Articles by KEN SWEET AND LARRY NEUMEISTER
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Business
Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Friday, 29 March 2024, 9:37AMCrypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands...
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Opinion
Larry Williams: PM's done a glorious job - of ruining our US relationship
Friday, 28 September 2018, 7:30PMThe Prime Minister delivered her speech to the United Nations this morning our time. It was about globalism, multilateralism,...
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Opinion
Larry Williams: Buyer beware - don't believe the Kiwibuild spin
Thursday, 13 September 2018, 6:33PMThere was much fanfare today around the latest Kiwibuild project, 25 apartments in Onehunga. Stylish, architecturally designed...
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Audio
Larry Williams: It looks like someone is out to get Wally Haumaha
Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 6:01PMThe Wally Haumaha inquiry is getting murkier and murkier by the day. There is a stench around all of this that I don’t like....
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Opinion
Larry Williams: Gutless Kiwis stopping us from debating different ideas
Friday, 3 August 2018, 8:32PMSo here’s my take on what happened around Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux. We had some far left, anarchists, protesters,...
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Audio
Larry Williams: NZ taxpayer money going to Clinton Foundation 'beyond belief'
Friday, 21 July 2017, 9:19AMThe Taypayer's Union this week said the New Zealand Government has given another $2.4 million to the Clinton Foundation. Larry...
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Audio
Larry Williams: So much for Al Gore's doomsday predictions
Thursday, 20 July 2017, 10:42AMLarry gives his take on Al Gore's upcoming film, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. "If Al Gore was correct in his doomsday...
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Opinion
Larry Williams: 'Save Charlie Gard' - really?
Friday, 14 July 2017, 9:45AMLarry Williams says saving critically ill baby Charlie Gard would mean putting him in a vegetative state for the rest of...
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Opinion
Larry Williams: We can't moan - drawn Lions series was a fair outcome
Monday, 10 July 2017, 8:44AMLarry Williams gives his take on the Lions series, which he says was an "absolute beauty". He says Warren Gatland looked...
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Opinion
Larry Williams: Labour-Greens dead set against doing anything to defeat ISIS
Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 4:57PM"The Labour-Green party don't want New Zealand to play its part in defeating Islamic State, they don't want us to support...
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Opinion
The First Word: All Blacks, Cairns trial, obesity
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 4:56PMLarry Williams delivers his First Word opinion piece on the All Blacks, new developments in the Cairns trial and the Govt's...
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Opinion
The First Word: The All Blacks
Monday, 19 October 2015, 6:27PMLarry Williams' First Word on the All Blacks after their win against France on Sunday.
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Opinion
The First Word: OCR cut shows Wheeler is worried
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 4:29PMOCR Predictably the Reserve bank dropped the OCR to 2.75% - more cuts could be coming. The economy is slowing. This of course...
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Opinion
The First Word: Maori activists should have been booted yesterday
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 4:38PMMAORI ACTIVISTS These Maori activists that took over Kaitaia Airport should have been carted away or blown away with fire...
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Opinion
The First Word: Refugees, Into the River
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 4:57PMIt was always going to happen. The PM prevaricates over taking more refugees from Syria and when he softens his stance and...
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Opinion
Larry's First World: Pressure on Govt to lift refugee quota
Friday, 4 September 2015, 4:47PMRefugee The refugee crisis in Europe has brought great pressure on the Key government to lift the quota from 750. The quota...
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Opinion
Larry's First Word: Punishment for white collar crime too light
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 4:39PMFlag The man behind the All Blacks Silver Fern says the design of a possible new New Zealand flag needs to be taken more...
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Opinion
The First Word: Monitoring criminals, All Blacks squad
Monday, 31 August 2015, 4:36PMTwo more criminals cut off their electronic monitoring bracelets over the weekend. There's an element of copycat going on...
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Opinion
The First Word: Housing and Land Claims
Monday, 24 August 2015, 4:23PMHousing The Reserve Bank is again highlighting Auckland's runaway house market. Auckland prices rose 24 per cent over the...
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Opinion
Larry's First Word: GST, Landcorp and Winston Peters
Friday, 21 August 2015, 4:52PMThe week that was... GST The Government is going to hit us for GST on online shopping. Local retailers have been lobbying...
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Opinion
The First Word: Manhunt and Montgomery
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 4:10PMManhunt The all-day manhunt yesterday in the central North Island ended at a road block without incident. This was fortunate...
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Opinion
The First Word: Landcorp and GST
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 4:32PMLandcorp The spin on Landorp is that its got burgeoning debt, the Government is not coming to the rescue, and they need...
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Opinion
The Week that Was: Craig, Trump and the Flag
Friday, 14 August 2015, 3:52PMCraig The Conservative Party meltdown is all but complete. The latest instalment - allegations by John Stringer that Colin...
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Opinion
The First Word: Solid Energy up to eyeballs in debt
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 4:22PMSolid Energy is going into voluntary administration. The company will now consult with its 1500 creditors, but hopes to come...