dick-o-meter
Russel Brown at Media7 doing a light-hearted take on how pathetic Paul Henry has been over time. You really have to ask if […]
Politics
Posts on government and governence at national and local level, political parties,politicians, and political participation
Weak
We’ve all been subjected to mainstream journalists gushing over Key’s ‘strong leadership’ but now it’s being put to the test and we’re seeing […]
What comes around goes around
It wasn’t so long ago that National’s covert attack organ, the Free Speech Coalition, were squealing about how anti-democratic the last Labour government […]
Creating venal politics
It appears that John Key and Rodney Hide are participating in an old political action in Auckland – the gerrymander. From a general […]
Key, a Worthless Prime Minister?
Yet another twist in the Worthless saga. It turns out that he used his diplomatic passport on the trip to India – which […]
Reminder: DL Wgtn tonight
If you’re not fleeing the city for the long weekend like every other sane person, Drinking Liberally Wellington is on at the Southern […]
Thanks, Helen
There goes the best leader we’ve had in a life-time. Was she perfect? No, far from it. There are many things she might […]
A message from the base
As regular readers will know I’ve been an active Green supporter since the Alliance left parliament. I’ve not agreed with all of their […]
Mana enhancement: Fail
Russian oligarch urges dump MMP
So, the Business Roundtable has resorted to calling in Russian oligarchs to aid their campaign against proportional represenation. Here’s what “Taranaki-born former Treasury […]
Higher education
Turns out Richard Worth’s not the only one with a passion for flying. Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley has been joyriding in helicopters […]
Cullen leaving Parliament
The press statement from Michael Cullen on his departure from Parliament is here. He will be missed, and probably not just by members […]
Cullen to chair NZ Post and Kiwibank
Trans-Tasman reports: the Government will offer former Deputy PM and Finance Minister Michael Cullen the post of Chairman of the Board of NZ […]
Yes, if Bill will let me
A wag emails us: So Key is keen on offering mortgage holidays like in Aussie. Any bets on how long before English overrules him?
Garrett lying to his own supporters
Not content with lying to the New Zealand public, ACT MP David Garrett has now been busted lying to his own supporters about […]
Out of touch
Vernon Small suggests that a further 60,000 workers may lose their jobs by next year. So it comes as a shock to read […]
Mt Albert nominations open for Labour
Normally I don’t put up press releases but this one is special to me. It is about my home electorate and where I […]
Why won’t Key sack his Minister?
The Herald is now reporting that John Key won’t sack Richard Worth, despite new information coming to light that an associated company to […]
Still stuck in the slow lane
In the Dom Post today Tom Pullar-Strecker calls Steven Joyce’s recently announced broadband fibre plans: old wine in new bottles – a backdown […]
Messy play at Playcentre
Playcentre was founded during the second world war as a way for families (mainly mothers) to support each other while providing quality child-centred […]
Talleys: Corporate scum
I’ve long been of the opinion that the Talley family, owners of the Talleys food empire, are a corrosive force in this country […]
It’s just not worth the risk
From Bill Ralston’s latest column on the Richard Worth scandal: Key’s predecessor had no qualms about making ministers walk the plank if they […]
English kicks cycleway to touch
While John Key’s been bouncing from cloud to cloud, Bill English has been grinding away in the back room. He’s finally done the […]
Ominous Trickles before the Flood
The attack on democratic local government is taking shape in the public domain. 1. Hide was not made the Minister of Local Govt […]
Who’s zooming who?
The Herald reports: Last week John Key used poor United States sales of the new BMW 7-series – 10 were sold in February, […]
How to approach Auckland
No Right Turn and David Farrar have written posts on the massive lack of proportionality in the suggested voting regime by the Royal […]
Meeting Joe Overton
A little while ago we had some discussion here about the Sensible Sentencing Trust and their status as a charity. That’s not what […]
G20 updates
The Guardian has excellent video of the G20 protests. Gives you a real feeling of what things are like in the ground. So […]
How much is a lie worth?
Labour revealed in parliament today that Richard Worth has another secret shareholding that created conflict of interest when he carried out ministerial duties on […]
Submit!
From No Right Turn. The Law and Order Committee has called for submissions on the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill. Two […]
G20 protests
Tens of thousands of people protested yesterday April 1st in London at the G20 summit. The protest is made up of a multitude […]
Mana enhancement – fail
To further enhance their mana Te Ururoa Flavell and Rahui Katene spent their questions in parliament yesterday asking patsies to National. ‘How will […]
Regurgitating rubbish
On his blog Colin Espiner rejects the argument that National’s tax cuts are “unfair because they give more to those who earn more” saying “I’m afraid […]
Key plays the April fool
Someone’s set up a swag of fake Twitter accounts under the names of Labour MPs. Apparently Labour came across these on Monday at […]
Happy tax cut day?
The tax cuts that National are implementing today are more generous to high income earners, and less generous to low income earners, than […]
Mayday Mayday, Worth’s bought it and I’m losing altitude – Groser out
Richard Worth, OBE, is now in very serious trouble having been snared in what looks like untruths about using his Ministerial portfolio to […]