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"Crusher Collins up close" is the headline for a two-page article by Andrea Vance in the Saturday March 10 DomPost. It's not on the Stuff or DomPost website but can be viewed via Google on PressDisplay. It's a very good article - Andrea Vance didn't…
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By "lying liar" I mean Cameron Slater. Here's his wee effort here last friday: I have not ever spoken to Phil Kitchin, nor emailed him or corresponded in any manner. Kitchin has been running this story from information provided to him directly by Pullar, he…
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. Police have launched an investigation into alleged covert journalist recordings, following an incident at a press conference yesterday. They confirmed late last night that a…
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"Ms Collins strenuously denies hints by opposition parties that her office was involved in leaking Bronwyn Pullar's information to the media. She says only herself, one staff member, chairman John Judge and ACC's chief executive had the information". Hmm. 4 people, at least 1 head…
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The Nats selected Chinese company Huawei to build the Ultrafast Broadband network in Waikato and Canterbury after Joyce and English visited them in China. Now, the company's been banned from Australia's UFB project because of links to Chinese espionage. Key's shrugged it off. Maybe there's…
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Mediation broke down in the Port dispute again yesterday with the PoAL management still refusing to make any concessions as they have refused to do throughout this process because their end goal is not an agreement but to destroy the union. The workers are currently…
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The lead story on Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's largest newspaper is about the "violent comments" of Gerry Brownlee. Can't this government go more than a couple of months without embarrassing us on the international stage? Brownlee told some pretty bad lies about Finland. How would we…
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National's only push (if you can call such a feeble effort that) on gender equality seems to be on getting some women into the boardroom. Which is an admirable goal, and would indeed shake up the current clique and add some new ways of thinking…
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So let's get this straight - the Prime Minister gets caught saying a few things he shouldn't in a cafe so he brings the full weight of the state down on the freelance cameraman who caught said things on "tape". He then extorts a letter…
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To say someone broke a law when that hasn't been proven, and without legal defence, is to defame them. It is a particular issue when a government figure does it because they are effectively imposing an extra-judicial punishment by sullying the person's reputation. The rules…
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It appears there is something irresistible about travelling with the PM. While the fact that only 2 news organisations can send a journalist to cover our leader's involvement in a 54 nation conference is disappointing, so is the fact that being part of that cosy…
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The ever-diplomatic Gerry Brownlee has got New Zealand coverage in the European press. In an effort to try and score a point against David Shearer the former woodwork teacher called the country with the best education system in the world "uneducated," and claimed that an…
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Throughout the teatapes affair Key has received special treatment. Huge police resources have been wasted. Today's announcement of no charges is even timed for when Key is overseas. Key claims to be vindicated but no court has ruled Ambrose broke the law. The ruse of…
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In breaking news 3News reports: Freelance cameraman Bradley Ambrose will not face charges over the ‘teapot tape’ saga – despite investigators concluding the café conversation was private. In a police press conference this afternoon, Assistant Commissioner Malcolm Burgess told media Mr Ambrose will be issued…
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New Zealand has one of the highest rates of imprisonment in the world, and an international study has just highlighted the fact: Politicians cuffed for filling jails A political bidding war between the main parties to prove who is tougher on crime has led to…
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It's strange watching National's factions fight it out in the media- the Herald on Sunday running the Collins/Slater faction stuff and the Dompost running material from Boag/Pullar. Both sides are scum. Pullar received (somehow) the largest leak in ACC and passed to the media. Collins…
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It seems from the actions of PoAL this week that the management are either nuts or there is an ulterior motive to the dispute. What we do know is there is no strike notice or lockout currently in place, the union members want to return…
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Tom Scott's take:
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The rate of third world disease in this country is a crime. A crime against the poor perpetrated by the rich. They call it neoliberalism - the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the capitalist elite. They didn't set out to make…
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As we all should know by now, the road rules for giving way have changed. It's possible that most problems will occur not in the first few days, while everyone is reminded of the change, but in some weeks when people start to slip back…
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Is it not strange and a bit disquieting that the parliamentary left, or more precisely, the Labour Party, is all at sea with regards vision? The vision of the left…the only vision there is for the left… is the same now as it always was.…
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NRT with yet another example of the Nats' intimidation tactics. More information thuggery Today in Parliament, Labour MP Lianne Dalziel asked some questions about the fairness of the government's bailout for red zone property-owners. Gerry Brownlee's response? To dump the details of her earthquake claim into the…
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Growth in the December quarter was 0.3%, a third of the government's PREFU forecast. Quarterly GDP per capita, $95/96 Peak, Q4 2007 8,104 When Nats took power, Q3 2008 7,935 Now, Q4 2011 7,777 Brighter Future any day now Anyone else find it odd that…
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We've received the following press release from Auckland Council Local Board members calling on Len Brown and the councilors to stand up to PoAL's out of control management. The workers want to work and be more productive. The bosses want to screw them out of…
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This week the Government introduced their welfare changes to Parliament, and they'll have their first reading next week. They include of course the requirement for mothers of 1-year-olds on the DPB to look for work - as if they haven't got enough work at home. …
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?