18 May 2018

The Week In Review for week ending Fri May 18 2018

From The Week In Review, 6:00 pm on 18 May 2018

A review of the week's news including... Extensive analysis of this week's budget, the death of the founder of the Gloriavale sect focuses attention on a new leader, the Waikato region's first confirmed case of mycoplasma bovis is detected, the Government is under serious pressure to avoid a repeat of the Foreshore and Seabed controversy, are insurance companies offering their agents incentives that could leave clients worse off?, the massive alpine fault is due for another big earthquake - what would the devastation would look like?, an Auckland activist accepts an offer to postpone the payment of her unpaid rates until she sells her home or dies, more than a dozen of New Zealand's largest retail chains have now been accused of forcing their employees to work without pay, the BNZ trespasses a 93-year-old customer with dementia and Girl Guiding New Zealand ditches their famous biscuit.

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