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!['Unconvinced' Key puts the brakes on Brown's promised rail loop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Unconvinced' Key puts the brakes on Brown's promised rail loop
Prime Minister John Key has poured cold water on Auckland Mayor Len Brown's plans for a $2.4 billion inner-city rail loop.
![Big cuts for anti-injury programmes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Big cuts for anti-injury programmes
Community safety promoters put worries about $330,000 reduction to city council.
![Should NZ Fashion Week receive Govt funding?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Should NZ Fashion Week receive Govt funding?
Fashion Week's managing director Pieter Stewart says the event cannot continue without more support.
![SOE share loyalty scheme being considered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
SOE share loyalty scheme being considered
Finance Minister Bill English has acknowledged there is little he can do to stop shares from partial floats of state-owned enterprises ultimately ending up in foreign hands.
![I'm a big spender, Turia says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
I'm a big spender, Turia says
Their constituents are struggling but Maori leaders are living the high life.
![Bruce Wills: Fewer taxes would help grow the economy for all Kiwis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Bruce Wills: Fewer taxes would help grow the economy for all Kiwis
Labour's proposals will make things a lot worse for exporters, writes Bruce Wills.
![<i>Brent Sheather</i>: Super Fund makes use of size and power](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>Brent Sheather</i>: Super Fund makes use of size and power
Ordinary investors best to avoid successful scheme's strategy.
![Big bills as cops wine and dine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Big bills as cops wine and dine
Top cops and police managers put almost $144,000 on credit cards last year.
![Brian Fallow: Inflation threatens to bite into recovery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Brian Fallow: Inflation threatens to bite into recovery
Households at risk of slow wage growth combined with rising costs.
![<i>Nick Smith</i>: Pipe dreams not just for potheads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>Nick Smith</i>: Pipe dreams not just for potheads
Bill English's musings on the prison system are welcome. His economic strategy less so.