Michael Cullen Quotes

The areas measured are starting a business; hiring and firing workers; enforcing contracts; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors and closing a business,

(There was) three cheers for Helen ... OK team, let`s get to work.

That New Zealand should compare so well internationally is a credit to the quality of our regulatory regime and to the government`s economic management.

We have said throughout the campaign that New Zealanders would pay for National`s tax cuts through higher mortgage and interest rates and today`s statement from the bank bears that out,

It will be a nose-to-nose, head-to-head result between the two major parties,

You have been doing very well, ... You should just lie back and enjoy it.

While a similar split is obviously an option for New Zealand, that has never been my preference,

Every possible permutation is still in play,

They also reinforce the need to maintain a strong fiscal position to lean against the effects of high, debt-financed consumption in the household sector,

We just don`t believe in tax cuts - it`s against our fundamental philosophy - after all we are socialists and proud of it.