Elias is right, will we listen?
The rednecks have predictably got themselves into a tizzy over Chief Justice Sian Elias’s comments on the need for judicial reform. I think […]
Wee gripe: crime-porn
This endless crime-porn. Night after night of fetishistic coverage of the latest unusual crime or trial. Call yourselves journalists? Bollocks. You run this […]
Wee gripes: 3 of 3
Business New Zealand and other assorted tossers. Stop calling our country ‘New Zealand Inc’. This is our home. This is where we live […]
None so blind
I read Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard’s speech on Tuesday with great interest. It’s an informative, if very mainstream review of the recession […]
Simon says
Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias has kicked off a debate on whether our justice policy is working [PDF link]. Her view is that […]
Credit outlook cut but it’s not a credit rating downgrade
So, Fitch, the third of the big three sovereign credit ratings agencies, has moved the Government’s rating from a stable outlook to a negative […]
Cool Cat
Courtsey of Chairman Meow. Obey the Kitteh!
Wee gripes: 2 of 3
Maori unemployment is ballooning day by day but the most important thing that Maori Affairs Minister Sharples can spend his time on is […]
Drinking Liberally Palmy
Drinking Liberally Palmy’s having their first event of the year at the Brewers Apprentice bar on July 23. Head over, have a pint […]
Wee gripes: 1 of 3
It takes two days from folate blowing up as a political issue for Key to get Crown Law onto finding a way for […]
Defending the indefensible
It was disappointing to hear Phil Goff defending the Fourth Labour Government on National Radio the other morning. This was a government whose […]
Video piracy, it turns out, isn’t new
60 Minutes on “Video piracy” – 1979 – part 1 of 2 60 Minutes on “Video piracy” – 1979 – part 2 of […]
Secret moves to censor the net
Does it seem odd to you that on March 20th 2009 the Minister for IT & Comms, Mr Steven Joyce, said the following: “We […]
Crusher Collins to launch McPrisons
Crusher Collins to launch McPrisons(TM) Clearly envious of the regular stream of complimentary Happy Meals arriving at Paula Bennett’s Parliamentary office (Paula tells […]
Incentive to leave school?
I disagreed with Helen Clark in 2007 when she first suggested raising the school leaving age, as I don’t believe the mainstream school […]
Musings on fluff
Claire Trevett wrote me a very cordial email in response to my criticism of her reports from Key’s trip around the Islands. I […]
Gordon Campbell on PPPs
Gordon Campbell has a great piece up at Scoop on the pitfalls of Public Private Partnerships, something we’re going to be hearing a […]
Right headings, wrong policies
John Key’s speech on the economy, billed as the way to close the 30% wage gap with Australia, had six policy headings – […]
A brave man
Looking at the centre photo above of John Key gave me pause for thought; I realised that much as I dislike his politics, […]
Key grins blankly, shrugs shoulders
I was going to do a fisking of Key’s ‘major speech‘ today. But there’s nothing to fisk, no substance, no ideas, no vision. […]
A National disgrace
Judith “Crusher” Collins, postergirl for uncompassionate conservatives, proudly announces in her latest press release: “Prison numbers set to be highest ever”. Odd thing to […]
Fire at Will: abuses, no new jobs
The Key Government decided not to monitor the implementation of its Fire at Will law. It probably feared embarrassment. Fortunately, the EMA and CTU have […]
Leak: Key’s next big plan revealed
Today Key is giving a major speech on the economy. He told Oliver Driver on Sunrise yesterday that it would be “pretty high […]
YL video: Join the opposition
Not to be outshone by their leader’s latest efforts, looks like Young Labour have been busy with a little video project of their […]
We can haz vision?
According to NZPA John Key is going to deliver a big speech tomorrow in which he will “detail the problems and solutions for […]
The power of images in politics
The shots above are small versions from this site where you can find other great images from Obama’s first 167 days in office. The […]
Oil company backs Greenpeace
Who’d have thought? An oil company coming out on the side of New Zealand’s biggest environmental organisation over emission reduction targets. Gull says […]
Folic acid fiasco
I just don’t see why medicating an entire population to prevent a handful of spina bifida cases, which will only work if women […]
Nats can NOHSAC
One of the most fundamental rights at work is the right to come home at the end of the day healthy and safe. […]
Stop press: Bosses support bosses’ party
The Herald’s ‘Mood of the Boardroom’ survey is predictable reading. Year after year, it’s the same ideologues with the same outdated ideas. The […]
The danger of Key’s low wage economy
As you know, things are tough in the job market at the moment. The firm figures won’t be out until later this month […]
Credit where credit’s due
You may have noticed that we’ve taken to offering Labour a little unsolicited comms advice of late. Irish recently told them to get some […]
EEC votes ‘No’ on should-a.com
should-a.com, the site that lets you write your own parody of the upcoming referendum question, has been issued with a takedown notice by […]
Big Mac nation
New Zealanders are now the third fattest nation in the world according to a report covered in today’s Christchurch Press. New Zealand faces […]
Standard scoop: Why Key fired Worth
Last Monday, John Key said you, the people of New Zealand, don’t have the right to know why a minister in your government […]
Big dreams, no delivery
Tv1 has revealed that our daydreamer PM had much much bigger plans for the cycleway. Like excited schoolkids, he and good mate Mark […]