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![Brian Fallow: NZ safer than Greece but the risk is real](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: NZ safer than Greece but the risk is real
The danger in that case would be that, as in the global financial crisis three years ago, everyone in the market starts looking sideways at their counterparts and worrying about how much they might be exposed.
![John Armstrong: Big election problem that is taxing Labour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
John Armstrong: Big election problem that is taxing Labour
Politicians can go door-knocking at electorate level, but they will be wasting their time trying to attract the attention of the media.
![Mai Chen: Money talks but only Parliament can change the law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mai Chen: Money talks but only Parliament can change the law
If money determines law and policy, then those with money will always win. But a democracy is supposed to be about the power of ideas and a good idea should be able to stand on its own feet without a cash inducement.
![Fiji 'has had enough coups' - Mara](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fiji 'has had enough coups' - Mara
Runaway soldier Tevita Mara says he has no interest in being another military leader, but he wants the opportunity to tell the NZ Government the "reality of the situation on the ground in Fiji."
![Runaway soldier allowed into NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Runaway soldier allowed into NZ
Foreign Affairs officials will meet with Tevita Mara - who ran away from Fiji to avoid sedition charges - when he arrives in NZ. He is currently in Australia to address pro-democracy groups.
![Broadsides: Should we retain MMP?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Broadsides: Should we retain MMP?
We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye to share their thoughts on the MMP voting system.
![<i>Nick Smith</i>: When there's no success like failure](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Nick Smith</i>: When there's no success like failure
Making mistakes is the latest management fad. But will it work in politics?
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Bahrain sentences four to death for killing policemen
A Bahraini court has sentenced four men to death for killing two police officers during the pro-democracy protests.