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COMMENT: Typically when we pay more, we get more. But it doesn't always work like that.
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Never mind Trump, NZ climate effort needs work
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Dann: Market slowing, but will it crash?
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Diana Clement: Good, bad and ugly debt
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English must send Trump a message
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