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THE GREAT MERIDIAN EXPERIMENT: IS MERIDIAN 'GUIDELINE AWARE'?

THE GREAT MERIDIAN EXPERIMENT: IS MERIDIAN 'GUIDELINE AWARE'?

Our mystery Meridian Energy consumer took himself to the point of disconnection to see if there was any change in this new more 'sociall...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 0 comments
Labels: electricity, meridian
PHIL GOFF FARTS A LOT!

PHIL GOFF FARTS A LOT!

New Zealand or more specifically, New Zealand parliamentary politicians made Jon Stewart's The Daily Show (C4, Tues-Fri 10pm) this wee...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, July 28, 2007 0 comments
Labels: satire, stewart
MERIDIAN CONTINUES TO DISCONNECT CONSUMERS, INCREASES PRICES, IGNORES GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES

MERIDIAN CONTINUES TO DISCONNECT CONSUMERS, INCREASES PRICES, IGNORES GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES

Despite assurances from the Government that electricity companies would adhere to a new set of guidelines before disconnecting consumers, Me...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, July 26, 2007 0 comments
Labels: electricity, meridian
THE GREAT ELECTRICITY SWINDLE

THE GREAT ELECTRICITY SWINDLE

While New Zealanders are faced with escalating power prices, Comalco gets its power at less than a third of the price the rest of us have t...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 0 comments
Labels: comalco, electricity
MERIDIAN ENERGY: 'A ROGUE CORPORATE'

MERIDIAN ENERGY: 'A ROGUE CORPORATE'

Meridian Energy don't seem to be heeding the call to be more 'socially responsible' as the Government says all power companies ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, July 23, 2007 0 comments
Labels: electricity, meridian
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL AT MERCURY ENERGY: PEOPLE GET THEIR POWER CUT OFF

IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL AT MERCURY ENERGY: PEOPLE GET THEIR POWER CUT OFF

Despite disconnecting the power of the Muliaga family and killing wife and mother Folole Muliaga, Mercury Energy recommenced the whole sordi...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, July 19, 2007 0 comments
Labels: electricity, heffernan
THE RICH GET RICHER

THE RICH GET RICHER

One of the more irritating things about New Zealand politics is that the establishment can get away with making fictitious statements that ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 0 comments
Labels: cullen, wealth
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE

It's good to do nothing, says Tom Hodgkinson, editor of the London-based The Idler magazine . Tom Hodgkinson isn't a winner. He isn...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, July 09, 2007 0 comments
Labels: hodgkinson, idler
CHOO, CHOO, ALL ABOARD THE MEDIA GRAVY TRAIN!

CHOO, CHOO, ALL ABOARD THE MEDIA GRAVY TRAIN!

TVNZ apparently doesn't have the money to fund a decent current affairs programme, but it seems to be able to have plenty of cash to sen...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, July 02, 2007 0 comments
Labels: sevilla, TVNZ
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