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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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Lists: 6/10\xa0

Between the gender balance and the whack jobs, I am not sure lists are a good thing for democracy and good Government.\xa0

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Polls: 6/10\xa0

A horrible week for the Government with further shovels of dirt in the political hole in which they are currently being buried.\xa0

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The All Blacks: 7/10\xa0

Foster is onto it. Name the best you\u2019ve got, kill the Springboks and go into the World Cup five from five.\xa0

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Steve Hansen: 7/10\xa0

He can work for, or do a favour for, whoever he likes.\xa0

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Valedictories: 8/10\xa0

I know no one outside their families and me watches but they, at times, can be a brilliant insight into lives, careers and contributions that would have passed most of us by.\xa0

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The IRD bright-line interpretation: 2/10\xa0

Cock up of the week. Another example of poor planning that comes back to bite you.\xa0

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CRL: 2/10\xa0

Confession of the week. They had no idea the disruption it would cause! You dig a massive multi-year hole under the streets of the biggest city in the country, closing the roads, and you don\u2019t think that\u2019s not upheaval? Idiots. \xa0\xa0

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Space: 6/10\xa0

India-1, Russia-0\xa0

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