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Hot Topics: Budget 2013 | Unitary plan

David Carter

'Well-deserved' $80m for irrigation

David Carter: Parting gift to rural sector
Chris Hutching | Wednesday January 23, 2013 | 10 comments

New Speaker David Carter makes parting gift to the rural sector.

"Love the way that farming has managed to privatise the earnings but socialises the cost of its activities."

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Risky shake-up as PM gets down to business

Chris Tremain: Gets local government
Rob Hosking | Tuesday January 22, 2013 | 17 comments

Prime Minister John Key’s cabinet reshuffle went further than anticipated, but it would be wrong to call it a major shake-up.

"Good on Mr Hosking for seeing through all the bluster that John Key can so often portray."

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Cabinet reshuffle needs to signal focus on economic growth

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Rob Hosking | Tuesday January 22, 2013 | 1 comment

Try carp – not trout, minister says

Trout won't be farmed – you'll have to fish for them
Darren Greenwood | Monday November 05, 2012 | 7 comments

Trout farming will remain banned for at least another three years but the government is supportive of other land-based aquaculture.

"Based on the state of the seabed in the Marlborough Sounds after a Salmon farm has been there, I'm not sure, as New Zealanders, that we should allow them to destroy the envionment like that."

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Nick Smith: New mining czar?

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Matthew Hooton | Friday August 17, 2012

Carter supports council asset sales to cap rates

David Carter
NBR staff | Monday May 21, 2012 | 3 comments

PLUS: The local government minister has some advice for the Christchurch council, promises post-Kim Dotcom donation reform; and suggests Auckland mayor Len Brown has been over-stepping the mark.