Back the Redundancy Protection Bill
While most Kiwis are getting ready for Christmas there are tens of thousands who will be having a hard time this holiday season […]
Those childish people of Northern European descent.
Poring around the nets while I’m on holiday is turning out to be quite interesting looking at summaries of science. I’ve been picking […]
Looking tough, wasting money
So Paula Bennett wants to force people on the dole to reapply after a year. At best, it’s a waste of money by […]
Climate Change arguments in a GIF
Information is Beautiful recently produced the image below summarizing the various arguments between about climate change. Click on the image to see the […]
MSM: you supply the spin, we publish it
There’s a Youtube clip on Stuff of Key talking on The Edge. Presumably filmed by one of Key’s people. It’s run as headline […]
Mass layoffs, layoff the boys.
There are always consequences to the type of mass unemployment that we’re starting to see in NZ at present. However there looks like […]
Bennett disappointed by witch-hunt results
Earlier this year, Paula Bennett released the personal details of two women who get the DPB who had opposed her cancelling of a grant […]
Time to up the pressure on our leaders
Greenpeace executive director Kumi Naidoo makes the case that the failure of our leaders at Copenhagen means the time has come to intensify […]
Oh yeah, SPEEDholes
Could making the surface of cars rough be a cheap and esay way to boost fuel efficiency, thereby saving oil and helping tackle […]
Open mike 21/12/2009 to 22/12/2009
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the […]
Today’s climate protest in Wgtn
Two protests today successfully highlighted the role of New Zealand’s agricutural industry and business community in contributing to climate change. The first protest […]
Those hard to find WIMPs
There have been some new results from the search for WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) at the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) in […]
Good Xmas news for Auckland
The UMR poll for the Auckland super-city mayoral race is interesting reading. The headline difference (PDF) of 11% towards Len Brown over John […]
Climate Direct Action
Text from John Darroch a couple of minutes ago: hey just hanging ten stories up the mfat building in welly protesting against fonterror […]
Whanau Ora: privatisation by stealth
The government is beginning to explain more about its Whanau Ora plan, although it is still startlingly vague considering we’re talking a billion […]
Sustainable living resources
I’m trying not to get too depressed about the lack of an outcome at Copenhagen. As one analyst put it – “Leaders came […]
Right’s privatisation arguments rubbish
As a senior economist at a respected company, John Carran wrote some apallingly simplistic tripe in his article, “Exorcising the asset sale bogey“, […]
Not welcome
A Papakura local has sent us this story of the would-be Emperor of Auckland’s foray into Papakura. Wannabe Super City Mayor Goofs up […]
Failing the future
So Copenhagen has ended in failure. I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. As The Guardian reports: Low targets, goals dropped: Copenhagen ends […]
Open mike 20/12/2009
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Tilly the Cat’s Christmas Lesson
Not related to anything in particular, Peter Giddens has written a sweet little Christmas story that I thought it would be fun to […]
More jobs for the old “boys”
Back at the start of the month Marty G pointed out that Brash’s useless 2025 Taskforce looked like nothing so much as a […]
Government barely survives first year
Audrey Young finally gets around to mentioning how close the government came to imploding last month: Rodney Hide survived moves to oust him […]
A knife edge and an open letter
As the final stages of diplomatic chaos play out in Copenhagen, and with at least the possibility of some truly significant goals emerging, […]
Open mike 19/12/2009
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Words and deeds
Words: Prime Minister John Key has urged the world’s major economies to listen to the voices of vulnerable nations facing climate change. .. […]
Bad brew
If a tourist buys something in New Zealand for export or that they don’t take possession of within New Zealand, they can get […]
All that glitters
Brilliant piece from Stephen Colbert on the nutty American Right’s new obsession with gold. Sure, it’s billed as a survivalist thing – preparing for the […]
Trial needed for national standards
Anne Tolley should have the sense to listen to the teachers, the principals and the eduction experts. She should trial her national standards […]
For God’s sake, its the same name
In what has got to be the ultimate manifestation of this government’s inability to take a simple decision for fear of losing someones […]
Copenhagen violence
Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters Earlier in the year there was a lot of media attention on the police tactics at the G20 Summit in […]
Open mike 18/12/2009
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All skite, no substance
A text from a mate: Bill English says “I never thought running a government in a recession would be so easy” Mate, it’s […]
Bullet dodged
Well, that could have been embarrassing. John Key on the world stage, along with leaders of other countries in what has been billed […]
The Climate Scoreboard
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Transmission Gully- $1bln white elephant
Here’s a prediction. Transmission Gully will never be built. There’s a reason that Labour kept pushing Transmission Gully off. The Benefit/Cost ratio is […]