The Egonomist

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Hey, look!  A podcast episode about all sorts of things!

In other news, we are shrinking the size of our online backup to save time and effort.  If you’re after an old episode which has become unavailable please just drop us a line.

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ACC and all that.

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More developments re Local Government: You don’t matter.

Also Fairfax, Dominion Post, Stuff etc – worth the paper it’s printed on? Nope. Nope.

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Oh loads of stuff covered in this but the key thing to take away is:

WELLINGTON/HUTT/PORIRUA/WAIRARAPA IS ON TRACK TO BECOME A SUPERCITY AND POSSIBLY NOBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET YOUR SAY SO IN ORDER TO DO IT.

Whatever your thoughts on this please go to http://www.wellington.govt.nz/reform and make a submission.  Listen very carefully, you will be asked this only once.

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IN THIS EPISODE:  Shearer is doing good I guess.  Want to know the Greens’ policy on something?  Just make it up!  Education, important.  But also; the Treasury hive mind wants your social policy.  Why the hell?

Audrey Young’s article on the Education budget fallout.

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OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY IS TOMORROW!  And because the venue burnt down we will now be at the THISTLE INN.

A very special guest joins us via Skype in this episode to talk about Hekia Parata’s backdown on changes to class sizes in schools.  Also, don’t know if you heard but the Backbencher pub suffered a fire.  This is unrelated to Nikki Kaye crashing and burning on the show Backbences, which was filmed in Auckland this week.

The Backbencher pub suffered a serious fire in the early hours of today.  While this is a blow for the city as a whole, and we hope everything can be put back just so, our listenership is predominately Gen Y, and anybody who reads the Listener can tell you that all Gen Ys are going to be thinking about is “how does this affect me?”.

It affects you thus: The Egonomist’s 2nd Birthday party which was to be held tomorrow at the Backbencher is moving to The Thistle Inn. Wellington’s most ancient pub where Te Rauparaha was told to have drunk for free on his reputation alone back when the waterline reached the pub door.  Fun times!

8pm, tomorrow Saturday June 9th, at The Thistle Inn

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KFC introduces a PIE and Spotify launches in New Zealand.  We get excited enough to release two episodes at once.

DON’T FORGET OUR PARTY IT’S THIS SATURDAY!  That snuck up.  If you’re in Wellington come along to Backbenchers for our 2nd “Birthday” Party.  It shall rule.

Part 1:

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KFC introduces a PIE and Spotify launches in New Zealand.  We get excited enough to release two episodes at once.

DON’T FORGET OUR PARTY IT’S THIS SATURDAY!  That snuck up.  If you’re in Wellington come along to Backbenchers for our 2nd “Birthday” Party.  It shall rule.

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In traffic news today, watch out for civil unrest and mass arrests of students by Police who have removed their badge numbers.