped to markets abroad, suggesting the export boom is not yet topping out, despite some forecasts it …
Roll Call – How Our MPs Performed in 2011
Trans Tasman’s Editors have once again run their rule over NZ’s MPs and rated their performance in 2011. Roll Call looks at how they’ve …
Staunching drift from the left
Phil Goff took the rap for Labour’s crushing defeat, and it’s clear the party needs to take a good hard look at itself. Apart …
Peters completes latest reincarnation
In his latest reincarnation (perhaps his last?), the great survivor in NZ politics Winston Peters is set to apply the blow-torch to Key’s coalition. …
After 12 years on the front line in politics Simon Power concluded Parliament is too often afraid to tackle the “tough issues” for fear …
Capital talk: Buzz from the beehive
The master of the container ship Rena celebrated his birthday on Wednesday last week, the day the ship ran aground on the Astrolabe …
Time to turn swing voters into loyalists
National is so far ahead in the polls, conventional political wisdom says it will win the general election, if not by a country mile, …
Who’s to blame for the finance sector debacle?
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 …
Play of the Week: Don’t insult our intelligence
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 …
Duncan Cotterill