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    Anti-MMP forces look like they are going to play dirty - by frog



    Over at g.blog Toad highlights some appalling disinformation about the MMP referendum from Cameron (Whaleoil) Slater: Cameron Slater, most likely deliberately, has got it completely wrong on the MMP referendum. Slater blogs: Some peo­ple are already sug­gest­ing that MMP should be reformed but that is not the ques­tion in this ref­er­en­dum. What we are being [...] read more
    June 29, 2011 3:44 pm - 11 Comments
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    g.blog: ‘Fixing’ the Resource Management Act - by frog



    It turns out our toad is a bit of a Ralph Steadman! For those who want some historical background the National Development Act 1979 was Muldoon’s effort to speed up development projects in the ‘national interest’. It was a key part of Think Big and the Clyde Dam.  It was also a great way of [...] read more
    September 23, 2008 2:02 pm - 2 Comments