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Australia's Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr has criticized Bridgestone's closure of its Australian and New Zealand operations and the 1000 redundancies it'll bring. Carr is looking at ways to alleviate some of the unemployment problems for the laid-off aussie workers but criticizes Bridgestone for pulling…
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New World has dropped the 5 cent levy on plastic bags in its South Island stores. Plastic bag use was down 65%. Many shoppers support the levy but the CEO says: "the objections were too noisy" Guess we'd better oil the squeakiest wheel then. Even if…
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From the NZ Sound Archives' weekly feature comes a story involving a farmer, a lack of clothes, a barrel of molasses (treacle-like substance), and a rooster named henny-penny. It's a bloody classic Kiwi story. Worthy of taking ten minutes out to listen to this Labour…
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Remember when the world was going to end because Nanny State was going to make us get compact fluorescent bulbs? It all seems so long ago. Those ignorant, reactionary days of 2008. Now, we're crazy for the wee blighters. According to the Building Research Association…
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We're trying a daily "Open mike". This is a place for anyone to post comments on topics that might be of interest, and for any discussion following up on the comments. Over to you...
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Fran O'Sullivan runs up some more big business proposals today unsubtly reminding Key that big business, which put up the cash to get him into power, expects pay back by being allowed to pillage the State: Behind the scenes the two task-forces investigating capital markets…
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Turns out our media aren't the only ones who, rather than providing analysis and information, act as little more than amplifiers for the best spin.
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Well what a fiasco yesterday's launch of National's brave new $36 million education policy was. Despite Key claiming the plan was one of the most important steps his Government would ever take, teachers and principals boycotted the event in droves. Even the government's education policy…
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Spotted in a shop window. Says it all really about what this weekend is for.
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We've been pretty hard, although justifiably so, on Colin Espiner recently and I'm loath to do it again. He does put himself out there more than other journos with his blog and that's admirable. On the other hand, can we let comments like these in…
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So - Labour have stood up for ACC. Bravo! History repeats. In the last year of the last National government (1999) they flogged off the profitable parts of ACC cover to their mates in the insurance industry ("opened ACC to competition"). The incoming Labour government…
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We're trying a daily "Open mike". This is a place for anyone to post comments on topics that might be of interest, and for any discussion following up on the comments. Over to you...
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Heard an interesting piece of gossip last night. Word has it Hone Harawira's gone awol from the Maori Party. Apparently he's somewhere in Australia, buzz around the traps is he's pissed off about the increasingly right-wing direction Tariana Turia is taking the Maori Party in…
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One of these things is not like the other, One of these things is not quite the same... Can you guess which one is not like the other, Can you tell me before I finish the game?
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Last night C&R councillor and National Party MP Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga ended his double-dipping charade and quit the Auckland City Council. By way of background, Sam was elected as a councillor for Tamaki-Maungakiekie in the 2007 local body election. He used this position to leverage…
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Radio NZ reports: The head of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of the New Zealand Parliament wants to end self government in the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. National MP John Hayes says self government in the islands is 'nonsense stuff' and it should be…
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In an interview on Morning Report today, ACT's Heather Roy tries to defend her involvement in the Breakfast-gate scams. She says it's all the organisers' fault. A typical blame the staff play. The fact is that Roy would have been asked what she wanted to…
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I agree with David Farrar on the National Party's proposed law combining the Electoral offices. These appointments are far too important to be decided by a Minister, who is only required to consult on the appointment. The Super-city showed us what little that means. David…
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One thing about love is that what you abhor or hate in others you tolerate, even admire, in the object of your affection. Take the media's handling of Parliament going into Urgency. When Labour filibustered over the second Auckland Supercity Bill, there were articles in…
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Saw this article on Stuff yesterday: Employers and employees have dramatically different opinions of why workers remain in their jobs, says research released on Tuesday showing US companies may struggle to retain employees in an improved job market. Employees cite benefits, financial compensation, and their…
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Picture this scene from times past: Deep in the South Island high country an old sheep musterer with windswept face wakes up to a crisp clear cold morning. He gets up off a hessian hammock hanging between the walls of a small wooden hut perched…
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Scientists say that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity. We're above that limit and we're climbing fast. 350 Aotearoa is the New Zealand arm of 350.org, an international campaign dedicated to creating an equitable global climate treaty that…
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John 'barking mad' Banks' cheerleader WhaleOil has called for Rodney Hide to introduce the power of recall into the legislation for the new Auckland super-city. I wonder if that is such a wise call. Remember Cameron Slater is the son of Citrat president John Slater,…
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We're trying a daily "Open mike". This is a place for anyone to post comments on topics that might be of interest, and for any discussion following up on the comments. Over to you...
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While I might not put it quite as vividly as Zetetic, I certainly agree that Carter was very foolish to post anything comparing Key to a dictator. That sort of tactic is National Party territory, we don't want to go there:
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I'm not sure if my fellow writers would put it like this. But I'm sure they agree with my sentiment when I say- Chris Carter you utter tool. Shut the hell up and go away. Here's a list of your achievements in the last four…
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I've thought for some time that some of the best political writing in the Herald is to be found on the business pages. Here is a taste of Brian Fallow on the Emissions Trading Bill, currently being rushed through Parliament with scant regard to submitters.…
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Question Time and media reports have revealed more on Hide's ministerial-speeches-for-party-donations scam (as you know, every political scandal needs a '-gate'. I like Breakfast-gate). Hon Annette King: Does he expect all his Ministers to comply with paragraph 2.54 of the Cabinet Manual, which states: 'accepting additional payment for…
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National is going to privatise ACC. As part of the deal for support on its ACC cuts and levy hikes from the Maori Party and ACT, it will be privatising ACC's Work Account (the part paid by employers for workplace accidents). First, there will be…
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I love the ASB ads saying "We've been a Kiwi bank since 1847" No. You were a Kiwi bank. Since 1989 you've been owned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Also, what's up with calling themselves ASB Bank? Auckland Savings Bank Bank?