Posts by Ben Austin
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I am intrigued to hear about the gun buying / kiwi meat sorting robot plans - has there been any movement on this?
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What is the Green Party's strategy to avoid the fate of many other minor parties in coalition? Obviously every minor party is different and the Greens are no Lib Dems or Alliance (sorta), but are they strong enough to survive the unpopularity of government?
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Speaking of Dunne, has anyone done anything in the way of polling his electorate since this whole* issue occured? I know we can never count the guy out, but I'd be interested to know how the electorate is taking it all, more so than just speaking to friends who live there.
*The GSCB bit and his party deregistration
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I quite like the term "Alien" does not apply in the UK to Commonwealth citizens resident there, although in practical terms when interacting with the UKBA that may not be obvious.
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I just got back from Oslo last week. It actually made me think of Wellington but with 3 decades of oil wealth. Was a bit sad to see that NZ had been out fiorded, out laked and out coffee'd but wasn't particularly sad to see that we'd also been out kebabed. Eating out in Oslo being so expensive that every one seems to want to eat kebabs all the time as an alternative.
Lovely country though
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Glad to see you writing again.
I was just thinking of you the other day when I found my copy of the Reserve Bank Annual
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How is community radio defined? I thought NZ did have a network of community radio stations
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I would hope that than any spokesperson who uses the phrase "PC Police" un-ironically would soon have a performance review meeting
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to alison scott,
Hi Alison, the Privacy Commissioner has a useful explanatory page, linked below if it helps
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The Student Loan changes are a tad worrying, given the exchange rate doesn't seem to be going down any time soon.