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jhartevelt

  1. Crazy ending to an absolute doozie of a political scandal trib.al/uzstlD about 2 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  2. @jacindaardern the minister's office. They came through later on in the evening with some more detail. 3:33 AM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to jacindaardern
  3. I don't mean anything by it, but some perspective, if you please: 245 schools will lose more than 1 FTE teacher and 251 will gain 1 or more. 11:56 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  4. Great behemoth of a news day continues... Verdict in Gwaze trial now pending, apparently. 5:21 PM May 28th via web
  5. Andrew Kibblewhite gets head of DPMC job. 3:23 PM May 28th via web
  6. @TovaOBrien found a paperboy, in dunedin, last name bain for her story on tax changes. Gold star Tova. 11:35 PM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  7. @CzechWonderNine dunno, but totally agree. 1:49 PM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to CzechWonderNine
  8. Cam Bagrie giving a rollicking great speech at ANZ post Budget brekkie. Says some European govts headed for "hail mary" moment ala NZ in '84 1:25 PM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  9. @jacindaardern yeh, nah. 11:27 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to jacindaardern
  10. @AlexSTLT wgtn... Then one in chch late morning. 3:24 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to AlexSTLT
  11. Bill English giving post Budget brekkie speech at 7am tomorrow. 7am. The paaaaain. #budget2012 2:53 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  12. The paper boy budget. I'll go with that. #budget2012 12:59 AM May 24th via web
  13. Shearer stands Jones down in clear bid to distract attention from the Zero Budget. Wait ... what? 11:07 PM May 22nd via web
  14. Key labels Shearer "hypocritical" over Jones/Bill Lieu case. Cf Banks/Dotcom. 9:20 PM May 20th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  15. What was that about a new $300m covered stadium for akl? Or similar for chch? econ.st/Lg0kGh **cough cough** 5:26 PM May 19th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  16. @RealJoelRowan what's your alt suggestion then? 9:24 PM May 17th via web in reply to RealJoelRowan
  17. 125 non-sworn police staff culled = "fine-tune support staff numbers" -- Marshall 8:18 PM May 17th via web
  18. 125 non-sworn police jobs culled. 75 go through unfilled vacancies "so the task would be achievable with a minimum of difficulty" - Marshall 8:12 PM May 17th via web
  19. Student numbers grown 2.52pc while teacher numbers up 12.76pc, Parata says. So less growth in the later.... 1:10 PM May 15th via web
  20. Class size ratios going up for years two to 10. Performance pay confirmed on Govt's agenda. 1:02 PM May 15th via web