Articles by Larry Williams
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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The First Word: Infantile Greens play bad politics
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 4:11pmThe Greens yesterday demonstrated why they will never be a preferred option for any government in coalition. The Greens will...
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The First Word: OCR cut, Serco and Goff
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 4:07pmOCR The cut in the interest rate by the Reserve Bank no big surprise. The OCR is now at 3% and looking to go to 2% by years...
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The First Word: Rugby Brawls, Chinese house buyers and Trump
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 4:24pmRUGBY BRAWL Police are still investigating the cause of a brawl at a high school rugby match in South Auckland. A 15 year...
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Opinion
The First Word: Local Govt Funding, Prison Fights and Foreign Buyers
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 4:14pmLocal Government Funding Auckland mayor Len Brown believes the Government has its head in the sand when it comes to the...
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Opinion
The First Word: Banks case, Greece, racial profiling
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 4:23pmThe Attorney General's satisfied with the way Crown Law handled the John Banks case. He's satisfied Crown Law's supervision...
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Opinion
The First Word: Labour's housing blunder, sporting complaints
Monday, 13 July 2015, 4:42pmDjokovic and Williams won Wimbledon; the Warriors beat the Storm, and Lydia Ko missed out at the US Open. At the risk of...
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Opinion
The First Word: Housing, Security Council, Sheep
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 4:48pmHOUSING Auckland's housing crisis is being felt further afield... in Hamilton, Tauranga and even the Western Bay of Plenty. The...
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Opinion
The First Word: De Malmanche, Greece and Rugby Tickets
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 4:54pmDe MALMANCHE Antony de Malamche got 15 years jail for drug trafficking into Bali. He got lucky. He could have easily been...
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The First Word: Greece, Tickets, Maori TV and David Shearer
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 4:09pmGREECE Stock markets around the world have gone into meltdown on the Greece crisis. Turmoil ahead then until the Greeks vote...
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The Week that Was: Conservatives, Kumar and Swney
Friday, 26 June 2015, 4:50pmWEEK THAT WAS Revelations of Colin Craig's inappropriate behaviour has seen his Conservative Party implode. Board members...
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The First Word: Budget and Child Poverty
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 3:57pmBill English will present his seventh budget tomorrow. He will declare his seventh deficit in a row. There will be no surplus....
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Opinion
The Week that Was: 15th May 2015
Friday, 15 May 2015, 4:32pmPrince Harry looks to be having a ball in New Zealand. The country loves Harry. You can see by the masses that have turned...
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Opinion
The First Word: Housing, Booze and McCready
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 3:58pmHOUSING WASH-UP There has been mixed reaction to the Reserve Banks measures to cool the Auckland housing market. Some claim...
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First Word: Road safety, UK election, housing
Monday, 11 May 2015, 4:19pmIt was an awful weekend on the roads with ten people killed in five separate crashes. This has given cause for the experts...
