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Disgraced former MP for Clutha-Southland Hamish Walker's final bill for the taxpayer was $10,000, members' expense reports show.

A discredited former National Party MP accrued a $10,000 expense bill in his final months in the job, according to just-released records. Hamish Walker's e

But Luxon is not like other MPs. Other MPs don’t have coffees with gallery reporters weeks after arriving in Parliament. Other MPs don’t pop up in preferred prime minister polls. And other MPs certainly don’t appear alongside John Key on shows that openly speculate about them being a “John Key Mark II”. All this before delivering his maiden speech. That Luxon clearly wants to be prime minister is hardly interesting. Most of the 120 former head boys and girls currently crammed into Parliament House have at least idly daydreamed about the art they would hang on the ninth floor.

. Media (1 – Clickbait)  TDB Recommends NewzEngine.com We all coped with the Level 4 and 3 lockdowns in our own personal way. Some better than others, with varying degrees of stress. According to the Ministry of Health website (last updated 25 August 2020), they were fully cognisant of the psychological impact that the threat of covid19;  lockdowns; restricted movement and social contact, might have upon the general population; “We want people to know it is normal to not feel all right all the time – it’s understandable to feel sad, distressed, worried, confused, anxious o...

Mountain Scene By MATTHEW MCKEW There’s been movement, finally. Department of Conservation’s (DoC) dropped the news it’ll install a toilet on Queenstown’s Ben Lomond to stop caught-short hikers causing a mess. It comes a year after the mountain was dubbed ‘‘faecal peak’’ for the increasing piles of human waste. Thousands climb the 1748m each year to take in the commanding views of Queenstown and Lake Whakatipu, but all too many were leaving something behind. Retired teacher Mark Douglas has summited the peak 420 times and says over the years there’s ‘‘be...