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Mark the Week: National is still playing silly buggers with New Zealand First

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 9:05 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

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The Warriors: 7/10\xa0

Just can't stop winning. Big changes this week but does that stop it being eight in a row? I don\u2019t think so. Because this is our year.\xa0

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The All Blacks: 3/10\xa0

Inexplicable. But that\u2019s the real issue, when you can be that good and then that bad.\xa0

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National and tax: 7/10\xa0

Innovative, popular and basically delivers what they said they would. Policy of the week.\xa0

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Liam Lawson: 9/10\xa0

Story of the week. In many respects he was tossed into a cauldron, in a way no one ever has been, and didn\u2019t sink. Not only did he not sink, but he put up a result that, if backed up this weekend, is going to go an awful long way to cementing a full time gig next year.\xa0

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Coalitions: 4/10\xa0

National is still playing silly buggers with New Zealand First and it's going to bite them. I don\u2019t get it.\xa0

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Fees free: 7/10\xa0

ACT getting rid of it is the third best policy of the week. It's ideological mumbo jumbo that never worked and wasted money.\xa0

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David Parker: 4/10\xa0

Shhhh, he might still be asleep. 5:45pm at night is too late to ask if hes around the next morning, 13 hours later for an interview? #asleepatthewheel #givenup #laughingstockoftheweek #toomanyhashtags.\xa0\xa0

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