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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshuatree View Post
    Tag teaming with Elzorro on the same video? But most of it is worth watching for the truisms that come out.

    The number of times socialism is mentioned isn't the issues.

    What is, is how his predictions will pan out.

    Howabout reporting back to us on that in 3 years, assuming the coalition last that long

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    Quote Originally Posted by minimoke View Post
    Memory is getting a bit hazy but as I recall there is a requirement for the question to be answered. But there is no standard to measure if the answer was full and adequate. Guess that why they have supplementaries.
    Eventually there will be decisions made and then answers to questions will need to be accurate. Meantime, the same or similar questions will be asked in QT. If waffle answers continue, then Ministers will look indecisive or worse. I expect 100,000 builds to be raised every single QT. Specifically how many new builds to date and how many are 'affordable', social, market priced. And the status of the $2billion budget.

    It is the most high profile election undertaking made, and 'ín due course' will not cut it for long.

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    Quote Originally Posted by artemis View Post
    Eventually there will be decisions made and then answers to questions will need to be accurate. Meantime, the same or similar questions will be asked in QT. If waffle answers continue, then Ministers will look indecisive or worse. I expect 100,000 builds to be raised every single QT. Specifically how many new builds to date and how many are 'affordable', social, market priced. And the status of the $2billion budget.

    It is the most high profile election undertaking made, and 'ín due course' will not cut it for long.
    Labour never said that they'd build 10,000 houses a year in the first year. But by supporting developers with firm orders they should be able to get out of the blocks fairly quickly. And I would assume 1-2 years of training time will bring a lot of new tradespeople through. Home component manufacturing in dedicated factories would take less setup time.

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    Bad move by government. Disappointing

    http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politi...-govt.amp.html

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    "The National Government was no friend of conservation, but the new Labour Government has shown itself in this move, to be no friend of science, or conservation either", Mrs Rose said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by elZorro View Post
    Labour never said that they'd build 10,000 houses a year in the first year. But by supporting developers with firm orders they should be able to get out of the blocks fairly quickly. And I would assume 1-2 years of training time will bring a lot of new tradespeople through. Home component manufacturing in dedicated factories would take less setup time.
    EZ - Whose going to buy these tens of thiousands of houses?

    But I suppose if the government is going to 'finance' or even subdise many lucky punters into them there should be some takers, beggars can't be choosey eh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by winner69 View Post
    EZ - Whose going to buy these tens of thiousands of houses?

    But I suppose if the government is going to 'finance' punters into them there should be some takers, beggars can't be choosey eh.
    There is only $2 billion in the pot for this initiative, to be recycled as properties are sold. That is not a lot of dough when talking houses, even 'affordable' ones, especially if there is government money remaining in the financing. A plan is needed, open and transparent please. So far we have only 'in due course'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by winner69 View Post
    Bad move by government. Disappointing

    http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politi...-govt.amp.html

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    "The National Government was no friend of conservation, but the new Labour Government has shown itself in this move, to be no friend of science, or conservation either", Mrs Rose said.
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11943252

    This gives a more balanced view.

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    I get the feeling that Chris and Winston aren't or will never be friends

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11943985

    "I have absolutely no regard for the Right Honourable Winston Peters, and have had no regard for him from the time I acted for the National Party caucus in the early 1990s, when he was removed from the caucus for disloyalty.
    "And old habits don't change very quickly, and he has made absolutely no contribution to New Zealand in my view."
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    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm…
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