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Hunter’s Corner
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A tale of taxpayer subsidy

ANALYSIS: The government's fees-free education policy has some hungry mouths to feed.

Anita Finnigan receives her Order of Merit from Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae.

Tim Hunter Fri, 15 Dec 2017

At times being a bureaucrat in charge of handing out taxpayers’ money to the private sector must be like owning a labrador.

Every meal time the dog looks at you with those eyes. You dole out the chow and it wolfs it down, then looks at you with those eyes.

It takes the strictest discipline and

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Tim Hunter Fri, 15 Dec 2017
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