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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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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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10:57
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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Bernard Hickey
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Robert Patman
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Peter Bale
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Cathrine Dyer
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Helen Clark
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Elaine Monaghan
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Josie Pagani
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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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17:03
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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Bernard Hickey
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Craig Renney
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16:14
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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16:57
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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11:04
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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