Posts Tagged ‘bill english’
3News on National Ministers double-dipping
Written By: - Date published: 7:07 pm, August 4th, 2009 - 54 comments
3News covers the story of National Ministers double-dipping at the taxpayers’ expense. UPDATE: ‘BLiP’ has bestowed a new title on Bill English: “Sir Double Dipton”. Gold.
One of these things is not like the other VI
Written By: - Date published: 7:44 am, August 4th, 2009 - 48 comments
One of these things is not like the other One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one is not like the other Can you tell me before I finish the game?
Snouts in the trough
Written By: - Date published: 1:50 pm, August 1st, 2009 - 161 comments
NZPA reports: Taxpayers are contributing nearly $1000 a week to allow deputy prime minister Bill English to live in his own million-dollar Wellington home. According to the title, the Karori home was bought by Mr English and his wife, Mary, for $800,000 in 2003. However, in March this year the title was transferred to Mrs […]
Fran pumping Brash for productivity taskforce
Written By: - Date published: 11:34 am, July 8th, 2009 - 18 comments
A few weeks ago the NZPA reported that the Government had agreed to establish a taskforce to “work on ways to close the productivity gap between Australia and New Zealand”. The taskforce would be selected by ACT leader Rodney Hide and would be announced within the month. The story then sank without a trace. So […]
Roger Douglas on Key and English
Written By: - Date published: 11:54 am, June 21st, 2009 - 19 comments
Commenting on Key’s policy to force the Guardians of the Super Fund to invest 40% of funds in New Zealand, ACT’s Roger Douglas notices a pattern we’ve posted on here at The Standard before: “This only enforces the emerging trend we have seen between Mr Key and Mr English. Mr Key announces a stupid idea […]
Priorities
Written By: - Date published: 11:28 am, June 17th, 2009 - 27 comments
Noticed this comment in the Dom this morning [offline] about National’s decision to slash funding for night classes in the Budget: Finance Minister Bill English said the Government would continue to fund some adult and community education programmes, but had higher priorities in the current recession. Um, would that be giving $35 million to private […]
NACT policy – like pistons in a Vespa
Written By: - Date published: 5:17 pm, May 8th, 2009 - 18 comments
Jeanette Fitzsimmons has written a very good post from the Emissions Trading Scheme special select committee* about her views on the impact of farming on our Kyoto obligations. She commented on the Federated Farmers submission which essentially said that they thought farming should be excluded from paying anything. That really isn’t feasible in NZ because… […]
Suspending the Cullen Fund
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, May 5th, 2009 - 47 comments
Bill English seems set to suspend the government’s contributions to the Cullen Fund. Here’s a little-known fact, one that Bill English probably doesn’t want you to know: The Cullen Fund made money in March, the sharemarkets are rising and we’re making money on that. In fact, the Cullen Fund out-performed the market. The markets might […]
NZ’s debt in perspective
Written By: - Date published: 3:00 pm, April 15th, 2009 - 8 comments
Remember when John Key used to say “New Zealand has a growth problem, not a debt problem”? He doesn’t say that anymore, which is a pity because we do have a growth problem, not a debt problem, but the Government is acting like we’ve got a debt problem that needs to be tackled first. Yes, […]
As predicted
Written By: - Date published: 11:30 am, April 15th, 2009 - 8 comments
Last week, John Key was bouncing on a new cloud. The Australian Government had teamed up with banks to help stop homeowners defaulting on their mortgages. Key publicly mused that ‘his’ government could do the same here. We said it was only a matter of time until English quietly killed the idea. Sure enough: “The […]
Starving the beast
Written By: - Date published: 10:34 am, March 17th, 2009 - 60 comments
Before the election National promised that the public service would be capped, not cut. That promise was betrayed a long time ago, but what hasn’t been known up til now is the extent to which they are cutting it. You’ll recall a month back Consumer Affairs Minister Heather Roy let slip that across-the-board cuts of […]
National to increase foreign ownership
Written By: - Date published: 12:55 pm, March 14th, 2009 - 39 comments
