Items filtered by date: August 2015
Monday, 24 August 2015 22:47

Air NZ Fights Off Jetstar

Air New Zealand is lowering fares on regional routes to fight off an incursion by Jetstar. Just like Qantas did to defend regional routes in Australia.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 22:43

Kiwis Shoot Rare Birds

New Zealands's amateur hunters, told they could shoot the Puekoko bird have been killing the near extinct Takahe bird - possibly because they look the same as each other.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 22:37

We Don't Like Mondays? Not Shit Sherlock

A breakthrough piece of research from New Zealand shows people don't like Mondays. Astonishing.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 22:32

New Zealand - behind on climate reform?

The Climate institute reported that NZ is behind Australia on climate reform. Not really. But they do have to stop those cows from farting.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 22:28

The AFL Media Deal In Context

The AFL must have seen News Corp, Seven and Telstra coming. $2.5 billion for TV rights. We compare it to the NFL deal in the US.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 22:22

What's The Big Idea - Underwear

Phil Dobbie and Brian Haverty come up with more ideas and inventions including, this week, spray on underwear. Who knows, one day one of these ideas might come to fruition. 

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Monday, 24 August 2015 21:26

Craig Landy's Glitter Paranoia

When a protest group sends you glitter in the post, isn't six police cars, six fire trucks and a hazardous materials unit just a bit over the top?

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Monday, 24 August 2015 21:20

The AT&T and NSA Spy Partnership

There are reports that AT&T has been feeding customer data to the US spy agency for a decade or more. Richard Kazimer explains.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 21:16

Warren Buffet - A Republican Nightmare

It's bad enough that he thinks he doesn't pays enough tax, now it seems Warren Buffet supports abortion. For the GOP that makes him the anti-Christ.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 21:11

Should Australia Try Buffet's Tax Rule?

Figures from the ATO seem to indicate a lot of billionaires are writing down a lot of expenses. Could Warren Buffet's default tax rule fix the tax minimisation dilemma?

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