NZ Institute turns up the heat
The New Zealand Institute has come out imploring us to be a “fast follower” rather than a leader in the race to reduce […]
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Mashup
We love remixes (well all except those German house ones of classic 80’s pop). Imagine our delight when we found this in out […]
YouTube campaigning
Mark Torley filed this piece on “YouTube campaigning” for One News last night.
FreeRice
FreeRice is a vocabulary game. For each word you correctly identify, they’ll donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help […]
New hybrid Crown limos announced
In an effort to play an even larger part in the fight against global warming the New Zealand government today announced the purchase […]
Blind ideology
Tempting to leave this one to Kiwiblogblog but perhaps they need a break… DPF writes this morning: As I have said many times, […]
Political pants
The website Twisted Twee is selling these babies nappies. The site warns “price fluctuates weekly depending on my swinging political opinion. This week […]
Social report
The Ministry of Social Development’s Annual Social Report is worth a read. It shows good progress across a range of social indicators, but […]
Protests
The Herald reports that “As many as a thousand people joined a march in Whakatane to complain about children being caught up in […]
Creative Commons: Wanna work together?
Hager’s response to Key
I’ve just listened to the audio and it doesn’t sound like Nicky Hager’s too happy with Key’s claims made on RDU last week. […]
Unions to encourage election participation
The Herald reports that new CTU president Helen Kelly envisages a more centralised union election campaign, “getting members to talk about politics and […]
Defining political conservatism
A month or so ago we posted on a study that appeared to show that the brains of conservative and liberals differed. A […]
Key’s flip-flops for sale on TradeMe
The entry reads: These won’t be comfortable to wear or even be long-lasting but they do come with an interesting provenance. They are […]
Trotter in the Independent
Apologies to The Independent Financial Review and to Chris Trotter for this rather large cut and paste from the second half of his […]
Can you save the rabbit?
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Anne Enright wins Booker Prize
Well I must admit to having been excited about the prospect of congratulating Lloyd Jones on winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. […]
Aussie workers worse off under Howard
A new report (PDF) by the University of Sydney shows Aussie workers are doing markedly worse under a Howard government. His desperate bid […]
Nat censorship
In light of National’s recent censorship demands regarding the photo of John Key on our petition (see below), an inquisitive reader has asked […]
Go the reds!
Stuff reported yesterday that the New Zealand Kiwi Foundation is warning that “New Zealand’s national icon, the kiwi, could face extinction within the […]
Arrests
Indymedia reports that “In a wave of massive state repression, 300+ Police, in many cases armed, raided houses around the country today making […]
Blog action day: environment
It’s environmental blog action day. Bloggers worldwide are being encouraged to post on an environmental issue of importance to them. One issue. One […]
More on free speech in National
Someone just sent me this. It’s an editorial from the Ashburton Guardian on Brian Connell’s firing resignation. Particularly over matters of Electoral Finance […]
National on free speech
Shortly after Jim Anderton published a press release saying that he was adding his signature to our petition asking John Key to apologise […]
Email excuses
Bill Ralston writes in his his column in the Herald today, “Okay, I know sometimes I don’t open all my emails, such as […]
Fighting virtual climate change
The New York Times reports that game maker Electronic Arts and energy company BP have collaborated in designing the latest version of E.A.’s […]
Left brain or right brain?
Apparently most people see the dancer spinning counter-clockwise. If you see her going clockwise you’re possibly right-brain dominant.
Free culture. Amen.
Wouldn’t be a weekend on The Standard without a post on free culture now would it? I’m going to go out on a […]
Ig Nobel awards
This years’ Ig Nobel awards have just been presented. The awards recognise achievements that “first make people laugh, then make them think”. Pictured […]
Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize
Gore shared the Nobel prize with the UN climate panel for their for their international work to promote the importance of addressing global […]
From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
On the morning of October the 12th 1917 845 New Zealand soldiers lost their lives in a failed attack on Bellvue Spur during […]
US right vs 12-year-old
A week or so ago President Bush vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children’s health insurance in the US. He […]
Found
It’s Friday. Maybe you need a break. Don’t say we never think of you. Here’s a site I used to love but had […]
Fence-sitting on the Farming Show
More parseltongue from Key, this time on the Farming Show yesterday. It’s just getting tiring to listen to. Put Bill on, at least […]
Video: John Key meets Brethren
Here’s the clip that aired on One News during the 2005 election campaign. It was produced after it became apparent that the Brethren […]
Trans Tasman on Clark
Articles like this – particularly in international media – must worry Key and National. How do you even begin to challenge a leader […]