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Richard Prebble: Govt policies make the rich richer while the poor get poorer
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Juha Saarinen: Oh duck off, autocorrupt!
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Sir Ian Taylor: The Covid test offered to NZ last year that we need
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Andrew Barnes: When to call time and repeal emergency legislation
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Sasha Borissenko: Getaways, protests and 'picnics' - Tamaki's journey to jail
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Bruce Cotterill: Our Covid response means another challenging year ahead
It's going to be another challenging year, perhaps the most challenging yet.
Mary Holm: Where to turn for a loan when the bank says no
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Fran O'Sullivan: Light rail - it's time to stop the talking and start digging
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Brian Fallow: Inflation's 5.9% rise — ugly however you do the numbers
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Matthew Hooton: Wheels come off Govt's spin machine
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Hamish Rutherford: Inflation heightens dilemma for Reserve Bank
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Richard Prebble: Defence, security, climate change loom larger than Covid
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Dr Bryce Wilkinson: The train wreck that is Govt policy-making
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Juha Saarinen: It's all a game to Microsoft
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Mark Fowler: Further rate rises could lead to unexpected outcomes
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Steven Joyce: After the sunshine comes the economic storm
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