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Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix for Tues, Dec 24
Top 6; Scoops & breaking news; News yesterday & previews; Overseas news this morning; Deep-dives, interviews, explainers, features & analysis; Op-eds…
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Bernard’s Picks ‘n’ Mixes for Monday, December 23
Top 6; Scoops & breaking news; News yesterday & previews; Overseas news this morning; Deep-dives, interviews, explainers, features & analysis; Op-eds…
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Bernard’s last Saturday Soliloquy for 2024
Last chance for 'Gravy Day' special; Willis doubles down on austerity, despite GDP slump & new forecast showing it actually cuts GDP & increases public…
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What Donald Trump's second Presidency means for us financially
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The National Development Act (1979) redux
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Bishop goes for growth, but leaves finance hand brake on
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PM 'constructively dissatisfied' with himself
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NZ’s lack of a capital gains tax means the richest here pay vastly less than elsewhere
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Bernard’s Picks ‘n’ Mixes for Saturday, December 21
Top 6 @ 7; Scoops & breaking news; News yesterday & previews; Overseas news this morning; Deep-dives, interviews, explainers, features & analysis…
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Austerity thumps GDP most since 1991
Nicola Willis denies responsibility for worst recession since 1991, when Ruth Richardson unleashed the Mother of All Budgets; Willis' austerity strategy…
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The Hoon around the year to December 20, 2024
Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale discuss 2024 with Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, Helen Clark, Josie Pagani & Elaine Monaghan, including their people of the…
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Cathrine Dyer
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Helen Clark
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Elaine Monaghan
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MSD rejecting 220 pleas for food grants each day
MSD almost doubles rejections of pleas for food grants since last year; Food banks scrambling for cash before Christmas after Govt cuts funding too…
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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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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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