Week in review: Billion dollar dreamsALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Prime Minister Bill English is flanked by supporters after announcing the Government's contribution to a new stadium in Christchurch. City of goldHalf a billion here, half a billion there. We learned this week that our southern El Dorado may one day have a $496 million multi-use covered stadium with a high-tech retractable playing field. The butterfly effectA butterfly flaps its wings and big storms happen elsewhere. Seymour refused to apologise to Prime Minister Bill English, opting instead to double down with attacks on the Government that has supported him and his tiny party – "Has Bill English spent any time at all with voters recently?"

Source: Stuff August 25, 2017 16:52 UTC