At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.
The Reserve Bank and the OCR: 3/10
"Rate rises for as far as the eye can see.
If that doesn’t tell you how bad it is, nothing does."
Government's Ram Raid Announcement: 6/10
"At last some help yesterday for the embattled, beleaguered retailer.
A few jail terms might not go amiss either."
Drive-by Shootings: 2/10
"A sign of what we have become when you are soft on crime and asleep at the wheel."
International Students: 4/10
"They're not coming back, manufacturers told us the same thing around workers, and the apples are being left on the trees.
Our reputation needs a lot of work; we were closed too long, and too arrogant with it."
China's Move into the Pacific: 4/10
"Do you reckon they can believe their luck? How asleep has everyone been here?
It's the Solomon Islands, whoops no, it's 10 countries."
Zespri: 8/10
"$4 billion cracked and there is more where that came from.
Thank God for horticulture."
Fonterra: 7/10
"Opening midpoint for the new season $9.
Thank God for the farmers."
Ricky Gervais: 8/10
"Because he challenges the madness.
But he does it in a clever enough way to entertain you and hopefully make more people see the absurdity of the times."
Sir Richard Hadlee: 8/10
"The new centre in Christchurch is world class and yet another up lifting contribution from a family who has made this country a better place."
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