The fundamental question
The fundamental question of politics is how the wealth of society should be divided among the members of society. We live in a […]
Social issues
Final Roy Morgan poll
The final Roy Morgan poll is out and the Left (LPG+M) has it by a nose with 62 seats out of a 122 […]
Key the opposite of Obama
Supports a Woman’s Right to Choose This is abortion rights. John Key was asked about abortion rights in the debate and he lied […]
Key used Nat research unit to search for smear on Clark’s husband
After weeks of griping about dirty tactics, it has been revealed in the NBR that Key ordered the tax-payer funded National Party research […]
Endorsements
Steve Pierson: Greens – I want a more left-wing Labour-led government. The Greens’ work rights and environment policies are better than Labour’s and […]
John’s walkabout itinerary
We’ve been emailed a copy of the itinerary for John Key’s last day of campaigning. It looks like he’s doing a last minute […]
Election day
On election day, we won’t doing any posting until the polls close. We will lock off comments, as well, until then. As the […]
Down to the wire
The last polls are out, except for Roy Morgan, which will presumably be out later today. Here are how the blocs sit (assuming […]
Key to work rights activist: you’re an idiot
You know, you can fly around acting all presidential if you like in a cheap attempt to wow the press gallery but that […]
Video: Get the vote out
Want a say in who will run the country – let’s get the vote out. Just as long as they know it’s Saturday […]
More unemployed but more employed too
Unemployment has risen to 4.2%, the first time in four years it has topped 4%. That’s lower than the experts expected, they thought […]
Greens’ closing broadcast
Via frogblog, the Greens’ closing campaign broadcast. I’d put Labour’s up too, but I can’t find it.
Pigs in muck
Yesterday, John Key was telling journalists that he knew the secret agenda taper, Kees Keizer, was a Labour Party activist. In fact, he […]
Shock revelation: Taper is Wellington Leftie
The secret taper has revealed himself as Kees Keizer, a leftie from Wellington. I spent quite a bit of time yesterday encouraging Keizer […]
Context
Yesterday morning on Sunrise, John Key was moaning that there is no context to the latest secret agenda tape, where Bill English praises […]
Clark makes it 2 from 3
The debate was Clark’s. The format and tone suited her. Her softer approach, which showed us the person behind the role was very […]
Fact checkin’ 3
Good debate so far, addressing the issues and the policies, rather than the politics, which the other two debates have been focused on. […]
Democracy under attack
From Both Eyes Open: National Party candidate Stephen Franks’ campaign team has been systematically tearing down political posters put up by his opponents […]
Where are the polls?
I know, they’re inaccurate and out of date. And it’s only three days until the only poll that counts. But I’m curious! It’s […]
Pork barrelling from the Nats
One of the virtues of New Zealand government has long been that we avoid US-style pork barrel politics. The Government sets the direction […]
Key, still telling lies
Ahead of the final leaders’ debate tonight, 08wire has produced a video on John Key’s lies in the second debate. What strikes me […]
English “worried” about Obama
More from 3News tonight on the secret recordings taken at the Naitonal Party conference in August. This time it’s Bill English expressing concern over […]
Last days to get active
It’s great to see people still downloading materials from the Campaign Hub. With just over three days of campaigning to go, you’re running […]
Another Nat secret agenda tape
The Herald campaign updates reports that Clark has just had a private interview with TV3, appearently getting her response to the latest secret […]
Fresh ideas
Part 3 in the CTU’s series of election vids. The best yet You can see the other two here
Economy healthier than expected
The latest government accounts show the economy is in better condition than was expected. Tax take was $500 million higher than expected due […]
More vids from the campaign trail
We’ve just received these. The first is from Hollowman productions, who brought us the famous Porirua markets video. The second is a video […]
Mythbusting: Largest party must govern
Because the polls are showing a Labour, Greens, Progressives, Maori alliance could govern, National is crying that the largest party has some kind […]
Clark takes round 2
A much better performance from Clark saw her best Key in tonight’s debate. As well as being on top of all the issues, […]
Fact checkin’ round 2
It’s really good to see Clark taking Key to task on his lies this time: Key: productivity has halved under Labour. Lie. The […]
Text polls
Watching the TV3 debate and it seems they’re running another text poll. It’s too early yet to tell who’s going to win, but […]
Election Quiz
If you haven’t seen Pundit’s New Zealand election quiz you should head on over and take a look. It’s based on the award-winning […]
Wages still growing strongly
Despite the recession, wages have continued to grow at a record rate and, crucially, faster than inflation. The average hourly rate was up […]
Nats will only cut Kiwisaver by 44-49% -cries ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority’s decision that Labour’s Kiwisaver ad is inaccurate is ridiculous. 08wire’s vid shows why. The ASA admits in its decision […]
Advertising, getting it right and getting it wrong
Labour’s new ad is one of the best political ads I’ve seen. It’s just a really well written script: acknowledging the success of […]
Dunne’s deal?
The revelations in today’s Dompost that Peter Dunne’s United party took a donation from the Vela family shows again what a messy business […]