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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Earlier today, Julian Astle laid out Centre Forum’s new policy paper about student finance. We asked Paul Holmes MP to respond. On behalf of Centre Forum Julian Astle makes a very superficial and flimsy case for joining the New Labour/Conservative club and welcoming the free market into Higher Education. First Julian sets up a straw man [...] Related posts: The Independent View: Why the Lib Dems should...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
It seemed a slow week after the swirling world of China and the swirling world of the Auckland Food Show, where I sold my Paul Holmes Extra Virgin Olive oil. Well, flogged it, to be honest. Moving stock through is hard work. Of...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Newstalk ZB is putting on a brave face but media insiders expect a renewed battle for the radio breakfast ratings when long-reigning king Paul Holmes abdicates his throne in three weeks. Holmes will step aside for Mike Hosking...
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Cactus Kate (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Paul Holmes Holmes will step aside for Mike Hosking on December 19, in a carefully planned move announced by ZB in March last year. It might have seemed like a good idea 22 months ago but Holmes is hitting his best ratings. It's going to take a long time before there is a more dominant broadcaster in New Zealand than Paul Holmes. And he goes out on top of his radio career after an equally dominant...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
On Thursday night, towards the end of another exhilarating week in China, I left the vast marble hall that was the site of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Shanghai Travel Mart across the river from Shanghai, in Pudong. I walked...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Millie Elder, stepdaughter of broadcaster Paul Holmes, has had a charge of possessing methamphetamine with intent to supply dropped. When Elder, 20, and Connor Morris, 20, reappeared in Auckland District Court today the charge...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Of all the gifts Helen Clark bestowed on the Labour Party, one of the greatest was the way she left. Her sudden announcement on election night forced the leadership change and left no time for any newbies with presumptuous imaginations...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
No one, anywhere in the world, could have watched the victory speech of President-elect Barack Obama in front of tens of thousands of people on the shores of Lake Michigan without a sense of wonderment. The State of Illinois had...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
While it has been splendid watching the triumph of Barack Obama, the worry for New Zealand is his attitude to free trade. New Zealand has had to claw its way back into the warm corridors of American power after offending so damagingly...
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Canadian Cynic (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Following the link from the very first article at the top of the BT aggregator this morning, we read this : John McCain: A Class Act November 5th, 2008 by Paul Holmes This is John McCain’s concession speech. This man is nothing but class. Normally, I'm not a violent man, but Ti-Guy has the right idea -- the whole lot of those idiots should be led into a large stadium somewhere and gassed. For the good...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
For those born to aspire to political leadership, the office of president of the United States is the glamour prize. It brings enormous power, the power to command the greatest military machine in the world, the vast power of political...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Paul Holmes is ending his 20-year stint as Newstalk ZB's breakfast host on a high, with the latest commercial radio survey confirming the network's dominance. Holmes hailed "wonderful" results which gave him almost 21 per cent...
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Cactus Kate (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
Hands up who never wants to read about their home life again? For God's sake media give it a rest. They are bloody weird. We have known that for the best part of 20 years. Nothing new or exciting here. Paul Holmes' home life is bloody weird, Paul Henry's home life is bloody weird, the entire staff at the Herald on Sunday are bloody weird, the Head of TVNZ has to be bloody weird, every week media people...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
Six o'clock on a glum Thursday night, but it has stopped drizzling and is not cold. I arrive at the Prime Minister's villa a little early, so I drive round the block and park the car on a spare yellow line I find and walk to the shops...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
Paul Holmes braves the wilderness of Thames to lunch with Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. The Greens have sent us a map. It describes the route to "The legendary hard to find but easy to get to Pakaraka Farm." It keeps...