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He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says regional councils add layers of confusion, as he looks to scrap them.
Consultation's open on the proposal which would see the councils abolished and replaced with boards made up of local Mayors.
Boards would be required to put plans in place around re-organising services and infrastructure, which will be checked over and ticked off for financial sustainability.
Chris Bishop told Mike Hosking there's enormous levels of complexity which people don't understand.
He says in Wellington for example, the regional council runs the buses, but the city councils decide the road closures and where the bus stops are.
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