Bosses ‘using recession’ to squeeze staff
Well that didn’t take long. Bosses ‘using recession’ to squeeze staff: Bosses being accused of using the recession to exploit workers by driving […]
Disconnect
As Labour learned to its cost last year you can’t keep on insisting that something is true if the public’s opinion has hardened […]
Thinking about a referendum on MMP
There is an interesting paper by Mai Chen in NZ Lawyer Online about the pros and cons of the referendum on MMP that […]
Blerta
Di Mackey of Woman Wandering had this video in a post. Looks like someone had a lot of fun making the video to […]
Garrote them for shagging sheep
The strange Sensible Sentencing Trust three-strikes bill put up by ACT’s David Garrett aka ‘Garrote‘ has some strange implications. Scott at Imperator Fish […]
Another nail in the neo-liberal coffin
Neoliberal economic policy has taken a bit of a beating lately. Unregulated financial markets have exploded spectacularly and the wreckage is dragging the […]
NACT policy – like pistons in a Vespa
Jeanette Fitzsimmons has written a very good post from the Emissions Trading Scheme special select committee* about her views on the impact of […]
When more is less
Colin Espiner writes: “Another thing that’s being clearly signalled is that Labour’s previous spending promises in health and education won’t be honoured in […]
From the picket line
A Zeal worker on the picket line in Wellington explains why she and her workmates are taking strike action at Air New Zealand: […]
Whatever it takes, except anything
A reader has spotted that Hide wasn’t the only minister telling porkies in Parliament yesterday. Fortunately for Bill English, he’s too smart to […]
New Left blog
Red Alert, a blog by Labour MPs. A good idea – the blog format allows for a lot more freedom than the press […]
On the shootings in Napier
I’m sure I speak for everyone when I express my condolences towards the victims in the Napier shootings and the families of everyone […]
Hide on his way to Privileges Committee?
Has Rodney Hide breached privilege by seriously misleading the House? This is one for you legal types out there but from a layperson’s perspective it looks […]
Oh dear – Hyde the costs
How embarrassing. Rodney Hide has been forced to admit that he has no idea of the costs of his super-city proposal. Phil Twyford […]
CycleWatch
Time: 42 days Jobs created: 0 Built (km): 0 out of 1500 Cost thus far: $0 Govt estimated cost (English): “less than the […]
Dogwhistlin’
Interesting article in the Herald today. It concentrates on a conversation between Melissa Lee and an old racist pharmacist from Mt Albert who […]
Zeal320 strike underway
Zeal320 workers are on strike for four days from today. Ads in every major newspaper explain what they are fighting for – the […]
Bad or not too bad?
The latest unemployment figures look better than expected but appearances may be deceptive. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is up to 5.0%, lower […]
Act creates Wanganui fashion police
Last night, Chester Burrows’ bill allowing the council of Wanganui to ban people from wearing the insignia or symbols of any organisation they decide […]
School support staff fighting for a fair deal
Cut public spending then we can have tax cuts! It’s such a nice, appealing slogan when you say it fast without engaging the […]
Fringe candidates: The spammer from the city of hot-air.
Ok I give up, the craziest Mt Albert candidate isn’t John Boscawen urging National to declare support for an above-ground motorway in Waterview. […]
How Hyde is wasting my taxes on an uncosted project
It appears that the propaganda campaign from Rodney Hide to push his proposal of the super-city has cost $533,000 in PR costs in […]
The challenges for the Mt Albert candidates
Bit of a group effort this one. John Boscawen MP – Boscawen is mad as a hatter and pretty damn ignorant. So he […]
New Kiwi blog
Zealgirl, a blog from a Zeal flight attendant involved in the current industrial dispute at Air New Zealand. [Hat tip: The Hand Mirror]
Not my Leaders
Hide and Banks do not strike me as the kind of men you feel safe about having too much power. They never have […]
Herald cracks down on free speech
Sick of the Herald? Try Editing the Herald instead. With intelligence and wit, James lays out the daily journalistic disgraces of our beloved […]
See no evil
The Fire at Will law has been in place for two months. It’s still very early days but how is it going? Are workers […]
Lobby group wants motorways to drive over locals
Owen McShane’s lobby group the Centre for Resource Management Studies has a set of questions up about the Waterview Tunnel option of SH20. […]
Key decked over supercity
A much better performance from Goff today in the House today. Finally, after weeks of fluffing, he managed to score a direct hit […]
Courage under fire
Last week Russel Norman, Wellington resident and Green candidate for Mt Albert, publicly labelled Aucklander David Shearer, Labour’s candidate, as “a grey machine […]
TVNZ upholds Paul Henry complaint
I see TVNZ has upheld the complaint against Paul Henry over his disgraceful abuse of a guest on his show. TVNZ spokeswoman Megan […]
Public want banks pulled into line
Last week I posted on Finsec’s petition to make job protection a condition of the Government’s bank guarantees. Today Finsec are delivering that […]
Backlash building on supercity
The unseemly haste with which the National/Act Government is pursuing its undemocratic supercity is causing more and more people to wake up to […]
National carrier? National disgrace more like
It’s a few days late but last Saturday’s Herald story about Air New Zealand preparing strikebreakers for the Zeal 320 strike this weekend […]
Suspending the Cullen Fund
Bill English seems set to suspend the government’s contributions to the Cullen Fund. Here’s a little-known fact, one that Bill English probably doesn’t […]
Oh dear.
A while back we heard a rumour that National had already printed its billboards for the Mt Albert campaign – with Melissa Lee […]