Act creates Wanganui fashion police
Last night, Chester Burrows’ bill allowing the council of Wanganui to ban people from wearing the insignia or symbols of any organisation they decide […]
Politics
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Not my Leaders
Hide and Banks do not strike me as the kind of men you feel safe about having too much power. They never have […]
Oh dear.
A while back we heard a rumour that National had already printed its billboards for the Mt Albert campaign – with Melissa Lee […]
Greens go grey
I see Russel Norman is now describing Labour’s Mt Albert Candidate, David Shearer, as the “grey” man. Now I haven’t been around as […]
Progressive?
It was deeply depressing to wake up this morning to the sound of Russel Norman running National Party attack lines on Radio NZ. […]
Mt Albert candidate selected
David Shearer has been selected as the candidate for Labour. Congratulations to all of the candidates [updated: The vodem was a bit slow. […]
The interesting selection
The National selection in Mount Albert will be going down to the wire with the inevitable split between the locals and the regional/national […]
Entrenchment back on the agenda
Good to see Labour pursuing a private member’s bill to entrench the Maori seats. Mita Ririnui, who’s lodging the bill, says it “will […]
Jarring
Today Phil Goff’s question to Key is: “Does he agree with the statements in the House by his Minister of Finance on 16 […]
Gordon Campbell on the MoU
Gordon Campbell’s latest Scoop column takes a very critical view of the Greens’ Memorandum of Understanding with National. While the Greens’ strategy is […]
Imagine.
Inspired by a forwarded e-mail about Obama’s speech to the NAS with this line in it Imagine Key committing to invest 3% of […]
Budget 2009: Why not tax the rich?
With the Government openly preparing the public for spending cuts in the upcoming Budget, No Right Turn reminds us that there are alternatives […]
Mount Albert Labour goes active
On the way to the Question & Answer session for the Mount Albert Labour selection candidates, it was clear that the campaign has […]
Greens join call for referendum
The Greens have joined Labour and an array of groups calling for Aucklanders to get a referendum on the supercity. Great stuff. Sue […]
Goff calls for supercity referendum
Phil Goff has put out a press release calling for a referendum so that the people of Auckland can decide whether the Government’s […]
Look Mum they stole my city …
After the success of the meetings about the super-city in Waitakere and Manakau yesterday, here are a few more of interest in date […]
David Shearer
So, Labour’s flying in some bloke called David Shearer to have a tilt at the Mt Albert selection. Apparently he’s been working for […]
About time
It’s good that Labour has rejoined good leftwing principles over the foreshore and seabed. Labour was spooked by the popularity of National’s race […]
Phil Twyford not seeking Mt Albert nomination
Breaking news… Labour MP Phil Twyford announced today he will not be seeking the nomination for the Mt Albert by-election. Twyford said he […]
Has National changed its policy on the super-city?
Yesterday I pointed out that the Local Government Act requires referenda on boundary changes such as are envisaged for Auckland. To not do […]
Govt still refuses to act on youth smoking
A couple of months ago you may remember Tony Ryall rejecting a health select committee recommendation that cigarettes and tobacco be kept out […]
One of these things is not like the other III
One of these things is not like the other… One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one […]
Questions
We should expect National as the political arm of business to surround itself with dirty money and conflicts of interest. As a self-proclaimed […]
Public service numbers
I’ve just stumbled across this killer graph from the PSA on public service numbers under Labour and National. It helpfully puts in graphical […]
Mana enhancement
The Maori Party MPs always read from pre-prepared speeches in the House. Here’s one they might like to read on Budget Day: We […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]