Rob Hosking

I'm a New Zealand journalist, I write about economics and politics and policy matters generally, mostly for @theNBR. Been doing it for a while now. It's fun.

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Second hand bookstores, like libraries and the great outdoors, will be the final repositories of our civilisation. https://t.co/vxgtHtzaeK

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Hence the NeW Year’s gong. Must be.

[Emile Donovan @emiledonovan]

. Sir @TimShadbolt just told me on @radionz he has pubic hair growing out of his elbow

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@gtiso Not so much ‘where’s Wally?’ As ‘where’s Welly?’

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@Dovil @MetService That’s Ol’ Scattered Shower. Not allowed in till he’s shown he can behave himself in mixed company.

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@Jasonwalls92 @rodemmerson That is a nice touch.

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@Hilary_Barry I see it has a beret. Dressing to its national stereotype as defined by Brit comedies. Half expecting it to go animated & mutter ‘lisson ver’ carefully: I shall say zees only wonce...’

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The Baron then offered a holiday toast. Apparently. https://t.co/OIeyQIHtqY

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@lp_hehir Hell yeah. Made me own silage stacks & all. Filched bits of black polythene and yhd consoled used tyres I could find

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@lp_hehir Only the first. The second? Pfft.

[Jeremy @greytownbuilder]

No one has ever finished The Luminaries. In fact, in the last chapter aliens invade earth and kill everyone, it’s just no one has ever read it.

[Aelfred The Great @aelfred_D]

English: Oh a new thing, let’s call it seven different expressions and see what sticks

French: The words must be of French origin & approved by the Academie, stop using other words stop, please

German: SLAM THE WORDS FOR ITS COMPONENTS INTO A NEW SINGLE WORD ITSMOREEFFICIENT

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@David_Cormack @LI_politico It’s a big part of it, yes.

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@David_Cormack @Jasonwalls92 Its kinda c like a less streamlined, more youthful version of Bowie’s Diamond Dogs cover

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@eleludemann @TheNBR Thank you!

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Quote of the day- https://t.co/qce4ZA6Foa

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@SusieFergusonNZ

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@MatthewHootonNZ @AndrewRiddell1 You can’t write notes if you’ve got both fingers jammed in your ears.

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@damienmgrant @WestCoastRogue @David_Cormack True. Particularly that time the Internecine Libertarians fired the drummer.

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@David_Cormack The trick is to bait your traps with the right type of kakapo grease.

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@gwynncompton And they say schools don’t teach enough of the practical skills these days... this is BRILLIANT.

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@SusieFergusonNZ @UpsideBackwards Almond croissants? Best kind.