
John P
@SolidAirJohn
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Kicking against the pricks
Aotearoa
Joined November 2022
RT @quinnjin2009: Sorry, what the hell is #Atlas @nzinitiative lobbyist Bryce Wilkinson doing drafting our bills, and sitting in at parliam….
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RT @DevinMynett: I'm not sure whether leaving incendiary messages for nurses to see is very mature. It's also a sure way to piss us all off….
rnz.co.nz
More than 36,000 nurses are walking off the job in a pay dispute, and Simeon Brown had a message for them.
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RT @canderlodge: $8.5 billion hole revealed in Budget documents .Willis was told her budget didn't add up. Put this….
rnz.co.nz
Treasury has released a suite of documents, showing how the Budget came together over the course of one year.
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The Nactfirst coalition is not working. Yet another closure. Eves Valley Sawmill to close, 140 jobs gone
rnz.co.nz
Tasman mayor Tim King and Nelson mayor Nick Smith had appealed to the company to delay the closure for a year
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Incomptence and negligence from the minister of finance. In any other public or private sector operation, the overseer of this catastrophic failure would be sacked, or arrested. Budget documents find $8.5 billion gap between costs and savings
rnz.co.nz
Treasury has released a suite of documents, showing how the Budget came together over the course of one year.
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1998 statement from Max Bradford. ELECTRICITY REFORMS MEAN LOWER PRICES |
beehive.govt.nz
Information about: Ministers, their portfolios, newsletters and contact details; Speeches, press releases and press conference transcripts; Ministerial briefings; Major Government initiatives and...
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Despite Luxon saying that "we are on track", and that "they have a plan", rising costs continue to outpace incomes as Kiwis strive to keep up financially.
rnz.co.nz
"You can only rearrange and cut so many times," says a solo mum of two, as she compares soaring bills to last years.
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"They're (farmers) also deeply opposed to paying for their emissions in the same way other industries do, under the Emissions Trading Scheme, because it would impact profits."
rnz.co.nz
Explainer - A major decision is about to be announced by the Prime Minister, but what does it mean and why does it matter?
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Otago University associate professor Sergio Biggeman, who studies supply chains, said the higher prices were largely down to the supermarket duopoly. “Until competition changes, I don’t think we’re going to see any better prices.”
stuff.co.nz
Feeding a Kiwi family now costs $25,000 a year — $10,000 more than in Australia and $8000 more than in the UK.
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RT @StephenClarkeNZ: Yesterday it was the closure of the 91-year-old Marbecks record shop in Auckland, today 107-year-old Smith's City goes….
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How about tracking down Vijay and asking his opinion now.
Care to comment, @NicolaWillisMP @chrisluxonmp ?. Lots of fanfare at election time, but apparently not too much substance.
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RT @Papaioeajake: 18-49 year old women . Labour: 49.5% .Greens: 21.5% .National: 13% .Te Pāti Māori: 5.5% .NZF: 4.5% .Other: 3.5% .Act: 2.5….
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More companies going into liquidation. The construction industry remained the leading industry contributing to the liquidations, with a total of 765 companies liquidated in the last year, an increase of 46 percent compared to the previous year.
rnz.co.nz
That's despite positive lending trends and eased interest rates.
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The average price at the auction fell 4.3 percent. How long before this trickles down to our supermarkets? Wait for the excuses. Dairy prices slump in latest auction, including falls for butter
rnz.co.nz
Prices have slumped in the latest global dairy auction overnight as supply outpaced demand.
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RT @HuiaSue: Gordon Campbell: On Why Govt Isn't Fixing The Cost Of Living Crisis: The core problem lies with the policies, not the personal….
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