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SEPT 2010 - M2 - Issue 64
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QUOTE OF THE DAY (10 September 2010): The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it - Michelangelo
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National Standards for Education is a great concept?
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With predictions of a budget deficit of $1billion are you confident 2010 is the turnaround year for the country since the start of the recession?
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We should raise the age at which you can get a drivers license to 18?
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Would you like the holidays act to consider 'hours' worked rather than 'days' worked?
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Have you had enough of Xmas music?
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As a nation do you think we've started taking ourselves too seriously?
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Do you think the Green Party are just a waste of money and energy?
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Has this year gone really fast?
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Are NZ courts too quick to grant name suppression?
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Should we raise the minimum driving age?
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Should NZ take in 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers?
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Will MP's expenses spending of tax payers money affect your vote next election?
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Has your power bill increased this year?
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Should Brendon McCullum have been stripped of the Black Caps' vice-captaincy?
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Should ACC be privatised?
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Should we retain MMP?
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Would you pay to read newspapers online?
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Does President Obama deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize at this point in time?
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Should bloggers be liable for defamation?
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Have you changed mobile phone companies this year?
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Is the economy on the mend?
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Can Cameron beat Tua?
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Should Bill English have given up his housing allowances?
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Has John Key done a good job on the world stage?
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Should we be sending combat troops to Afghanistan?
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Do you watch the 6pm news on TV?
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Do you think Phil Goff looks like Helen Clark?
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Will you be signing up to TiVo?
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Should "Wanganui" be renamed "Whanganui"?
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Is it time for the All Blacks Coach to go?
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Are the Undie 500 students being idiots?
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Should Canterbury University be taking more responsibility for the Undie 500 riots?
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Should police be able issue punishments for crimes from their patrol car?
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