Newstalk ZB reports: The Prime Minister is keen to open the door to foreign investors. In a speech to the Act Party conference today, John Key said a review of the Overseas Investment Act will be announced by Finance Minister Bill English next week. The review aims to create an overseas investment screening regime that […]
Played like a fiddle
Written By: - Date published: 10:30 am, March 4th, 2009 - 93 comments
Yesterday, when the inquiry came back on whether the shortfall in ACC funding should have been disclosed in the PREFU, Bill English quickly tried to implicate Michael Cullen and Maryan Street as being in breach of the Public Finance Act and told media: “The previous government knew about the funding hole and effectively hid it. […]
The praiseworthy and the pitiful
Written By: - Date published: 1:04 pm, February 20th, 2009 - 23 comments
The praiseworthy and the pitiful is our weekly post on the little things that caught our eye but didn’t lead to a full post. This week: Tracy Watkins’ new blog A best of the political journos’ blogs I reckon. Watkins has been responding to comments, showing a bit of a sassy side, and her pieces […]
John Key keeps disappearing into satire
Written By: - Date published: 7:47 am, January 29th, 2009 - 3 comments
Danyl at The Dim-Post has been indulging in his favored pastime again – satire. In this case Cabinet expresses concern over missing PM is about John Key going missing all of the time. Danyl compares him to a pooch avoiding something… Finance Minister Bill English has accepted responsibility for his leader’s absence. ‘I usually let […]
English pulls a Lockwood
Written By: - Date published: 2:28 pm, October 29th, 2008 - 64 comments
Oh dear. In the same week Lockwood Smith made his racist remarks and Maurice Williamson committed the gaffe of talking openly about National Party policy, it appears Bill English pulled a wee Lockwood of his own. According to the Ashburton Guardian, English complained to a local Greypower meeting about the Filipino ‘invasion’ in his home […]
National lies, again
Written By: - Date published: 12:25 pm, October 1st, 2008 - 69 comments
National just can’t stop lying. We’ve covered National’s lies on wages and migration in the past and our last two posts have debunked National’s lies on crime, the economy, compliance costs, corruption, press freedom and, well, just about everything. Now they’ve resorted to repeating David Farrar’s discredited lies by deliberately misquoting Helen Clark on tax. […]
Nats: Pay cuts for you, tax cuts for the rich
Written By: - Date published: 3:07 pm, September 30th, 2008 - 15 comments
Bill English has put out a press release whingeing about Helen Clark’s promise to lift wages for low-paid school support staff, and fearmongering that it might mean Michael Cullen will cancel his tax cuts. Presumably, English’s statement means National would cancel the planned pay increase to help fund its tax cuts for the rich. These […]
MSM columns – clueless about fact checking
Written By: - Date published: 5:33 pm, September 14th, 2008 - 30 comments
This week the election was announced and the third question to the PM (asked by Colin Espiner) was about whether The Standard possibly knew the date (Helen doesn’t tell us either). Colin thinks we’re being sensitive about the mainstream media’s attitudes to The Standard as shown in a comment he made on his own blog […]
Political Funding – Have your say (eventually).
Written By: - Date published: 12:45 am, September 8th, 2008 - 8 comments
In 1993, the then National government reluctantly implemented the MMP system by putting in the Electoral Act 1993. This was an act that had some serious flaws, some of which were fixed in the Electoral Finance Act of 2008. One of the Electoral Act’s innovations appeared to be designed to make sure that the true […]
Policies for the wrong time (again)
Written By: - Date published: 8:40 pm, August 10th, 2008 - 40 comments
We’ve heard a lot about the ‘private’ opinions of some senior National MP’s this week. What we haven’t heard much about is the policy direction National was putting out in public during the conference. Rod Oram has a very interesting commentary on that topic in Sunday Star Times “National needs a shake-up”. Rod Oram always […]
The stolen emails defence
Written By: - Date published: 10:06 am, August 6th, 2008 - 31 comments
So National has finally reverted to the ‘stolen emails’ defence to combat the damaging recordings from the weekend’s party conference. I’m only surprised it’s taken them this long – the misdirection tactic is classic Crosby Textor and it’s served the Nats well in the past. My guess is that National was hoping Bill’s humiliating charade […]
What went on at the ‘horn?
