Posts by Steve Barnes
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Is this going to be a secret like the secret plan to end whaling? You know, the one that turned out to be let's stop illegal whaling by making whaling legal.
A bit like stopping the tax rort of our top earners not paying their fair share... by lowering their tax rate.
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Hang on CCO ? Council controlled Organisation? Why are they still using that term? surely it should be Autonomous Local Authority. Praise be to ALA with Rodney as the new Messiah (f)or profit.
It's that bloody Roger Douglas again, why can't he just sod off?. -
David Kemeys the Editor in chief of The Eastern Bays Courier isn't singing the praises of the Supper City either (supper for the big boys that is)
It just can not happen he says. -
I guess part of the complacency of Key and Hide must come from the fact that the Govt's polling, particularly National's, is pretty much holding up.
It also may be because once they have looted Aucklands assets and sold them to their mates at a knock down price they can rely on as much advertising as it takes to win and bugger the actual policies.
It all smacks of the last time that lot got hold of the Treasury, just look at the list of asset sales to Sept 1999 Plenty of dosh went to their mates back then. -
Jonathan is going to grow up into Bill Ralston.
And then be mistaken for Russell Brown.
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I suspect the polls will change when they turn the first sod on a national park mine,
Maybe so but until then it is a secret as to where that sod may be.
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Perhaps we shouldn't have sold it then?.
**DFC**
The decision to sell the Crown's 100% equity investment in DFC New Zealand Limited, New Zealand's largest investment banking organisation, was announced in the July 1987 Budget. On 28 June 1988 a sale and purchase agreement was signed between the Crown and a purchasing consortium of National Provident Fund (80%) and Salomon Brothers (20%). The price paid was $111.28 million; settlement took place on 18 November 1988. New Zealand Government Asset Sales as at 30 September 1999 - Completed Sales
Published 30 Sep 1999At the time of its collapse in October 1989, DFC was New Zealand's seventh largest financial institution in terms of assets. In March 1989, its assets stood at aproximately NZ$2,900 million. DFC was a key player in the forign exchange market, and indeed, a leader in the development of the swap and option markets in New Zealand.
Don Brash 5 March 1991So the Government of the day sold the old development fund to the old National Super fund at a massive loss, was that loss real? then changed the legislation to make it a private fund.
The NPF superannuation schemes are unique in New Zealand as they are Government guaranteed, which means members can always be sure their benefits are secure.
All 11 NPF superannuation schemes are closed to new members. However, if you were a member of an NPF scheme on 31 March 1991 you may be eligible to join certain NPF schemes. NPF websitePlease tell me I've got this totally wrong here Keith 'cos if I'm not then... WTF?
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You may even be owed some cash from this mess. -
The whole journo as celebrity is pathetic. Is it really so hard to just report the news instead of manufacturing it and putting yourselves in the midst of it ?
Apparently, yes.
Much as I don't have a great deal of respect for Marshall's work I do have some admiration for his tenacity. At the ripe old age of 18 he was stirring the pile and getting himself noticed. He may grow up one day and show some of his intelligence but I fear he is just another Wishart in the making.
He is, partly, a product of the Media, not so much for their ability to make him a celebrity but for their complicity in encouraging him with large sums of dosh for his foray into Paperatzi-ism (?) in taking pictures of small children. -
I am shocked, horrified even. That anybody should suggest that construction workers not only dress like terrorists but can also gain admission to Eden Park without enduring a strip search. Eden Park prides itself on a policy of non-discrimination. Anybody with money for tickets (when available) would be granted admission (as long as they were not in possession of beverages manufactured by a competing brewery) regardless of attire, turbans included.
As for the toy explosives. This is outrageous behaviour. We all know toy explosives can maim or even kill toy journalists. What were they thinking?.
Yrs, Outraged of Mt Eden -
My question is, why not invest in wireless technology like Scorch ?
Wireless is ok for hard to reach places but the latency is hell and as for satellites for international communications the latency is even hellier (think of the delay on a live report from the Oscars the other night). A geosynchronous satellite needs to be close to 36,000 km above the earth making the signal round trip around .25 of a second, not good for gaming.
Funnily enough one of the main supporters of Kordia's new cable is the same guy that sunk so much money into Woosh wreless, Stephen Tyndall