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Gentailers threaten 25% power price hikes
Electricity Retailers Association tells regulators consumer prices could rise 25% if Meridian, Contact, Genesis & Mercury are forced to offer their own…
May 18 • 
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Winston taunts Luxon: 'I made him PM'
Peters fires Goff for asking if Trump knows history; Peters doesn’t tell Luxon first & says: ‘I made him PM’; Luxon fine with that; Billionaire bids to…
Mar 6 • 
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'We can afford more drones, but not more homes'
Govt drops 'there's no more money' framing on defence, saying it can afford to double spending on 'enhanced lethality' to 2% of GDP; Mission Homefront…
Apr 8 • 
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Pay equity shock to have unintended consequences
Hospice NZ & Barnados warn gutting pay equity law risks higher hospital costs & staffing exits; Ministers making fast-track calls, despite conflicts…
May 11 • 
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Brown unveils unfunded health plan for small NZ
Simeon Brown unveils 'clear pipeline for health infrastructure' that is unfunded, costed at $20b without detail or timing, apart from parking buildings…
Apr 16 • 
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191 NZers now emigrating each day, including 15 babies & toddlers
Emigration of NZers doubles in 5 years to record-high A320-load a day, including 15 babies & toddlers; Greens propose of $88b of wealth taxes over 4…
May 15
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Bernard's Saturday Soliloquy for the week to April 12
Trump explodes neutron bomb under globalisation, but no change in NZ's tight budget stance; Govt keeps gaslighting on hospital crises; Economy sluggish…
Apr 11 • 
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What Donald Trump's second Presidency means for us financially
US tax cuts, tariff hikes & huuuge debt-funded budget deficits set to drive up the global interest rates that underpin NZ mortgage rates; Trump's…
Nov 6, 2024 • 
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Bernard’s Soliloquy for the week to March 16
Govt offers public infrastructure PPPs to fund managers without challenging its assumption on public debt or understanding the previous failings of…
Mar 16 • 
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Cutting even deeper against the grain
Willis planning $4.4b of extra cuts over next four years, tightening fiscal policy against the grain of loosening monetary policy & recessionary…
Apr 29 • 
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The National Development Act (1979) redux
National-ACT-NZ First coalition Govt shoves Fast Track Approvals bill through first reading under urgency; Bill gives final decisions to minister; No…
Mar 7, 2024 • 
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NZ economy sliding back into recession
RBNZ's 'NowCast' measure shows economy fell back into contraction in June quarter as housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on fails to follow PM Luxon's…
Jul 7 • 
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