Written By: - Date published: 11:02 am, June 17th, 2008 - 55 comments
Reports have been circulating around Wellington for several weeks about a night on the town for John Key with a couple of senior (though not old) Press Gallery members. Apparently John called them up and said he was in town and did they want to go out for a drink. One drink turned to a […]
Keeping it in the family
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 16th, 2008 - 10 comments
The ODT reports that Bill English’s brother, Conor English, has been picked as the new CEO of Federated Farmers. Once the press secretary to National Government Lands Minister John Luxton, Conor replaces ex-National MP Annabel Young as CEO.
National still won’t say what they’d do
Written By: - Date published: 2:41 pm, May 21st, 2008 - 9 comments
Seemingly content to coast along on the “time for a change” sentiment, the National Party are still refusing to offer any substantive details in major policy areas: government debt, work rights and retirement savings. English ended up sounding like a broken record on Agenda a few days back. His stock answer was ‘I can’t tell […]
Kremlinology: National on work rights
Written By: - Date published: 1:56 pm, May 20th, 2008 - 24 comments
National’s refusal to say what it stands for is becoming so ridiculous we have resorted to the Cold War art of Kremlinology. Today, we look at work rights. On Agenda, Bill English said he is concerned about new ‘entitlements’ for workers. ‘Entitlements’ is an anti-worker way of saying work rights – it implies that they […]
Put it on the kids’ tab
Written By: - Date published: 12:00 pm, April 29th, 2008 - 6 comments
Some may have noted an odd series of questions in Parliament and press releases from Bill English around government borrowing over the last month. The questions purposely conflated the idea of maintaining current debt levels with increasing debt. We noted this at the time and Tane correctly picked the strategy: First, sow confusion about debt […]
Police confirm Brash email leak an inside job
Written By: - Date published: 10:42 am, April 16th, 2008 - 19 comments
Police have closed their investigation into the theft of e-mails from former National Party leader Dr Don Brash and have announced that they have been unsuccessful in identifying those responsible for the thefts. Despite Brash’s ongoing insistence to the contrary, the police have said that they’ve been able to rule out the possibility than an […]
Still no apology
Written By: - Date published: 3:42 pm, April 10th, 2008 - 19 comments
Last Tuesday Bill English stood up in Parliament and accused the CTU and the PSA of breaking the Electoral Finance Act. Problem for Bill was he’d got it completely wrong, and as we noted at the time the appropriate course of action was to make a formal apology in Parliament. Well to Bill’s credit he’s […]
English slapped down by CTU
Written By: - Date published: 11:26 am, April 2nd, 2008 - 17 comments
The Council of Trade Unions has given Bill English a good slapping over his false allegations in Parliament yesterday that the peak union body had broken the Electoral Finance Act. English accused the CTU of failing to include the home address of its financial agent in its application to become a third party, a lapse […]
NZ leads the world on climate change in Bali
Written By: - Date published: 10:05 am, December 14th, 2007 - 28 comments
Here’s a clip that aired last night on TV3. It shows NZ leading the world in our response to climate change in Bali. To quote the reporter, New Zealand is “…putting words into action… [announcing] ambitious plans to go carbon neutral”. National on the other hand has no credibility on climate change. They don’t have […]
- Monday 18 November 2024
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A listing of 33 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 10, 2024 thru Sat, November 16, 2024. Story of the week Our Story of the Week is completely "meta" (no, not that Meta). It's about our exploring how ...2 weeks ago - Grifter Eftpos Tamaki at it again
..Thanks for reading Frankly Speaking ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Self-appointed “Bishop” and proto-fascist, Brian Tamaki was at it again on 16 November, blocking Auckland’s southern motorway, SH1.This time, the target of his ire wasn’t the Civil Unions Act; covid lock-downs; mask mandates; or ...3 weeks ago - Rip up a bill, lead a haka are words to live by
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Take the baitYou pay the priceIt's much too lateFor good adviceYou know and I know that our good things' throughBecause there's consequences for what we doConsequences for me and youWriters: Kevin Robert Hayes, David Nagier, Bonnie Adele Hayes.Fallout from the first readingOne News began last night by saying that tens ...3 weeks ago - Thank you, driver!
