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Gareth Morgan plays cat and mouse

Gareth Morgan: Has also set his sights on mice
Rod Vaughan | Wednesday January 23, 2013 | 35 comments

Not content with declaring war on cats, the increasingly eccentric economist has also turned his sights on mice.

"The difference it seems to me is that he shares, very frankly, an argument based on logic, whereas others simply poke the borax. Play the ball, not the man."

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Key, Peters reconciliation on 2014 cards

Key's path back to power
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Matthew Hooton | Friday April 27, 2012 | 37 comments

InternetNZ reveals election results

NBR staff | Friday July 29, 2011 | 5 comments

WellingtonNZ InternetNZ has revealed the results of its latest round of elections.

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Chris Carter: Labour Party Historian and Former Rising Star
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NBR staff | Thursday March 24, 2011

David Farrar joins Open Source Awards judging panel

NBR staff | Wednesday August 18, 2010 | 1 comment

Kiwiblog creator David Farrar has joined the judging panel for the New Zealand Open Source Awards 2010.

Nominations are now open for the awards and winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in Wellington on November 9.

The amateur blogger and professional pollster rounds off the judging panel. The full line-up, beyond Mr Farrar:

Rachel Hamilton-Williams: Recently-appointed president of the NZOSS
(New Zealand Open Source Society); General manager of Katipo

What burns money faster: roaming rates or petrol?

NBR staff | Friday May 28, 2010 | 2 comments

Yesterday, Communications Minister Steven Joyce asked for public feedback on an MED discussion paper on transtasman mobile phone roaming rates. 

That's a bit like asking if anyone likes the Black Plague.

Kiwiblog's David Farrar forwarded Private Bin his own analysis, which the MED might want to factor in to its investigation: