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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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