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- Totally Normal: Holiday Edition
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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
3 weeks ago - More lawlessness from National
On Tuesday, sick of government stonewalling, the Waitangi Tribunal issued a rare court order, ordering the Minister of Health to release unredacted documents within 48 hours showing its reasoning for disestablishing Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. The government's response to the lawful order of a court? Yeah, ...3 weeks ago - National’s tyrannical “foreign interference” law
Yesterday, under cover the the biggest political fight of the year, National quietly - covertly, even - introduced anti-foreign interference legislation. The bill is the product of a years-long work-program aimed at countering shit like this and this, and there's unquestionably a need to do something to counter foreign states' ...3 weeks ago
- The Haka Represents The Best Of Us
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Open access notables Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe, Peixoto et al., Nature Communications [comment]: The climate crisis is escalating. A multitude of microbe-based solutions have been proposed, and these technologies hold great promise and could be deployed along with other climate mitigation strategies. However, these solutions have ...3 weeks ago
- Adding up the climate cost
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- Auckland chafing at Bishop’s housing intensification orders
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The Treaty Principles Bill continues to dominate political news, with it passing its first reading in the House. Parliament was briefly suspended and Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke suspended for 24 hours after leading a haka that was joined by opposition MPs and the public in the gallery. Willie ...3 weeks ago
- Critical milestones for earthquake buildings review
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People in Northland and Auckland will benefit from a new machine for cancer treatment installed at the Regional Cancer and Blood Service at Auckland City Hospital. The MV5 linear accelerator, or LINAC machine, officially opened today targets cancer tumours with pinpoint accuracy. Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says this new, ...2 weeks ago
- Foreign Minister to visit Europe
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- First arrests made under gang patch ban
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- Better support for victims of sexual violence
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- Government moving forward with Regional Deals
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- MSA pilot participant update
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- Fighting for Kiwis in Trade
Delivered at Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School Good morning and thank you Deputy Vice Chancellor Lithander for your warm welcome and for inviting me to open Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School today. A Special thanks to the University of Auckland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and ...2 weeks ago
- Attendance rates increase, again
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says that school attendance is continuing to rise. In Term 3 of 2024 51.3 per cent of students attended school regularly, an increase of 5.3 percentage points from 46 per cent in Term 3 of 2023. “This Government has prioritised student attendance and it is ...2 weeks ago
- Improving the lives of young New Zealanders
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- Government continues work to reinstate livestock exports by sea
The Government is reinstating the trade of livestock exports by sea while ensuring the highest standards of animal welfare, says Associate Minister of Agriculture Andrew Hoggard.“The Government will introduce legislation changes to reinstate the trade, enhance oversight, and strengthen requirements for exporters to identify risks and manage the welfare of ...2 weeks ago
- Speech to the National Quality Forum 2024
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- New Zealand’s COP29 National Statement
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- Latest Quarterly Investment Report released
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- New Zealand supporting loss and damage fund
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- Gang crackdown begins at stroke of midnight
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- LGFA increases borrowing capacity to support high growth councils
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- Temporary Traffic Management costs revealed
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- Jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunal to double
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- Protecting New Zealand from foreign interference
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- Health ministry vets board appointees on union membership, political views
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To steal a phrase from movie star Gwyneth Paltrow, has Taranaki pulled off a “conscious uncoupling”?The Taranaki regional development plan has been launched and seabed mining has been excluded from its key initiatives.It follows the Government’s decision to include seabed mining off Taranaki’s coast on the Government’s fast-track projects list ...1 day ago
- On Luxon’s smile, by Tusiata Avia
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- Calls for change dominate Retirement Villages Act submissions
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- Pharmac must fund more options for hormone therapy, not fewer
Analysis: The recent Pharmac decision to exclusively fund Mylan oestrogen patches without consulting major stakeholders has generated significant concern among users who fear a resurgence of debilitating menopausal symptoms, with significant physical, mental and socioeconomic implications. As health professionals who prescribe Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT, formerly known as HRT), we ...1 day ago
