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Kennedy Graham

Review 'astronomical' salaries, Greens say

The Greens say "astronomical" salaries paid to ministry chiefs must be reviewed as there's no reason to pay them so much.

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Reduced advertising and higher taxes were likely to have a significant effect on assaults

Alcohol, poverty fuelling serious crime video

Researchers say their work on violent assaults throws doubt on to police claims NZ is becoming a safer place.

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Occupy Wall Street activist marches on the one-year anniversary of the movement in New York (Reuters)

Occupy Wall Street, one year on

The trouble with Occupy Wall Street is that nobody really knows what it is anymore.

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CTU president Helen Kelly

Govt has caused ‘incredible shift of wealth’ - CTU

The Government is being blamed for the widening gap between rich and poor in New Zealand.

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Greens co-leader Russel Norman

'Record high' income inequality

New evidence shows middle income families are worse off under National and income inequality is at a record high, the Greens say.

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The research shows admissions started to rise in the 1990s, coinciding with the National government's economic changes

Labour backs study linking poor health to inequality

Labour says an unexpected increase in infectious diseases is the result of poverty, income inequality and poor housing.

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Hospitalisations from infectious diseases increased by 51 percent between 1989 and 2008

Inequality behind rise in infectious diseases - study

Growing inequality is behind a dramatic increase in infectious diseases over the last two decades, according to a new study.

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Finance Minister Bill English (file pic)

Tax hikes won't close wealth gap: English

Taxing the rich is not the way to narrow the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand, Finance Minister Bill English says.

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Kaye Brereton, beneficiary advocate

Inequality growing fastest in NZ - OECD video

A new report reveals the average income of New Zealand's richest 10 percent is now 10 times that of the poorest 10 percent.

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Labour is focusing on income inequality

Labour focuses on income inequality

Labour is taking its policy on the divide between rich and poor to the provinces as the election campaign approaches the halfway mark.

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National says its 2010 tax cuts put more money back in the pockets of New Zealanders, but Labour says they favoured the wealthy

Election 2011 issue: Inequality

Almost half of all wealth in New Zealand is owned by the top 10 percent of households and only 7 percent by the bottom 50 percent.

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