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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
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What the country owes to contractors

Book Review: A history of major infrastructure projects contributing to nation-building up to 1935.

Nevil Gibson Sun, 22 Nov 2020

Infrastructure has become a political buzzword for anything that is desirable and attracts votes while requiring large doses of money and job creation. It used to mean the hard parts that are essential ingredients of a modern society.

All political parties at this year’s election made generous

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Nevil Gibson Sun, 22 Nov 2020
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