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• Gilmore resigns

  
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  Aaron Gilmore has announced : “It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I announce my intention to resign from Parliament. “After taking counsel from colleagues and family in recent days, I have decided that to stay on in Parliament would only serve to cause my loved ones more upset, and cause me ...
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• Is it time for UNITE to be struck off?

  
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  Whale blogs : As at 31st May 2013 the Unite Union have failed to file their 2011 and 2012 Financial Accounts. Observation by the Owl This is a breach of the laws regarding being a Union and being registered with the Incorporated Societies Office. Any employer could if they wish not negotiate with the ...
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• MPs and social media

  
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  An interesting story from Kate Chapman at Stuff : The oversharers Oversharing on social media is nothing new. Everyone has friends who insist on posting endless Facebook updates about what they ate for breakfast or daily selfies on Instagram. MPs are no less immune. No one really wanted to know that ...
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• Remembering what your mother taught you #FAIL

  
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  Doesn’t look like the gene pool has flowed down when it comes to the Preston’s. Remember just the other week struggling actress Chelsie Preston Crayford? No? Not surprising really. Chelsie Preston Crayford was the tool that got her tax-payer funded film-maker mum Gaylene Preston mum to take a photo allowing her ...
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• Hide on Greens/Labour nationalisation

  
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  Rodney Hide gives 10 reasons there policy is full of holes: Electricity prices are working. As they should  Electricity prices are fair and reasonable Quick! Turn up the swimming pool  The lights will go out We all lose as taxpayers  Businesses shut, jobs gone What about the planet? We have choice and ...
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• 10/10 in 37 seconds

  
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  NZ Herald quiz is here . Too easy this week. Trevett needs to work harder on them UPDATE: It appears Trevett was too busy staking out the Hamner Springs Heritage Hotel to do the quiz this week, so her replacement is obviously not as tough as her! Tags: NZ Herald , NZ Politics
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• The Auckland Housing Accord

  
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  Nick Smith announced : An Auckland Housing Accord has been agreed today by Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Auckland Mayor Len Brown to urgently increase the supply and affordability of housing in Auckland. … The legislation, to be introduced to Parliament as part of Budget 2013, will enable Special Housing ...
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• The Gilmore e-mails

  
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  Andrea Vance at Stuff reports : Embattled National list MP Aaron Gilmore was warned by a Government department over inappropriate emails. The emails were not sexually explicit but had an “inappropriate tenor”, the Ministry Of Business Innovation and Employment said. Gilmore was employed as a contractor ...
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• MRP shares

  
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  MRP shares are now at $2.73. Labour and Greens scared off some smaller investors but larger investors have worked out their nationalization policy will never be implemented, and are valuing shares higher. Tags: Asset Sales , Mighty River Power
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• Will the Greens take their own advice

  
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  In April 2008, the anti-smacking petition fell short of the required signatures for a referendum, just as the asset sales one did. The petitioner can resubmit it with more signatures up to two months later. But what did the  Green Party say at the time : Green Party response to petition shortfall – time to move ...
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• All the fault of Big Alcohol and the supermarkets

  
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  on   So Professor Sellman says it is all the fault of Big Alcohol who have been brainwashing Aaron since he was 15 years old to buy alcohol. This is the fault also of the supermarkets for placing alcohol next to the fruit and veges. Somewhat obsessive I say. Tags: aaron gilmore , alcohol , Doug Sellman
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• Labour hides $430,000 donation for over a year

  
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  The Electoral Commission has published the 2012 donation returns from registered political parties . They appear to reveal a major breach of electoral law by the Labour Party. Donations over $15,000 only have to be disclosed annually, but donations over $30,000 must be disclosed within 10 working days of receipt. ...
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• Not an Aaron Gilmore Post

  
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  Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Constitutional Review Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore ...
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• Why you need a balanced power supply

  
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    A reader has sent in this real time display of the power supply in NZ. You need supply to match or exceed demand – otherwise you have blackouts. Now I am a fan of wind power. I love the sight of wind turbines on the hills. I like using natural renewable resources. But wind power can not be relied on at peak ...
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• Auckland rates increasing at three times level of inflation

  
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  The Herald reports : Auckland rates will rise on average by 2.9 per cent this year – an election year for local politicians – under Mayor Len Brown’s inflation-sensitive budget to be put to the council tomorrow for approval. Annual inflation is 0.9% at the moment. Tags: Auckland Council , Len Brown , ...
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• The Press on a serious offenders register

  
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  The Press editorial : The suggestion by the Minister of Justice, Judith Collins, that public registers be set up to provide open and easy access to the criminal record of serious offenders is one that will be welcomed by many people. Such information is widely and freely available already from the proliferation in ...
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• Espiner on Wellington

  
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  Colin Espiner gives his 10 things he loves about Wellington: 1.  Better coffee. Wellington is powered by caffeine. And there’s none finer than in the capital.  2.  The Brooklyn windmill. Don’t scoff. One of the first in the country and now a major tourist attraction. The views from the carpark are ...
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• You shouldn’t have to justify not wearing a helmet to the state

  
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  Sam Boyer at Stuff reports : Having a big head, sweating profusely, and stress are enough to excuse a cyclist from having to wear a helmet, but the Transport Agency has stopped accepting “personal desire not to wear a helmet” as a medical condition. Three cyclists have this year been granted exemptions from ...
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• Parliament pay tribute to Horomia

  
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  Parliament yesterday paid  to Parekura Horomia. Many funny and moving speeches . Some extracts: John Key On any marae in the country, and especially amongst his own people, he was in his element. I myself remember a number of occasions when he came up when I was on the marae, to ensure that I was comfortable ...
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• Novopay – is the worst over?

  
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  Stuff reports : Tom Parsons, president of the Secondary Principals’ Association, said Novopay had a serious image problem that would continue to dog it, but the improvement had been remarkable. “If you’d been repeatedly underpaid by it … whenever the word Novopay comes up you’ll roll your eyes. ...
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