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The modern blitzkrieg [lightning war] was first tested in the Spanish civil war, refined in the invasions of European states that marked the beginning of WWII, and applied successfully in more recent invasions in the Middle East. A blitzkrieg's success comes from the speed of its prosecution, from…
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No, not because we've overtaken Kiwiblog in readership just yet (although ours is growing at a healthy 10% a month) but because I don't think we can call Kiwiblog a political blog any more. 1) A blog is meant to be writers giving their views…
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John Armstrong seems to be shaking off his Key honeymoon, and has written a detailed and interesting piece on Carter's role chairing the select committee on Auckland: The Labour Party is absolutely correct. With the connivance of Act, the National minority Government is riding roughshod…
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Herald: Key negotiates talks in Hillary papers dispute Stuff: PM wants the facts on Veitch What's next? Key joins hunt for couple who fled with $10 million? Key's wasting his time getting involved in minor stories he saw in the news. Meanwhile, our country's losing…
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Tumeke has put together this handy map of tomorrow's hikoi with the meeting places across Auckland. You can view the full size version by clicking on the image below and there are more details at the hikoi organisers' site here. Get on down if you…
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Let's give Brash his inquiry. The poor demented shell of a man thinks there's some great conspiracy against him. He's so deluded he even thinks the Police are biased against National. That's why they couldn't find who 'stole' his emails. I'll tell you why no-one can…
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A cold weekend afternoon. Perfect timing for a distracting article on Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama's BlackBerry, and the benefits of overstimulation. Sam Anderson presents thoughts in defence of distraction. Over the last several years, the problem of attention has migrated right…
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Remember - March against National's undemocratic supercity Monday 25th, noon, Queen St [More info] Sometimes democracy's a pain in the arse. So Aucklanders are in luck. Local democracy's been done away with. Now, there's a junta in charge. The councils Aucklanders elected a year and a…
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National may be talking down the budget, but there have been hints coming out of Wellington that suggest the government will announce a significant initiative on budget day to help save jobs. If true, it shouldn't be unexpected. - The cycleway has been a miserable…
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It's like a boomer epiphany. About 25 years too late.
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Remember - March against National's undemocratic supercity Monday 25th, noon, Queen St [More info] National's Paul Hutchison, whose Hunua electorate lies in Franklin, has written a piece with Mark Ball, the mayor of Franklin, in today's Herald. The sum of it: Supercity yes, but leave…
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I just came across this. It's the first part of a video by a US organisation called A New Way Forward. They're organising nationwide video screenings of the extended version as well as town hall meetings and demonstrations to demand that their government "break up…
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Prime Minister John Key today announced that he was ecstatic with his government's performance and was "on track" to making his the most corrupt governance in New Zealand history. "Richard Worth has done some tremendous work - lies, conflicts of interest, general disregard for his…
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A full 3 weeks before the vote, National candidate Melissa Lee has publicly accepted that she is not going win the Mt Albert by-election. In yet another astonishing media gaffe Lee has told Morning Reports' Sean Plunket (link to audio) that she hopes to come second. The interview…
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The Herald reports today that TVNZ fired 90 employees following a letter from Broadcasting Minister Johnathan Coleman demanding that it raise its profitability. This follows similar cuts at the Ministry of Social development, Ministry for the Environment, Tertiary Education Commission. There look likely to be…
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Remember - March against National's undemocractic supercity Monday 25th, noon, Queen St Interesting to look back at National's local government and Auckland policy before the election. Their 2005 policy was still up on their web site in early 2008: National will advance local government reorganisation on a case-by-case…
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This just in - the electricity market isn't working. Well, plenty of people were saying that would happen back in the 1990s when National insisted on giving it a go. They split up the ECNZ into four bite size pieces to compete against each other. They planned…
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Duncan Garner had to do a balance piece against David Shearer because he has been at the forefront of covering the implosion of Melissa Lee's campaign. Garner says someone "deep within" Lee's campaign pointed him to an interview where Shearer says keeping employment high, particularly…
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I reckon New Zealand's a bit of an economic miracle really. Small country, new country without centuries of infrastructure, middle of nowhere, good only at making dead animals and animal products. Yet we've got one of the highest living standards in the world. Not that…
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Floor plans, photos and explanations, even a comparison of the real west wing with the set from the TV show The West Wing. Cool.
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I attended the Paula Bennett-John Carter Supercity meeting yesterday evening in Kelston. This was one of the hastily arranged series of meetings arranged in the Auckland area to persuade ordinary jafas and westies that this Government is really listening and living up to its election…
auckland supercity democracy under attack national/act government
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I'm starting to feel a little sorry for Melissa Lee given the punching bag she's become. True, she's brought it on herself, but even I felt a little queasy watching the events at Auckland University yesterday. But for anyone who looked behind the "rising star"…
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The Fast Forward Fund was axed by the NACT government in Feburary. This was a fund that was to be invested and the proceeds and capital drawn down over 10-15 years to invest in agriculture. The funds would be distributed with equal contributions from agricultural…
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The Herald is currently asking its readers: "Is a conviction appropriate for punching a child?" Seriously, what the hell is wrong at the Herald when they think that's a question that needs to be asked?
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History repeats they say. Isn't it starting to feel like the 1990s all over again? We've got a National government facing a grim budget. Paul Holmes on the telly. Media obsessed with the David Bain trial. Christine Rankin making headlines for all the wrong reasons.…
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IHI Aotearoa has put out the call for Aucklanders to join their hikoi against the Government's undemocratic Super City proposal on Monday, May 25th: "We want the Crown to honour its exisiting agreements with Tangata Whenua. To create better and more diverse representation in local…
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Chair of the NZ Pork Industry Board Chris Trengrove told Campbell Live last night, "The industry is changing and has been changing since 2005, we've been monitoring those changes, um, we have over half of the industry now out of the stalls altogether..." He then…
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What's wrong with The Herald? Their articles Jimmy Mason on the father who punched his child in the face - and pulled him by the ear, and picked him and his brother up on their bikes and slammed them down - has described him as…