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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.
New Zealand.
7/10.
"It's been a week of very solid numbers.
Job listings, confidence statistics, unemployment figures, milk price upgrades, and house price records.
There is a lot that’s going on that’s on the right side of the ledger."
$100 Billion of Debt.
5/10.
"That’s the bill for looking like we are doing well.
And as we said some bits are, but one day the payments are going to have to start and that is a generations long road to travel."
The Vaccine Rollout.
4/10.
"We got clearance for one, at last.
We still don't have an actual date, and you get the growing sense that a lot of countries are way more urgent about it than we are."  
Falling Maths Grades.
4/10.
"This has been building for years.
It's complex, but I can't help but feel if we spent more time in the classroom it couldn't hurt."
The Climate Change Commission Report.
6/10.
"A mixture of practicality and dreaming.
More of the latter if the BBQ is a goner, but at least they see the renewable power goal for what it is."
Media's Treatment of Tom Abercrombie.
2/10.
"He and his family treated abysmally this week by a media whose obsession with a click far outweighs its desire for fact and detail.
Sick Leave.
3/10.
"What an unholy scrap this week over access to the new doubling of the entitlement.
Can we get it from day one? Who gets it when? Whatever happened to being proud to go to work and not taking a day off?"
Matariki.
7/10.
"Let's be honest most of us like another day off."
Captain Sir Tom Moore.
9/10.
"Lifting spirits is never to be underestimated.
And Sir Tom is a reminder of a generation where selflessness and service were part of who you were."
The Blackcaps.
8/10.
"A World Test Championship final at Lords.
For a country that has always struggled a bit at the long form, these are the glory days."
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