- School drop-out to sport knock-out: Wootten keeps her eye on the prize
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- No magic pill when it comes to natural health product regulation
Analysis: With regulations for dietary supplements now approaching 40 years old, reform is arguably long overdue. But as the Government announces it’s going back to the drawing board, there are real questions as to when things might change and how.Natural health products, nutraceuticals, dietary supplements and moreNatural health products are difficult ...1 day ago
- PM on the most ‘emotionally challenging’ part of his year
Christopher Luxon talk jobs, coalition dynamics and reading the Royal Commission report, ahead of swapping his suit for shorts this summer The post PM on the most ‘emotionally challenging’ part of his year appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 day ago
- NZ’s housing system makes homeless women invisible
Opinion: Housing policy must take into account the gendered experience of homelessness The post NZ’s housing system makes homeless women invisible appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 day ago
- Daily crossword, Wednesday 4 December
The post Daily crossword, Wednesday 4 December appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 day ago
- NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was expected to arrive in New Caledonia today for a three-day visit. His schedule in New Caledonia will include meetings with “a wide range of government, political, business and civil society leaders” from December ...1 day ago - Norway halts seabed mining, putting more pressure on NZ to do same
Asia Pacific Report Norway is stopping the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters — and Greenpeace Aotearoa says this is putting pressure on the Luxon government to follow suit. “This move by Norway to stop the seabed mining in its tracks is a historic win for ...1 day ago
- View from The Hill: Paul Fletcher’s rant against the teals risks insulting voters the Liberals nee...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Liberal frontbencher Paul Fletcher got a big shock last election in his Sydney seat of Bradfield. Teal candidate Nicolette Boele pushed the result to preferences, leaving her within striking distance for next year’s poll. She ...1 day ago
- New course planned to help Pacific media professionals counter disinformation
Pacific Media Watch An Aotearoa New Zealand-based community education provider is preparing a new course aimed to help media professionals in the Pacific region understand and respond to the complex issue of disinformation. The eight-week course “A Bit Sus (Pacific)”, developed by the Dark Times Academy, will be offered free ...1 day ago
- With the world distracted by conflicts elsewhere, the Syrian civil war flares up again
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University The forgotten Syrian civil war has again flared up with the spectacular capture of Aleppo ...1 day ago
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on Liberal moderates, regrets, and Donald Trump
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament at the election. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow ...2 days ago
- A Global Joint Statement Condemns Cancellation of International Religious Event in South Korea
Source: Shincheonji New Zealand Gyeonggi Provincial Government’s Sudden Cancellation Raises Concerns of Bias and Violation of Rights An administrative decision by a South Korean government agency sparked international controversy, raising concerns about religious freedom. On November 27, religious leaders and opinion leaders delivered a joint protest statement to ...2 days ago
- What is Visanne, the endometriosis drug just added to the PBS?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University Kaspars Grinvest/Shutterstock The drug Visanne (also known as dienogest) is the first endometriosis treatment to be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in 30 years. Endometriosis is a chronic and often ...2 days ago
- Fast Track Bill: Students march on Parliament to voice dissent
Students are marching to Parliament during rush hour to oppose the bill which is expected to become law by year's end. ...2 days ago - Plans for slimmed down Office for Māori Crown Relations discussed by select committee
The Māori Affairs Select Committee has heard how the Office for Māori Crown Relations is planning to slim down. ...2 days ago
- Operation to remove fuel from sunken Manawanui set to begin on 16 December
The Defence Force says the operation to remove fuel from the sunken survey ship off Samoa should begin on 16 December. ...2 days ago
- New research shows how long, hard and often you need to stretch to improve your flexibility
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Ingram, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels Can you reach down and touch your toes without bending your knees? Can you reach both arms overhead? If these sound like a struggle, you may be lacking flexibility. ...2 days ago
- Beyond ‘Depopulation’: The Brutal Truth Of New Zealand’s Bird Flu Outbreak
Bird Flu Bombshell: 80,000+ Chickens Set to Die – When Will We Wake Up? ...2 days ago - Norway Stops Seabed Mining, Putting More Pressure On NZ To Follow
Greenpeace spokesperson Juan Parada says, "This move by Norway to stop the seabed mining in its tracks is a historic win for ocean protection and for the growing movement opposed to the damaging new extractive industry, and puts the spotlight firmly on ...2 days ago
- Santas descend on Parliament with Dunedin Hospital wish list
Christmas has arrived early at Parliament, with a posse of 20 santas bringing their own southern wish list to the capital. ...2 days ago
- Watch: Regional transport policy and planning returning to Auckland Council
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