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How taxing: fighting over small scraps is underwhelming

OPINION: GST on 5-plus a day comes to not much of a deal.

NBR columnist Duncan Garner speaks with Calida Stuart-Menteath.

Duncan Garner Tue, 15 Aug 2023

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins scanned his notes ever so carefully; Labour’s diehards clapped when the speech said pause for applause.

Hipkins was all concentration as much as he was a bundle of nerves as he announced that GST would come off all fresh fruit and veges in April 1 next year – but not

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