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Grannywriter Audrey Young's story headlined "Exclusive Brethren's email sets stage for Electoral Finance Bill" is more National Party spin. The Brethren's email to Chief Electoral Officer Henry on 8 June 2005 followed their letter to Don Brash and John Key on 24 May 2005 in…
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So the NZ Herald has finally admitted it's running a campaign against the government. Check out this ridiculous, chest-thumping, self-congratulatory piece from their website: Public opinion has swung behind the Herald's call for the Electoral Finance Bill to be scrapped. Hundreds of people have joined…
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Laila Harre's Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture is now available in full over at Scoop. It's titled Union Relevance in Aotearoa in the 21st Century, and while it's nothing new to those of us in the movement it provides a good overview of the challenges unions…
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I'm not always a fan of Colin Espiner's work, but thank goodness someone's injected a bit of sense into this morning's hysteria over the EFB. This morning's blog post kicks off by pointing out the credibility hit the Herald will take for its shameless National…
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Last week Stats NZ announced unemployment had dropped to a record low of just 3.5%, after reaching double-digit figures under National in the 90s. That reminded me of an old press release from Bill English just before the 1999 election where he called unemployment in…
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You do have to wonder sometimes who's making the judgment calls in our newsrooms. Last night One News decided to use a National Party staffer, David Farrar, to comment on a poll that showed the Maori Party leading Labour in the Maori seats. As you'll…