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Interesting shot powerdown Some years ago I was fortunate to attend a week-long live-in seminar presented by...
iconoclast To the NZ media: an F
I can't help but notice that the mainsteam journalists who Murray mentions, who burrow at least a little...
YoungTel To the NZ media: an F
The world has undergone an extraordinary transformation over the last two centuries. Look at life expectancy...
Roger Witherspoon To the NZ media: an F
I have been queried on my "greater than 6% nominal GDP growth".   For reference: http://www....
Colin Riden Auckland's housing Hail Mary pass
Kimy, we have huge debts and only little incomes not like Japan which was an economic powerhouse.  Take...
Andrewj 'Let's plonk houses in paddocks'
Oh so carry on living in la la land then....order more prozac...I think you are going to need it. regards
steven To the NZ media: an F
Steven - your time line is way too short, 4years is nothing - countries can spin out this process a long time...
Grant A Down, down - more rate cuts for savers
Surely its a cop out to blame the developers etc?  "here's 39,000 consents and the land but...
steven Auckland's housing Hail Mary pass
I must applaud interest.co.nz for having the guts to air a piece like this as it's not what most pundits...
Plutocracy To the NZ media: an F
I dont actually parrot PDK, I follow a similar theme arrived at independantlly.  In fact I think we...
steven Down, down - more rate cuts for savers

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