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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

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James Shaw: 6/10\xa0

Likeable bloke and will find life outside immeasurably more fun.\xa0

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Chl\xf6e Swarbrick: 6/10\xa0

The obvious replacement choice I would have thought. Good luck to her, but it doesn\u2019t advance the cause if you like the green bit of the Green Party.\xa0

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Heat alerts: 3/10\xa0

When did we decide 27 degrees needed a heat alert, and who decided that?\xa0

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Wellington Water: 1/10\xa0

It's not this council's fault, but it is multiple council's fault and is beyond a joke now. Perhaps it's a lesson in paying attention to local body politics and who we vote for?\xa0

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Shane Jones: 6/10\xa0

My politician of the week for having the gonads and the experience to be able to stand up to some of this race-based nonsense and give it right back.\xa0

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The return to work: 7:10\xa0

I have no time for those mad articles about how to cope, the New Year blues etc. If you don't like what you do, then fix it. Life is short.\xa0

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