Hide shoots the messenger
Hide says his comment that Key “doesn’t do anything” was “taken out of context” by the reporter. It’s a direct attack on van Beyan’s […]
Open mike 06/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Herald scathing of Tolley
The Herald was just about as damning as they get of National on Tuesday, with Claire Trevett’s piece on Anne Tolley. Of course, […]
Rodney Hide caught in a lie
Interesting comment from ‘gobsmacked’ on Rodney Hide’s statement that John Key “doesn’t do anything” and how he as a minister can ram pretty […]
Why National really hates proportional electoral systems
These data, taken from the Elections NZ site, show election results since National’s inception up until the last First Past the Post (FPP) […]
16,000 more jobs lost
The number of employed people fell from 2,170,000 to 2,154,000 in the three months to September*. There are 54,000 fewer people in jobs […]
Key is weak
Let me start by saying I understand that Key is loved for his laid-back common touch, I don’t think it makes for good […]
Is this as good as it gets?
Most of the wealth in New Zealand is owned by a tiny fraction of the people because our political/economic system makes it that […]
Chilling
The Search and Surveillance Bill is making its way though the bowels of the government law making process. This is a terrible law, […]
Key “doesn’t do anything” – Hide
It took a few cocktails to loosen Bill English’s tongue when he thought he was among friends. Rodney Hide just needed his coco […]
NZ’s capitalists dream of absolute power
From Stuff: “Richlister Alan Gibbs will host former National Party leader Don Brash and ACT founder Sir Roger Douglas to discuss what they […]
Open mike 05/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Maybe not very social, but definitely networking
And so my nomination for the 2009 Best Named Site Award goes to a fan club for our beloved Mayor of Whanganui Mr […]
New Generation Labour
From Phil Twyford over at Red Alert on pig farming. This is Red Alert’s first video blog. Twyford manages to impress me on […]
Key & English lose us $21mil in 3 months
Back in February, former currency speculator John Key and former Treasury adviser Bill English started talking about suspending contributions to the Cullen Fund, […]
Bomber’s War on News
If you didn’t take my last hint to keep watching this, here’s your chance to catch up. I think it’s genuinely good. It’s […]
Preserving your stake in NZ
As Marty G has pointed out Bill English is looking into killing the tax advantages for investing in housing. Good. But it’s not […]
Closed for tax evasion
I see the BNZ’s got itself a new PR campaign: On 4 November, most BNZ people will be working on projects around New […]
Shamed by Africa
On Monday climate change negotiations got under way in Barcelona – “the final chance for negotiators to hammer out a text before […]
A good reform, but a minor one
I watched Terminator 3 last night. It’s the worst in the series but that’s still better than watching another Guyon-National lovefest*. Which is […]
Herald Hacker did us all a favour
The New Zealand Herald have disabled all online polls on their website until further notice, after a hacker (or hackers) severely skewed the […]
Open mike 04/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
The myth of objective journalism
IrishBill: It’s never an easy decision to pull another poster’s work but after some reflection I’ve decided this post constitutes an unwarranted personal […]
Destroying Auckland city
Yesterday the Auckland Transition Agency (ATA) released its draft structure for the new Auckland council. Fortunately for the staff, and service levels in […]
Caption Competition
A weak leader
John Key is a weak leader. Currently popular (he’s such a “nice guy” you know) – but weak. Like a school teacher who […]
Where’s Paula?
The Herald’s creepy lovefest with the National Party continues today with Simon Collins’ profile of Paula Bennett, who is apparently “one of us”* […]
It’s wrong but I’ll do it anyway
Just saw this in the SST. Hide on the spousal travel allowance: This perk is wrong, I’ve never agreed with it So why […]
Kiwis should be free-riders – NZIER
A nice attempt at wedge politics from rightwing economic think-tank NZIER today. They say we should be concentrating on water quality, air quality, […]
The slippery standards of Mr Key
Yesterday, John Key cleverly tried to reframe his ministers’ failure to obey his standards on use of perks: “You don’t want 120 Members […]
Restoring the right to a day in court
I see that repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act is finally a foregone conclusion. There’s going to be some dithering about what […]
Open mike 03/11/09
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Oops some people got cached…
Sorry to anyone who thought that The Standard hadn’t published anything today. The site had in fact been pretty active for a Monday. […]
Code given “top priority†by Minister delayed – pigs continue to suffer
Tonight Campbell Live showed new footage recently shot by animal rights activists on four farms in Ashburton, Greytown, Blenheim and Kumeu. Six months […]
Blame it on the genes
The American asks: Who are smarter, liberals or conservatives? This is the kind of question that could spark fierce and endless debates between […]
David Farrar’s echo chamber fail
There’s some massive FAIL going on over at Kiwiblog. Farrar’s got this new green-bashing post up where he breathlessly mocks Al Gore for […]