We just got our first sat (satellite) phone that works today.

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Six years ago it was up to about $1.20 a litre, then down to below $1, ... But that was over a period of six years. Think about what's happened to the prices of houses and cars and most goods in that period -- they've gone up 2-3 per cent a year. In real, inflation-adjusted terms, we've seen oil come down.

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A price of $2 is not impossible, ... I hope not, but it's within the realms of what credible people are forecasting.

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These cases the girls missing are most unusual, no bodies have been recovered.

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You get out of it what you put into it.

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It would be unwise to read too much into modest movements in the index in recent months.

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Petrol prices are like a tax increase -- they take money out of everyone's pockets.

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While commodity prices clearly look extended from a cyclical perspective, supply and demand fundamentals nevertheless look favourable.

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But, equally, the impetus provided to the economy by rising commodity prices has passed, particularly with New Zealand's export commodities unable to keep pace with surging oil prices.

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