Rodney Hide recalls John Key entering a crowded function soon after his election . He exuded warmth, fun and positivity.
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Hide: Time weakens all strengths
Little: Get over it and grow up
Paul Little writes: The debate over the Auckland Unitary Plan has coalesced around a simple and simplistic…
McCarten: Ministers without a clue
It takes a lot to get Aucklanders riled, writes Matt McCarten. "When they do, governments fall."
Hickey: Show us the houses
Bernard Hickey says gums have been flappin' aplenty this week over the dangers of a housing boom.
Editorial: Shortcuts to asylum are costly
Critics of the hard line the Government has adopted towards "boat people" must have been dismayed when an overcrowded fishing…
Grant: Dunne's drug bill should go further
Damien Grant writes: Peter Dunne was in Austria last month addressing the United Nations on his Psychoactive Substances…
Hospital food issue 'absurd'
Kerre McIvor says the suggestion that hospital food be prepared centrally and shipped nationally is absurd.
Watson: Trade future could be Made By NZ
Eric Watson discusses the widely held view that growth in exports is the path to economic prosperity.
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