Check out the video below from the Electoral Commission and everyone's favourite Orange Man - if he had a name what would it be I wonder? .... Owen, Otto, Omar, Odi ?
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Election News
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Frontline health jobs on the line as cuts bite
23 February 2012Frontline jobs in the health sector are on the line as the Government's squeeze on the public sector continues.
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Today In Politics: Thursday, February 23
23 February 2012SHOWS REFERRED TO POLICE
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PSA disappointed Key won't discuss cuts
23 February 2012Prime Minister John Key has refused a request by the Public Service Association for an urgent meeting to discuss his plans for the state sector.
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McCully email thief could be Kiwi
23 February 2012Emails sent to the personal accounts of Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully appear to have been stolen and leaked from within New Zealand - possibly by a disaffected staff member.
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Police complaint over election programme
22 February 2012The Radio Network, which broadcasts Newstalk ZB, ZM and Radio Sport, has been referred to police by the Electoral Commission over election programmes for Peter Dunne's United Future Party.
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Delays in privatising ACC work account
22 February 2012Accident Compensation Corporation Minister Judith Collins is delaying moves to open the ACC work account to competition, amid suggestions the Government is struggling to make the proposal attractive to private insurers.
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No background checks on Education ministry staff
22 February 2012The Ministry of Education is being accused of flunking its own national standards after it failed to do background checks on seconded in-school experts.
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McCully's emails revealed
22 February 2012The location of defence force planes, criticism of the foreign affairs ministry, and details about a New Zealander arrested on drugs charges in South America were obtained when a Cabinet minister's email account was allegedly hacked.
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Defence staff eye leaving as morale falls
22 February 2012Morale in the Defence Force has fallen to its lowest point in eight years and increasing numbers want to leave.
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Labour fears for Kiwis in ministry shake-up
22 February 2012Radical plans to shed 300 jobs and make up to 600 MFAT staff reapply for their jobs could threaten the safety of Kiwis who get in trouble overseas, Labour says.
Mentions from Twitter
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RT @MaxDCoyle: NZ Politics junkie? Here's the MP seating plan for parliament #nzpol #votenz http://t.co/XFFQCEgN
1 hour ago by charlie_tumeke -
RT @MaxDCoyle: NZ Politics junkie? Here's the MP seating plan for parliament #nzpol #votenz http://t.co/XFFQCEgN
3 hours ago by richardhills777 -
RT @MaxDCoyle: NZ Politics junkie? Here's the MP seating plan for parliament #nzpol #votenz http://t.co/XFFQCEgN
3 hours ago by wendyszafir -
NZ Politics junkie? Here's the MP seating plan for parliament #nzpol #votenz http://t.co/XFFQCEgN
3 hours ago by MaxDCoyle -
I've had enough of #auspol - if @TonyAbbottMHR wins next election I'm moving to New Zealand. You guys still have Helen, right?
12 hours ago by lou1sb
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