As expected in November, growth in the economies of our trading partners has continued to be sluggish.
"Donald "Don" Thomas Brash", a New Zealand politician, was Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)/Leader of the Opposition, parliamentary leader of the New Zealand National Party/National Party (the country's main Parliamentary Opposition/Opposition party at that time) from 28 October 2003 to 27 November 2006 and the leader of the ACT New Zealand/ACT Party for 28 April 2011 – 26 November 2011. Before entering Parliament, Brash was Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for 14 years.
At the New Zealand general election, 2005/New Zealand general election on 17 September 2005, National under Brash's leadership made major gains, and achieved what was at the time the party's best result since the institution of the mixed member proportional representation/mixed member proportional electoral system in 1993, compared to their worst result ever in 2002 under the leadership of his predecessor, Bill English. Final results placed National two seats behind the incumbent New Zealand Labour Party, with National unable to secure a majority from the minor parties to form a governing coalition.
More Don Brash on Wikipedia.I think Helen Clark faces a very difficult task forming the next government. I'm ready for the next campaign whenever it is.
They have urged us to keep talking. They have not offered any financial support and nor will any be sought.
The special votes did not improve National's chances of forming the next government, indeed they made those prospects slightly worse by having one seat fewer in parliament than was true on the election night.
That's still too far away.
For us having a single standard of citizenship for all New Zealanders irrespective of race remains a very important objective indeed.
We can't yet claim a victory but I'm certainly not conceding defeat.
It seems more likely now that the current slowdown in the world economy will worsen. In these circumstances, New Zealand's short-term economic outlook would be adversely affected, although any downturn might well be relatively short-lived.
If you remember, that's when I suggested the unemployed could line up outside post offices each day for work.
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