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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

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.

<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.

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.

<i>Audrey Young:</i> Little glory for Goff in tight win
Phil Goff and the wider party can take little heart from the result of the Mana byelection apart from keeping the seat in Labour hands.

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.

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.

<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.