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McCully, Key, listen up. The real problem with Haden's comment isn't the term 'darkie'. The problem is he thinks limiting the number of Polynesians in their team is a key to the Crusaders success. Something the Blues should imitate. Haden apologised to the 'darkie' line.…
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This from McCully - It is not up to the Minister of Sport to investigate allegations of racial team selection, Murray McCully says. He said if that was the case then he would have his staff monitoring talkback radio. McCully's trying to tell us his…
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One of these things is not like the other, One of these things is not quite the same Can you guess which one is not like the other, Can you tell me before I finish the game?
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WTF? Jim Bolger's mates have got together and put a half page ad (including a list of who they all are) in today's DomPost to wish him a happy birthday and to thank him for his many years of public service. While not wishing to…
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Colin Espiner sums up the central issue of Highwater-gate very well: "Basically it comes down to this: [John Key] said he didn't know he had shares in Highwater when he really did... let's be honest, the only people who don't know what's in Key's share portfolio are…
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Kerre Woodham's just penned an endorsement of the three strikes act. She admits that it probably won't do what it sets out to do. She accepts that it might be unjust. She understands that it will be expensive. Nevertheless she supports it. Why? Talkback. After…
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So, just 10km of cycleway has been constructed in the 15 months since John Key announced it as a panacea for the recession. The budget for the 2000km national cycleway (affectionately known as the John Key Memorial Cycleway), which was going to run the length…
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On the back of last night's poll that showed the Budget has done nothing for National, I thought a re-examination of the politics of the Budget is in order. See, we got a whole lot of excited coverage at the time as the journos got…
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It seems former All Black Andy Haden will keep his job as Rugby World Cup Ambassador after having apologized and withdrawn his allegations that the Canterbury Crusaders have a limit on the number of Polynesian players they recruit. Fair enough, perhaps. But Murray McCully's decision…
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Blogging obsessives (we know who we are) are probably aware of a harmless bit of fun, The Air New Zealand Best Blog Award. Dissatisfied with the astroturf of the Qantas Media Awards 2010 blog selection, a shadowy cabal calling themselves "The NZ Bloggers Union" set…
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Another bad poll for National. Support for the Tories in the latest Colmar Brunton poll has dropped from 54% to 49% since April. The gap between Right (National and ACT) and Left (Labour and Greens) has fallen from 18% to 11%. The same pattern as…
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From the RSA, a short video based on a seminar by Dan Pink. Dan was once Al Gore's speechwriter. Here he "illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace".
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We had a guest post last week about the effect of the Budget on a retired couple's savings. Bernard Hickey has hit the same topic in his latest post. Most taxpayers will (just) have their higher GST bill covered by the income tax cut but…
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I knew that disasters in rich white countries get much more media than disasters anywhere else. I knew that oil was a dirty business. None the less, this article by John Vidal surprised me: The real cost of cheap oil The Gulf disaster is only…
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When floating the idea of Kiwibank's possible sale to a post-budget audience last week, Bill English said that the government did not want to put more capital in because it was risky. Mr English, fresh from delivering the 2010 Budget, told a gathering of South…
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Audrey Young reports that Paula Bennett has once again abused the trust and power that is given to her as a minister in her campaign to paint all beneficiaries as bludgers. "National Party delegates took in a deep breath this morning when social welfare minister…
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The only question that matters in Highwater-gate is this: "is John Key's trust really blind"? The answer seems to be "no". I'm sorry, but the lawyer's letter that Key released yesterday just raises more questions about his not so blind trust. The letter explains the…
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Comments by former All Black and Rugby World Cup "Ambassador" Andy Haden that alledge the Canterbury Crusaders have a limit on the number of "darkies" they have in their team have created more headaches for Key. After carefully reaffirming his love for the red-neck rump of voters…
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Of his not so blind holdings in Whitechapel Ltd, Key says: "All this means that I have no beneficial interest in Whitechapel Ltd, which is central to Labour's claims of a conflict of interest." This is weasel speak by the PM. We have heard such…
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The Dominion Post has revealed that only hours after criticising National's plans to mine on Great Barrier, Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye was seeking advice from Key and Brownlee's offices on what to say to the media. Kaye has previously admitted to having had Key…
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John Key has just issued a press release answering questions no one asked. Mr Key says he doesn't have a beneficial interest in Whitechapel - the 'key hole' to seeing his blind trust. But Key doesn't answer the central question surrounding this issue. Why does…
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Tuhoe are about to walk away from the Treaty talks. More power to them. Key has screwed them over. They've been waiting generations. They can afford to wait a little longer until we have a decent PM. Or they can go to the UN, see…
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Maersk, the world's largest shipping line, has announced it will no longer transport unsustainably harvested fish. Good on them. It's not often you see a major corporate using its market power for good, putting the long-term future ahead of short-term profits. For New Zealand, this…
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Labour MP Pete Hodgson has complained to Parliament's powerful privileges committee over Key's shareholdings in an Otago vineyard. It turns out that Key co-owns the vineyard (in his not-so-blind trust) with some of NZ's largest supermarket owners. This, while the government has ruled out liquor…
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Murray McCully is still smarting from the Aid community so strongly (and correctly) objecting to his destruction of our world leading NZAID program, that he continues to kick them. Not content with last year's 75% cut to the funding of the NGOs umbrella group The…
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John Key's been lying long enough to know not to tell a porky that's instantly falsifiable. So, I was gobsmacked to see him on TV1 saying he had never heard of Whitechapel, the company that owns his shares as a holding vehicle for his 'blind'…