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...sounds great that nobody should be treated differently," says writer Oscar Kightley of the Brash prescription. "But (in the past year) I'm also hearing a lot more things, racist stuff, on the street from ordinary people. That talk used to be confined to extremists on talkback radio." Kightley, of Samoan heritage, is one of the creators of bro'Town, a satirical animated sitcom set in Auckland. The show's characters are mainly Pacific Islanders and Maori - who together make up 22% of the population and growing. "As any parent says, you're only as happy as your saddest child...
...increased costs that are inevitable if Treaty claims are to be settled by 2010 without reneging on its tax cuts or blowing the Budget. Cullen believes Labour is well on track, with its "little bit of stick, a lot of carrot" approach moving people off unemployment and sickness benefits. Brash says that's not enough. At a time when businesses are finding it hard to fill job vacancies, 15% of the working-age population are being paid not to work, he says. It's costing $NZ14 million a day. National wants tougher work tests for the unemployed, tighter controls...
...there is a model for aspiration and self-reliance that would get two ticks from Brash it would undoubtedly be 44-year-old John Key, M.P. and National Finance spokesman. The millionaire Key, a former financial markets wizard, grew up in public housing in Christchurch, went to university, found a place as a money trader and made a pile as he jumped from job to job and city to city. He returned to New Zealand to take a shot at winning the seat of Helensville, west of Auckland, in 2002. Behind the wheel of a musty camper van emblazoned with...
...incremental. Cutting spending on services is very difficult - and politically hazardous. "Government is like running an aircraft carrier," he tells Time. "You can only change direction very gently - otherwise the planes fall off the deck." Voters have only a few days left to decide whether Helen Clark or Don Brash should be trusted as captain...
...Brash sees potential partners on the center-right, most naturally the Tory-style Act, led by the wisecracking Rodney Hide. But Act's nine list seats could be wiped out on present polling, victims of National's resurgence. To shore up its vote and become the third force in national politics that leader Winston Peters aspires to, New Zealand First is taking a "pox on both your houses" attitude: it will not be in a coalition with either of the major parties. Who can say where the mercurial Peters will take his troops after Sept. 17? A sure thing, however...