Heather Duplessy-Allen
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It's all part of the government's plan to fix the basics, build the future and ensure Kiwis are getting a fair deal at the checkout.
Maybe, but the Commerce Commission was doing that work.
And I have a suspicion because it's weird.
Cameron Brew is still talking about, oh, the surcharge ban is going to happen.
I think he was saying it this week.
And everybody looked at it and went, no, it's not.
Actors killed it for good reason.
It's a dumb idea.
And I reckon he's going to be able to now let it die and point to this and go, but this is fixing everything.
Which is probably the wise thing to do, actually.
Seven away from nine.
So there's a bit of a shake-up on the way for UK money looks, and I'm actually talking about the actual banknotes here, the way that they look.
They want to replace historical figures like Winston Churchill and Jane Austen with iconic British animals and insects instead.
So what they're going to do is, I mean, I don't know, this is running from controversy, isn't it?
Oh, Winston Churchill can't possibly have him on a note.
He's had some stuff.
Oh, Jane Austen.
Let's put animals on instead.
So the animals that they can choose from, and the British public are going to be able to choose, they've got the common toad, the mute swan,
the woodland butterfly, the basking shark, and the adder.