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MOP proposal warning misplaced

Wednesday 22 August 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor

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MOP proposal warning misplaced
“Legendary” New Zealand prime minister John Key – pictured here with PM Henry Puna at the 50th anniversary celebrations in 2015 – borrowed money from China to “haul New Zealand's economy out of deficit following the financial crash of 2008”. 18082112

Dear Editor, May I respond to Wellington’s financial guru Kevin Barr’s letter of August 20, headed ‘Sting in the tail’, in which he rings a bell that tolls for us at Merchant of Paradise (MOP) and warning us about “the sting in the tail when borrowing large sums of money from the Chinese”.

Dear Editor, May I respond to Wellington’s financial guru Kevin Barr’s letter of August 20, headed ‘Sting in the tail’, in which he rings a bell that tolls for us at Merchant of Paradise (MOP) and warning us about “the sting in the tail when borrowing large sums of money from the Chinese”.


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