Mark the Week: And we thought Ian Foster was an issue

Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 7:50 p.m.

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.\xa0\xa0

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Infrastructure: 3/10\xa0

From the sink holes in Auckland to the bugs and illness in Queenstown, how third world does this country seem right now?\xa0

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Auckland Airport: 3/10\xa0

Not only are the punters over it but the airlines have joined the queue as well. How much bad press does it take before someone there actually pulls finger?\xa0

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The second Leader's debate: 6/10\xa0

Because it was a world away from the first one. But honestly, as far as education and insight is concerned, we are hardly setting the world on fire are we?\xa0

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The NZ First call: 2/10\xa0

At the risk of saying "I told you so" Christopher, I told you so. In not ruling NZ First out and being clear from day one, how has the week gone for you?\xa0

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National and Jobseeker: 8/10\xa0

Policy of the week. Not because it's revolutionary, because it isn't, but because it will restore an element of decorum to the moral, fiscal and social shambles we endure at the moment.\xa0

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Overstayers and amnesties: 2/10\xa0

Policy fail of the week. The simple truth is indisputable; you can't come to this country and lie about it and then get let off. As someone called Trump once said: "if you don't have borders, you don\u2019t have a country".\xa0

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Dan Andrews: 6/10\xa0

Because although he is a dictatorial ogre, he did get re-elected twice, and in a democracy, the voter is never wrong.\xa0

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Eddie Jones: 3/10\xa0

And we thought Ian Foster was an issue.\xa0\xa0

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