Expect National to back research funding boost
At lunchtime today it is expected that the government will announce a major funding boost to promote innovation in food science, agricultural research […]
Dancer
No deadline on Treaty claims – National
Mr Key announced new National policy this morning. After a morning TV interview National now have no date to settle historic Treaty Claims: […]
The Maori party and a deal with National
We’ve all seen the polls with National leaping out in front – and over that magical 50% mark. Helen Clark may be saying […]
What’s the future of Working for Families?
One consquence of the expectations around tax cuts is an examination of some of the policies already have in place – Working for […]
Rod Oram: Insight into 2008
For those who are looking to the Beehive to bring some single minded focus to the current situation Labour finds themselves in, this […]
Katherine’s tangible policy presence
It’s been a few days now since the announcement of Katherine Rich’s decision to stand down from politics, but articles such as in […]
Key hopping on Hobsonville
Just spotted this statement from Maryan Street up on Scoop which suggests at least one reason why Mr Key would like the issue […]
Own home dream
Is tax really the answer to housing affordability? The editorial in the NZ Herald today motivated a reader to send us these observations: […]
Getting ALL the facts right
This contribution was sent through by a reader who did some digging after reading that Helen Clark’s research is letting her down in […]
Salvation Army report finds poverty in Godzone
A report out today from the Salvation Army acts as a reminder that despite a suite of policies designed to improve the lives […]
Media and our National Day
The decision of TVNZ’s CloseUp to pay to assist Tame Iti to travel to Waitangi this year was the focus of Media Watch […]
When politics and music video collide
From CNN earlier in the week – Jeanne Moos presents her very own Super Tuesday Political Video Awards. A good summary of some […]
TV3 poll presents challenge
The latest TV3 poll comes hot on the heels of Labour MPs gathering for their first caucus meeting of the year. “National can […]
Key and crabs
Now I know many of us are still in holiday mode for awhile longer but did it strike anyone else as a little […]
What you can do with this gadget is up to you
Spotted in the NY Times (6 Jan 2008) this new gadget looks like it takes the concept of open source one step further […]
The Politics of New Hampshire
For those of you following the presidential primaries this opinion piece by Dan Balz in the Washington Post (9 Jan) provides some interesting […]
Political intermission
If like me you are thinking “why?” to the issue of attack billboards at the time of year when everyone just wants to […]
Spain bans parents from smacking children
Yesterday we saw a report from Police Deputy Commissioner Rob Pope saying claims that the repeal of section 59 would lead to the […]
Leadership style & Clinton v Obama
Leadership is a quality that everyone can recognise but a whole suite of academic debate has emerged over its definition. For an example […]
Turning attention inward: looking at the media
Some interesting observations from Steven Price on DomPost editor Tim Pankhurst’s keynote address at the Jeanz conference called “The Power of Print”. His […]
National reopens Selwyn race
Local Nats don’t want David Carter as their candidate for Selwyn. Looks like the threats, intimidation and bullying tactics used to get him […]
What is the price of believing?
Oprah is a global brand, so when she went public with her campaign to support Barack Obama it was part of our news […]
Argentina gets first elected female president
We’ve been writing about Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark (btw – yesterday was the 8th anniversary of signing Ministerial warrants for the first […]
Xmas trees & when all that glitters
It was once a matter of personal preference. Now it’s part of the sustainability story. Do you prefer the uniform shape, colour, ease […]
A decade since Shipley
How remiss of us! Our pals over at Kiwiblogblog have just pointed out that we’ve just missed the 10 year anniversary since Jenny […]
Political correctness gone Möbius
In the wildly twisty turny inverted think of Rodney Hide it is both possible to say all violence is wrong and that smacking […]
Growing poverty across the Tasman
The Australian Council of Social Services has highlighted an update on the numbers living in poverty. New figures released by Australia Fair show […]
National’s challenge
With the British conservatives looking strong (and Labour embarassed by the costs of an election that never was) and the fresh new blood […]
Deja vu: alle par dejeuner
Reading Hager’s observations in his select committee testimony got me thinking. That big business lobby which used to sit behind Dr Brash now […]
Tough but fair
Listening to Nine to Noon on RNZ yesterday I thought there was some useful insight into the bigger picture behind Key’s “the war […]