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<i>Editorial</i>: Open the SOE stable and let the foals thrive
The Labour Party's finance spokesman, David Cunliffe, raised some eyebrows last Thursday
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Parents face $80 a week fees shock
The parents of tens of thousands of preschoolers can expect to start paying more for early childhood care next year.
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<i>John Armstrong</i>: After the disaster comes the politics
Jim Anderton seems to have made it his personal mission to end the life-and-death lottery that working in underground mines has entailed.
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Labour sees place for private capital in SOEs
The Labour Party has signalled a willingness to allow private capital into state-owned enterprises - at the subsidiary level.
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Labour puts on brave face over National gain
Labour's leadership was yesterday putting on a brave face over the party's sharply reduced majority in the weekend's Mana byelection.
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Labour's Kris Faafoi wins Mana by-election
Labour's Kris Faafoi has won the Mana by-election to become New Zealand's newest politician.
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Sparks fly in '<i>Hobbit</i> law' debate
The law change that was part of the deal to clinch The Hobbit for New Zealand was still being heatedly debated when Parliament adjourned last night.
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<i>Hobbit</i> bill passes first reading
Parliament was tonight working its way through a labour law change the Government says is essential to ensure The Hobbit movies are made in New Zealand, but was facing stiff opposition from Labour.