Posts by Don Christie
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i'm hoping that the maternity care is at very least a smidge better than their cardio (which is... not great).
Don't hold your breath.
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The Standard has unpicked that one
I also wondered whether you were actually allowed to record a conversation someone without telling them what you were doing.
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Terrorists and terrorism are mentioned three times in passing in nearly 80 pages.
Which is about right, even today. The lack of understanding of the role economics has to play is, however, terrifying.
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One Peter's claim I can believe is this one:
We were told there's a pot of money for more dirt on Peters and NZ First.
Given the propensity of certain organisations to hire private investigators and the like before, during and after the last election that would not surprise me.
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This from Colin Espiner on Joyce.
By the way, I hear that the announcement that former campaign manager and Exclusive Brethren bagman Steven Joyce will get a list-only placing has gone down like a lump of lead with National’s caucus. Half of them are grumpy because they don’t like his methods and the other half because he’s leap-frogged them into Parliament without having to do any work.
Apparently Murray McCully is worried that there will be alternative to the role of “Dark Prince” of the National Party. And to rub salt into the wound, Joyce was there on Tuesday to brief them all on campaign strategy, since he remains the campaign chairman. And the head of Jasons Media. Wonder if he’ll find any time to campaign himself or whether he’ll just be leaving that to his colleagues.
I love the analysis about the cause of McCully's disquiet :-) Just how many "Dark Princes" does National need?
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I played him the 'Down from the Mountain' DVD recommended by a PA reader.
You sure you didn't get that from recommendation Kiwiblog?
Thanks for sharing this tale BTW.
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Hide lodges Peters complaint with Serious Fraud Office
This gets better and better. I vote that we make a complaint about *every* political trust fund to the SFO.
That should keep them busy until they get disbanded.
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Heh, gotta love youtubes "related":
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WRT to the Ex Breth. A TV programme in Aussie suggested that their businesses run as church based businesses so they get to avoid paying taxes. That kind of sucks if you have to compete with them.
Is that the case in NZ?
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The NZPA transcript is great stuff. Some interesting answers therein.
Love to know who else has been paying political bills in NZ. Why? Because it leads to a healthier democracy.