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Rudman: Maggie's prickly message to mayor seems a bridge too far
The garden-guru MP's message to Len Brown that there would be a CBD rail link before a...
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Brian Rudman: Win will not give Nats right to sell assets
A poll-driven government like National will face something of a dilemma if it's returned....
![Brian Rudman: Laws' 'tea cup' radio lunacy over the top](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Brian Rudman: Laws' 'tea cup' radio lunacy over the top
After reading the deranged threats that Michael Laws has been spouting against....
![Brian Rudman: Who dropped the ball? Point the finger at everyone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Brian Rudman: Who dropped the ball? Point the finger at everyone
When Auckland councillors met on Wednesday after Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully's seizure of key parts of the waterfront, Mayor Len Brown invoked the classic World War II poster encouraging Londoners to "keep calm and carry on".
![Brian Rudman: Wake up! Time to pay support staff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Brian Rudman: Wake up! Time to pay support staff
The Cabinet agreed that 5700 disability support workers deserved to receive the minimum wage for overnight sleepover shifts, but the winners are going to be kept waiting.
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Waterfront move an 'overreaction'
The Government says the ball has been dropped by the Auckland Council and other authorities in their planning for the Rugby World Cup, and as a result it is using special powers to take overall responsibility for the city's Cup...
![Brian Rudman: Buck stops nowhere for Cup night chaos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Brian Rudman: Buck stops nowhere for Cup night chaos
For months, John Key and his Rugby World Cup party planner Murray McCully have been tweeting...