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Eric Crampton writes: A couple days ago I pointed to NZIER's figures on the case for strengthening the Christchurch cathedral. I think it's better to view this whole exercise as making clear what we'd need to believe if we wanted to believe that the regulatory apparatus surrounding the cathedral since 2011 is other than massively value destroying. ....
A series of interesting Media Council decisions about columns and opinion writing throws up some considerations and warnings for newsrooms and their editors.. ....
The government can't just rely on axing public sector jobs and has to do more to cut spending, says the chief economist at a free market think tank. ....
It is almost as if the environment was really cruel to senior members of the Government when they were kids. But whatever the reason this Government appears to be intent on wrecking the local environment with a degree of vengeance and stupidity not seen before. ....