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The swimming hole - by frog
Yesterday’s West Coast drinking water report segues neatly into today’s release of the proposed National Policy Statement (NPS) for freshwater management. By way of background to this document, Labour promised during the 2005 election campaign it would make rivers and lakes safe for swimming. As the NPS itself states currently only 60% of New Zealand’s [...] read moreJuly 23, 2008 3:01 pm - 1 Comment -
Russel rattles another - by frog
Yesterday Winston, unsurprisingly, made an ethnic and not so oblique reference to Australians, in response to Russel’s first question in the house. Today it became clear that what parliament has acquired is not just an Australian, but a Little Aussie Battler who is going to stand up for ordinary kiwis. Check out this exchange between [...] read moreJuly 2, 2008 9:44 pm - 10 Comments
