Michael Cullen Quotations

We have said throughout the campaign that New Zealanders would pay for National's tax cuts through higher mortgage and interest rates and today's statement from the bank bears that out,

The areas measured are starting a business; hiring and firing workers; enforcing contracts; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors and closing a business,

While a similar split is obviously an option for New Zealand, that has never been my preference,

We just don't believe in tax cuts - it's against our fundamental philosophy - after all we are socialists and proud of it.

You have been doing very well, ... You should just lie back and enjoy it.

They also reinforce the need to maintain a strong fiscal position to lean against the effects of high, debt-financed consumption in the household sector,

That New Zealand should compare so well internationally is a credit to the quality of our regulatory regime and to the government's economic management.

It will be a nose-to-nose, head-to-head result between the two major parties,

The next step in the cloning process involves searching for cells in the bones and tendons of preserved specimens, ... If none are found, then we will try to extract DNA from those specimens and use 'Jurassic Park technology'.

The concerns raised by the Treasury will inform the government's planned review of the business tax regime,