Dunne: feathering his own nest
Peter Dunne is once again touting his plans to introduce income splitting. It’s a policy aimed at helping out the wealthy. New Zealand […]
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Does money buy happiness after all?
In 1974, economist Richard Easterlin, published a study in which he argued that economic growth didn’t necessarily lead to more satisfaction. In poor […]
50 ways to help the planet
Check out 50 ways to help the planet. My favourites? Shower with your partner Invest in your own reusable coffee cup Picnic with […]
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
The NY Times reports on the symbiotic relationship between media “military analysts” and the Bush administration. Records and interviews show how the Bush […]
Owen Glenn’s secret shame
As Robinsod notes below in his insightful review of Wishart’s Absolute Power it’s abundantly clear that the author specialises in a particular brand […]
Blogger sweatshop
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Reading the tealeaves
One News reports on their Colmar Brunton poll showing a 19 point lead to National and Key ahead in the preferred PM stakes: […]
ACT: shamelessly campaigning with your money
Earlier in the week we heard that Heather Roy may have broken the Electoral Finance Act by including party advertising messages in her […]
Police confirm Brash email leak an inside job
Police have closed their investigation into the theft of e-mails from former National Party leader Dr Don Brash and have announced that they […]
Our condolences
Our condolences to all those affected by the Mangatepopo Gorge canyoning tragedy.
Nats’ school funding policy under attack
Stuff reports that “Principals and teachers have savaged a National Party plan to increase funding for private schools, calling it a thinly disguised […]
Join the smackathon
Just what you may have been waiting for: www.righttosmack.co.nz While we want the government to interfere with people’s private activities to some small […]
John Key on asset sales
Labour Congress EFA protest
Jordan Carter’s just posted a photo of what looks like nine EFA protesters having their say outside the Labour Party Congress on the […]
Fraser Colman has died
The Dom reports that “Fraser Colman – best known for being the cabinet minister on board the frigate that sailed to Mururoa Atoll […]
National to sell TVNZ
Despite Key’s best efforts to inoculate against the “hidden agenda on asset sales” perception – he’s now peddling the story that National won’t […]
John Key – The Gambler
A reader’s just sent us the lyrics to the song sung at Labour Party social and again at the conference as reported in […]
Beware the Tory wolf in liberal clothing
Polly Toynbee of The Guardian writes: “Beware the lesson of the Tory wolf in liberal clothing: Sweden’s great social democracy has been transformed […]
National under fire over unauthorised advertising
Annette King has hit back at National in the House today, producing two items of electoral advertising from them, neither of which is […]
Finlay MacDonald: The Audacity of Hype
A reader wrote to us to say that they’d recently seen Finlay MacDonald speak at Otago University as part of the Distinguished Communicator […]
Helen Clark on BBC’s “Hardtalk”
Sarah Montague from BBC’s Hardtalk interviews Helen Clark – starting with a question about whether the time might be right for a New […]
Didn’t take long
A reader just sent us this – REM meets John Key. (Hat-tip: PJ)
Lockwood: unsurprisingly relaxed about global warming
Power disavows $50 offender penalty
Duncan Garner kept Copperfield diners entertained yesterday by teasing Simon Power about the implications of National’s $50 conviction levy. We’re told that in […]
National retreads deny climate change
Lockwood Smith gave us student debt. Maurice Williamson gave us traffic jams. Now they want to give us global warming. Just days after […]
Key takes back seat on Labour’s big day
Perhaps he’s still getting into the swing of things after his Aussie holiday or perhaps he just doesn’t want to take on Cullen […]
Al Gore’s new climate change campaign
Al Gore has just launched a $300 million, bipartisan campaign to try to push climate change higher on the nation’s political agenda. The […]
ACT on campus defy party pill ban
I wonder if the ACT Party Secretary’s authorisation, top left, will make it harder for ACT to deny, as they have in the […]
Cheap thrills
If you’re in the market for some cheap BZP but don’t want to sell your soul to the ACT Party to get your […]
When good ads go bad
From Stuff: Details of a massive home loan scam targeting buyers in South Auckland have emerged involving former Westpac mortgate manager Amar Singh. […]
Interview the leaders
We’re going to interview the leader of each party but we’d like to give you the chance to ask the questions. Starting next […]
National’s nanny state
Seems to me we need some consensus on what a “Nanny State” actually is. Today the Nats have come out in opposition of […]
What would Jesus drive?
The Vatican’s update of sins to include issues of social justice and environment reminded me of a conversation I had recently with a […]
“The Panel” on John Key
Looks like people are starting to notice that the emperor has no clothes. powered by ODEO (Hat-tip: BB)
Democracy in action
The Press reports that: National’s hunt for a candidate in the new Selwyn electorate continues to cause problems, with one unsuccessful applicant taking […]
Creative pitch
With John Ansell now flat out with ACT and the Free Speech Coalition it suddenly stuck me that there might be an opening […]