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Tolling revolt brewing in National heartland
Locals in Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay & Manawatu outraged over Simeon Brown’s plan to toll new highway replacing the closed Manawatu Gorge road; First big…
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Driving blind at higher speeds
Dozens of experts plead in open letter to Government to drop plans for faster speed limits, arguing it will lead to more deaths, higher health costs…
Sep 16
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Govt may kick elderly out of hospitals
Reti wants to ‘free up’ 200,000 hospital bed nights/year, which Costello may do by moving sick elderly into residential care & raising ‘fragility level…
Sep 15
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48 seconds on a plan that would reverberate for a million years
Cathrine Dyer & Bernard Hickey chat about the week's big climate news, including fears over a Trump victory, Australian tourism's climate risks, and the…
Sep 13
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Using blunt instruments and magical thinking to ignore evidence of harm
A Saturday soliloquoy on how the new Govt’s laser-like focus on debt reduction and use of blunt instruments and magical thinking is wreaking havoc in…
Sep 13
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The Hoon around the week to Sept 13
Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale discuss the week’s news with Cathrine Dyer on climate & Robert Patman on geopolitics, plus the hosts of the 'Asymmetrical…
Sep 13
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Treasury warned Govt lower debt limits meant less ‘productivity-enhancing investment’
Budget papers show Treasury preferred 50% net debt limit to 20-40% range adopted by Govt; Treasury warned lower debt target risked Govt “passing up on…
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Join us for the weekly Hoon on YouTube Live at 5pm
Join Bernard & Peter for the Hoon at 5pm, with guests Cathrine Dyer on climate news, Robert Patman on Geopolitics; plus the hosts of the 'Asymmetrical…
Sep 12
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How Substack works to take (some) craziness out of America's elections
Co-founder Hamish McKenzie explains how Substack's focus on subscriptions avoids the algorythmic reflexes of ad-driven social media to ramp up outrage…
Sep 12
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ACC wants to administer inflation at more than double the RBNZ’s target rate
ACC proposes fee hikes of 16-33% for cars, households and businesses over next three years; Big new fees proposed for EV drivers and small businesses…
Sep 11
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An average 219 NZers migrated each day in July
230 mill workers were made redundant yesterday and half say they're planning to migrate; A new campaign is launched to win control of Entrust and…
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Question Two of The Kākā Project of 2026 for 2050 (TKP 26/50)
In our second TKP 26/50 post, we ask: what specific improvements on housing, climate & poverty do we want by 2050? Or should we just target GDP growth…
Sep 10
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