Gosh, Shane Jones looking like a character from ‘the Death of the Stalin’
Good film by the way :)
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Wasn't it George W Bush who was chasing Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction? I guess Obama was arguably not very successful (but his half arsed health reform), but he was not stupid.
I guess we shall see whether activating his twitter account is part of Obama's marketing contract with Air New Zealand. Maybe they should have invited Trump instead - I understand this twit twitters for free :p;
How is the weather in Northland anyway? According to the telly they better make their fotos today, forecast is pretty sad for the rest of the week. We would not want him to send fotos of a grey-ish landscape where it is raining cats and dogs - wouldn't we?
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/l...ional-flights/
Well this one is bit more heated and feisty between Larry Williams and Shane Jones.
Other transport providers receive subsidies to operate bus and train services. That model clearly separates the business imperatives from the public service imperatives. The government is at liberty to explicitly fund regional services if it sees fit but should not force loss-making routes on providers.
Would Infratil/NZ Bus be accommodating if asked to run bus services at a loss? I don't think so.
On the other hand I believe that Auckland bus services are provided by a charity:
source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/967...and-pay-no-taxQuote:
the charitable tax loophole gives Ngāi Tahu's Go Bus business a competitive advantage to bid for the Auckland Transport bus contract
Maybe Air NZ should turn itself into a charity and serve regional NZ at no cost?
Good to see Chris Luxon and Tony Cater earning their wages.
The school yard bully is just throwing his weight around. This will die down and blow over soon enough.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/money/comp...cid=spartandhp
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/natio...cid=spartandhp
Some common sense from the PM. Hopefully John Key has a few words with her about the seriousness of how far out of line Jones was when he's finished talking to Obama. I did think Tony Carter's letter was very good. Give him some brownie points for that.
A minister's "meddling" in Air New Zealand could wipe up to 30 per cent off the airline's market value, an investment analyst says.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/ind...y-analyst-says