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John MacDonald: Government contract changes make sense to me
Patriotism or profit.
Essentially, that’s what these changes the Government is making to the way it hires companies to do work for it come down to.…
1 year, 3 months ago
Kerre Woodham: The Government's failing to sell the sizzle
There's an old saying in advertising - to be successful you don't sell the sausage, you sell the sizzle. Christopher Luxon may have a great sausage, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Kerre Woodham: Does everyone have their price?
The Government's not here to shag spiders, is it? It's planning to turbocharge its fast-track regime, speeding up the process to acquire private land…
1 year, 3 months ago
Kerre Woodham: Phil Goff stuffed up royally and paid the price
Crikey, I barely stepped away from the microphone yesterday and we had a double whammy news-wise. Phil Goff sacked as High Commissioner to London for…
1 year, 3 months ago
Don McKinnon: Former Foreign Affairs Minister on Phil Goff losing his job as High Commissioner to the UK
A former Foreign Minister says Winston Peters was right to fire Phil Goff.
Goff made comments at a public event questioning US President Donald Trum…
1 year, 3 months ago
Kerre Woodham: It's hard to find anyone sorry Adrian Orr's gone
Well, the announcement yesterday was on a par with John Key’s resignation. The Reserve Bank Governor, Adrian Orr, pulled the plug on his career yeste…
1 year, 3 months ago
Robert MacCulloch: University of Auckland Business School Professor on Adrian Orr's resignation as Reserve Bank Governor
There's confusion around the Reserve Bank Governor's resignation.
Adrian Orr's announced he's quitting, two years into his second five-year tenure. …
1 year, 3 months ago
Kerre Woodham: Trump has power and he's not afraid to use it
As promised, Donald Trump has launched a trade war against America's largest trading partners, with huge tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China kicking …
1 year, 3 months ago
Tim Groser: Former Trade Minister on the impact of the US' trade war
Divisions are deepening between the US and other western countries over Ukraine, and now trade.
The US President's slapped a 25% tariff on all Canad…
1 year, 3 months ago
Kerre Woodham: There are no new headlines in health
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a health system in possession of physically and mentally unwell people must be in want of billions (wit…
1 year, 3 months ago