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Apr 28, 2008
Vector Sale: Greens Need To Stop Scaremongering
We have just read the Green Party's comments on the proposed sale of Vector's Wellington assets. Umm, can Sue Kedgley not remember back to the news that Wellington consumers were being charged more than they should have been by Vector - a New Zealand owned company? Why is foreign ownership necessarily bad? Is it not a good thing to have a company with real expertise owning this important Wellington infrastructure?