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A mate of the Hound reckons suggestions that possibly NZ’s longest-serving public benefit bludger -- Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Winston Peters – be sent to North Korea to negotiate with that country’s leader Kim Jong Un is a good move.
Not only would it mean he would be out of NZ for a while; your canine crusader’s pal suggests that Peters and Kim will get on perfectly well as both are vertically challenged, megalomaniac autocrats who like to drink and party all night and believe they have a God-given right to rule their parties for life. Sounds like a perfect fit.
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New Zealand red meat exports experienced a 29% increase year-on-year in September, according to the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
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BNZ says its new initiative, helping make the first step to farm ownership or sharemilking a little easier, is being well received by customers and rural professionals.
The head of Fonterra's R&D facility in Palmerston North is set to literally cross the road and become the new vice chancellor at Massey University.
Allan Freeth, chief executive of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has announced he is resigning.
