New Zealand
Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan
Williams says:
“This revelation means
Andrew Little has some explaining to do. Andrew Little
signed off on the rehab contract with Harry Tam’s company,
and then defended the decision by claiming
Mr Tam was merely a ‘former’ Mob member. We now know
that is false.”
“Where did Andrew Little’s
information come from? Was Andrew Little misled by Mr Tam,
or officials, or was Mr Little being economical with the
truth? Either way Kiwis deserve a retraction and an
apology.”
“If Mr Tam falsely presented himself to
the Government as a former gangster, it doesn’t reflect
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on New Zealand’s grocery market, which highlights how complex land use regulations restrict competition and drive up prices.
Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “David Parker needs to take a good close read of this report. The Commerce Commission have rightly pointed out the many ways that regulation restricts competition in our grocery market. The report absolutely skewers the Resource Management Act for the way it restricts access to suitable sites, drives up site prices, and allows vested interests to lock out competition.”
“If there’s one sentence in the entire report that epitomises the destructive power of regulation, it’s this: ‘
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