Fairtrade: More than just branding
Do you buy Fairtrade products? Or do you think of it as just another marketing ploy? This recent article “Teach us how to […]
Media
New talent at the Herald
I imagine this by-line is an error, but given the way the Herald’s been evangelising for the Right lately you do have to […]
Sabotaged truck under labour
Earlier this week a reader drew our attention to Michael Hansen, a candidate in the recent local elections who drew 423 votes in […]
Dream of sliding to work?
Google have just opened a new European engineering headquarters in Switzerland, according to a report from the BBC: “Dotcom companies were defined by […]
Journalists react to attack on media freedom
Yesterday in Parliament, Winston Peters tabled a letter of protest from the Herald journalists’ chapel to APN chief executive Martin Simons. The letter […]
Viva Obama
Following a_y_b’s post about the deliciously punny Yes, Pecan! ice cream, we’ve found some more Obama-flavoured silliness which is also, incidentally, the best […]
Yes, Pecan!
Ben and Jerry’s icecream endorsed Obama when Edwards pulled out. To celebrate Obama’s win in Vermont, Slate recently ran a competition to name […]
PSA on core public service
Richard Wagstaff from the PSA was interviewed by Sunrise on John Key’s plan to undermine the public service this morning. He notes Key’s […]
Supply Side Jesus
Now to be perfectly honest I’ve never really thought that seven sins was enough. I was delighted to see that the Vatican has […]
Yawn
Well National’s finally got their line straight on the research fund and, despite me old mate Dancer’s prediction, they are not supporting it. […]
Some free publicity for the NBR
Speaking of humour, that joke of a newspaper the NBR has had a crack at us again. According to them The Standard is […]
Herald Editorial – ‘Why assets sales were worthwhile’
Tomorrow – ‘Slavery: it wasn’t so bad when you think about it’
Ralston’s hyprocrisy hyperbole
In an article on the economy that would have had my high-school economics teacher in fits, Bill Ralston says that it is hypocritical […]
Free Speech Coalition TV spot
A trusted source tells us that following their most recent failed EFA protest, Cameron Slater (Whaleoil) and National Party blogger David Farrar might […]
Flight of the bumble-key
Pythonesque
According to the Herald some people marched down Queen Street against the Electoral Finance Act on Saturday. Apparently they were protesting the removal […]
Key’s Australian excuse
On the 20th of December, John Key was reported in the Bay Report as saying “we would love to see wages drop” while talking […]
No, he meant “infrastructure”, he really, really did
AYB’s confidence in English as a frontman for National may already have taken a knock as the second half of the dynamic duo […]
What we can’t tell you
There is more to the John Key “we would love to see wages drop” story than you have been able to read in […]
Stripped
The two major dailies have been running bizarre editorial lines against the government’s intervention to block the sale of Auckland Airport, even as […]
But starting to slip
Political interference at APN
Last night we published a tip-off saying the New Zealand Herald planned to report that its APN stable-mate the Bay Report would be […]
Some questions
Today in Parliament Bill English made a very interesting comment which, if true, raises some very concerning questions about either his own honesty […]
Did Key try to get ‘wage drop’ journalist sacked?
Michael Cullen made an interesting remark in the House today in response to a question on John Key’s statement that he “would love […]
Mao Zedong features as preferred PM
As Helen Clark and John Key continue to jockey for top spot as preferred PM, Mao Zedong has made his first appearance in […]
Winston tears Paul Henry a new one
I’m as sick of the Owen Glenn saga as the next guy, but Winston Peters’ tussle with failed National Party candidate and Close […]
Cutting out the middle man
The Herald reports that after questioning by the media, ‘Prime Minister Helen Clark says her criticisms of the New Zealand Herald bear no […]
someoneorotherisyournewbicycle.com
I bookmarked barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com last week but forgot to post on it in amongst the (not over yet) story of John Key’s admission that: […]
Peas in a pod: Family Fist, National, DPF
National Party blogger David Farrar points to a criticism of the repeal of s59 by Sacha Coburn (“a Christchurch businesswoman, lawyer and mother”): […]
Espiner on National’s hypocrisy
From Colin’s blog: It’s time for National to put its mouth where its money is. After a week of climbing into Labour boots […]
Tail-spin
While National is trying to pretend John Key’s quote that “we would love to see wages drop” is a non-issue, behind the scenes […]
Bursting the bauble
While the David Farrars and Fran O’Sullivans of this world have been trying to create a storm over Owen Glenn’s recent comments, real […]
Labour with its claws out
The Press has a good article on the political blogs. The Standard and our mates Kiwiblogblog are referred to as “Labour with its […]
Owen Glenn
John Armstrong’s opinion is that: It is inconceivable that Helen Clark would have blithely offered a wealthy donor to Labour Party coffers a […]
Hutch back on Sunrise
Mike Hutcheson has somehow made another appearance, this morning, on TV3’s Sunrise programme. This is the guy who told viewers late last year […]
Coming unstuck
Only days after trying to eat a plate, in yet another freak (can I call him that?) accident, National Party blogger David Farrar […]