On the Money: the taxi waits for no one, Cecilia's in the market, hear Jordan, and more

On the Money: the taxi waits for no one, Cecilia's in the market, hear Jordan, and more
The parliamentary year ended with more of a whimper than a bang. (Image: NZME)
Paul McBeth
While the taxis were waitingAs usual, the parliamentary year ended with more of a whimper than a bang.The past two weeks had been dominated by urgency, mainly repealing parts of the previous government’s programme. And despite brave bursts of outrage, everyone was just tired.By the time MPs got to the adjournment debate, it was more notable who was absent than who was there.Chris Penk kicked it off saying he got the honour “as the most senior MP named Chris on this side of the House, who was available to take this call”.Among...

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