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15:19
Blaming Treasury & Labour, Willis looks for even more Austerity
Willis says she’ll double-down on spending cuts to get back to surplus earlier than Treasury forecast in HYEFU; Councils, doctors, nurses, builders…
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Bernard Hickey
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16:14
Willis' austerity strategy just isn't working
Treasury reports public service spending cuts to pay for lower taxes for landlords are shrivelling the economy, lifting spending on benefits, pumping up…
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Bernard Hickey
 and 
Craig Renney
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16:57
When austerity worsens public debt & cuts GDP
Treasury expected to downgrade GDP growth & tax forecasts as Government's spending cuts & building freezes hit the economy; Willis expected to delay…
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11:04
Coalition forced to back down on tolling Manawatu Gorge replacement
Grassroots campaign in Tararuas forces Simeon Brown to back down on tolling plan, but he's still forging ahead with tolls for Penlink, Ōtaki to north of…
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Bernard Hickey
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10:10
Govt cancels Tauranga housing expansion
Bishop blocks Kāinga Ora-led plan for 37,000 new homes via ‘Specified Development Project’ in Tauranga’s Western Corridor, saying costs & risks outweigh…
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56:08
The Hoon around the week to December 13
Co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale discuss the week’s news, including Cathrine Dyer on the Government’s empty climate plan, and Robert Patman on…
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Robert Patman
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Peter Bale
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Cathrine Dyer
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11:42
Ferries delayed again, then handed to Peters, who hits out at Seymour
Seymour lets slip $1.5b cost of ferries & brags Interislander being privatised; Peters says Seymour ‘unhelpful’; Mainfreight, Ports, unions & retailers…
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8:38
When haste makes waste & is risky, dangerous & mean
Govt set to spend double on new ferries; Govt halves health IT spending, leaving hospitals on unsupported Windows 2012; 4,000 vulnerable kids’ future at…
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Bernard Hickey
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7:06
Govt eyes 'PPP-lite' for health centres
Citing its coalition-forming deal with ACT, National-led Government announces 'strategic leasing' policy for technical buildings, including health…
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