It appears that the days of open entry to university and tertiary study in New Zealand are numbered.

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The Act Party conference this weekend has publicly exposed the divisions emerging within that party.

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Despite skyrocketing unemployment in past couple of years, close to 90% of those who lose their jobs find another one within a year. As of September this year only 6654 people out of the 58541 on the unemployment benefit had been receiving it for more than a year.

Yesterday Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee announced his response to the review of the electricity sector which reported back in June.

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Don Brash's 2025 Taskforce Report is purely retro New Right. I can't see how we are going to catch up to Australia in per capita income terms with the policy mix that Brash and his taskforce allies are suggesting.

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Today Phil Goff has admitted that monetarism doesn't work.

At the Federated Farmer's annual conference this morning, he told delegates that the Reserve Bank's sole focus on inflation had impacted adversely on our currency. 

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Today has been a very Black Friday for the Maori Party. It has issued an ultimatum to Hone Harawira - either resign from the party caucus or be expelled.

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Alliance condemns move to weaken oversees investment rules
 
The Alliance Party’s Conference, held in Christchurch last weekend, unanimously passed a resolution to:
 

Alliance Party says ORC has immediate responsibilities to family from lead contaminated rental property

Alliance Party media release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday 22 October 2009

"Textile workers welcome today's announcement by Tim Groser and Simon Power that the Government will continue the freeze on unilateral tariff reductions by postponing the tariff review for another four years," says Robert Reid, General Secretary of the National Distribution Union, which represent