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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
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Aussies show us up in the Pacific

OPINION: We need to do our bit and use our position as closest Western nation to the Pacific, lest our complacency costs us.

NBR columnist Simon Bridges speaks with Dita De Boni.

Simon Bridges Thu, 22 Dec 2022

Economic comparisons with Australia can tend to be pretty depressing; higher wages, cheaper houses, etcetera. We do better on wildlife: kiwis and kererū are better than poisonous snakes, deadly spiders, and crocodiles.

I’d also argue, as a close watcher of such matters, that when it comes to our

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