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The Week In Review for week ending Fri June 9 2017
Audio 9 Jun 2017A review of the week's news including... The oyster industry says a crisis is imminent, the US Secretary of State drops in for a short visit, the controversial question of whether people with terminal… Audio
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Reserve Bank asks for debt-to-income powers
Sixty percent of Auckland home owners have mortgages greater than five times their income, the Reserve Bank says.
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Question Time for 8 June 2017
Audio 8 Jun 2017-
PHIL TWYFORD to the Prime Minister: Did he as Minister of Finance in 2010 tell Major Campbell Roberts of the Salvation Army that Auckland faced a looming housing crisis; if so, why?
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PM spoke of housing crisis in 2010 - Sallies
Bill English denies there is a housing crisis in Auckland but seven years ago he privately warned a major crisis was looming, a senior Salvation Army official says, Audio
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English aware of housing crisis in 2010 - Salvation Army
Audio 8 Jun 2017The head of the Salvation Army's social services says the Prime Minister, Bill English, contacted him in 2010 asking for his help to tackle a looming housing crisis in Auckland. Major Campbell Roberts… Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 8 June 2017
Audio 8 Jun 2017IS claims responsibility for twin attacks in Iran, Comey makes public more information about Trump meetings, English aware of looming housing crisis in 2010 - Salvation Army, Blues hand the Lions… Audio
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Qatar row: Trump calls for 'unity' in Gulf
A White House official says the president called for "unity in the region to fight extremism".
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Question Time for 6 June 2017
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MELISSA LEE to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the Government’s fiscal position?
PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Building and Construction: Does he stand by his statement…
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May backs Khan as Trump continues attacks
British Prime Minister Theresa May has backed London mayor Sadiq Khan after US President Donald Trump continued Twitter attacks against him.
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Council workers 'rapt' at living wage victory
The Auckland Council's decision to increase the pay of their lowest paid workers is an astounding victory, living wage campaigners say.
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Kitten' ready for cat show purrformance
The National Cat Show returns to Christchurch this week for the first time since the earthquakes, and its organiser is hopeful breeders will come back too. Video, Audio
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Urgent housing need 'big concern going into winter'
The number of people registered as urgently needing housing has doubled in the past two years. Audio
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RBNZ says higher mortgage rates could trigger housing downturn
In its latest review of the financial system, the Reserve Bank has given the financial system a clean bill of health. However in a big but, it's worried a rise in mortgage interest rates to 7 percent… Audio
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Official housing crisis figures not the full picture
Emergency housing providers say figures showing a doubling of the number of people in 'severe and urgent housing need' are in fact a small percentage of the true figure. The NZ Council of Christian… Audio
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House price growth pulls back
The annual rate of growth in house prices has dropped to below 10 percent, the slowest rate in two years.
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Govt responds to house crisis figures
The Minister of Social Housing, Amy Adams says there's no doubt housing pressures have increased, but she says the register also reflects an awareness-raising campaign the MSD ran and a review of the… Audio
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Northland proving no refuge from Auckland poverty
Auckland families moving to Northland to escape poverty are finding they're worse off, with high rents and little prospect for jobs, says a leading social service provider.
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Steve Keen: The coming crash
Australian Steve Keen was one of only a handful of economists to predict the Global Financial Crisis. His most recent book, 'Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?', leaves readers in little doubt he… Audio
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Budget 2017: Labour to oppose families package, Greens and NZ First to support it
Without a major boost to housing supply, accommodation supplement increases could put yet more pressure on renters, the Green Party says.
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Softly-softly in the face of NZ's housing crisis
Opinion - It was a chance to turn around 30 years of poor leadership on housing but Budget 2017 delivered more of the same, writes Shamubeel Eaqub.
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VIDEO: Budget tax cuts 'poorly focused' - Labour
Budget 2017 - Labour supports the Budget's lift to the accommodation supplement but the tax cuts are unfair and poorly targeted, the party's finance spokesperson says. Video
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Labour won't say whether it'll adopt families income package
More than a million New Zealanders are set to benefit from the government's families income package announced in yesterday's budget, but the Labour Party won't say if it will adopt it, if it wins the… Video, Audio
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Budget 2017: 'Rinky-dink' and 'communism by stealth'
Some minimum-wage earners will only get one extra dollar a week, Labour says - while ACT accuses National of "abandoning its roots". Video, Audio
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Shortland Street's best plotlines: True fan edition
As everyone's favourite never-ending soap celebrates its 25th anniversary, two patriots take a trip down memory lane.
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What Budget 2017 needs to deliver for housing
Opinion - After three decades of dismal leadership on housing, Budget 2017 is an opportunity to start addressing some long accumulated failures, Shamubeel Eaqub writes.
