Cullen leaving Parliament
The press statement from Michael Cullen on his departure from Parliament is here. He will be missed, and probably not just by members […]
Cullen to chair NZ Post and Kiwibank
Trans-Tasman reports: the Government will offer former Deputy PM and Finance Minister Michael Cullen the post of Chairman of the Board of NZ […]
Key paralytic as ice melts
John Key’s government is at the climate change talks in Bonn avoiding doing their part in combating more climate change in the future […]
Yes, if Bill will let me
A wag emails us: So Key is keen on offering mortgage holidays like in Aussie. Any bets on how long before English overrules him?
Garrett lying to his own supporters
Not content with lying to the New Zealand public, ACT MP David Garrett has now been busted lying to his own supporters about […]
Out of touch
Vernon Small suggests that a further 60,000 workers may lose their jobs by next year. So it comes as a shock to read […]
Mt Albert nominations open for Labour
Normally I don’t put up press releases but this one is special to me. It is about my home electorate and where I […]
Why won’t Key sack his Minister?
The Herald is now reporting that John Key won’t sack Richard Worth, despite new information coming to light that an associated company to […]
New Left blog
Loco Burro Politics.
Still stuck in the slow lane
In the Dom Post today Tom Pullar-Strecker calls Steven Joyce’s recently announced broadband fibre plans: old wine in new bottles – a backdown […]
Messy play at Playcentre
Playcentre was founded during the second world war as a way for families (mainly mothers) to support each other while providing quality child-centred […]
Imagine
I grew up in the long shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis (you youngsters can go look it up). I have never quite […]
Talleys: Corporate scum
I’ve long been of the opinion that the Talley family, owners of the Talleys food empire, are a corrosive force in this country […]
It’s just not worth the risk
From Bill Ralston’s latest column on the Richard Worth scandal: Key’s predecessor had no qualms about making ministers walk the plank if they […]
English kicks cycleway to touch
While John Key’s been bouncing from cloud to cloud, Bill English has been grinding away in the back room. He’s finally done the […]
Your water footprint
How big is your water footprint? Find out here.
Ominous Trickles before the Flood
The attack on democratic local government is taking shape in the public domain. 1. Hide was not made the Minister of Local Govt […]
Compare and Contrast
Prior to the last election our fearless MSM media uncritically repeated Key’s ‘NZ Sucks’ Crosby/Textor attack lines, framing an historically unremarkable rise in […]
Who’s zooming who?
The Herald reports: Last week John Key used poor United States sales of the new BMW 7-series – 10 were sold in February, […]
When are politicians like cats?
For some reason the convolutions in this video reminded me of the twin comedy act of Worth and Grosser this week. Not to […]
How to approach Auckland
No Right Turn and David Farrar have written posts on the massive lack of proportionality in the suggested voting regime by the Royal […]
Meeting Joe Overton
A little while ago we had some discussion here about the Sensible Sentencing Trust and their status as a charity. That’s not what […]
The spun praising the spinner
Falling for a politician’s tricks – that’s gullibility Seeing those tricks for what they are – that’s nous Seeing them for what they […]
One of these things is not like the other
One of these things is not like the other… One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one […]
DL Wellington next week
Metiria Turei is at Drinking Liberally next week. Thursday, April 9, 5:30 at Southern Cross. Nice new logo too. Meanwhile, here’s Andrew Little from […]
Trillion Dollar Campaign
Read more about it here.
G20 outcomes
Well the G20 process – which many said would “redesign capitalism” – has now finished. Various agreements were reached, which are predictably being […]
G20 updates
The Guardian has excellent video of the G20 protests. Gives you a real feeling of what things are like in the ground. So […]
The server has moved (finally).
The Standard has moved the server to an off-shore site. There are many reasons for this. I can get equivalent or better service […]
How much is a lie worth?
Labour revealed in parliament today that Richard Worth has another secret shareholding that created conflict of interest when he carried out ministerial duties on […]
Submit!
From No Right Turn. The Law and Order Committee has called for submissions on the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill. Two […]
G20 protests
Tens of thousands of people protested yesterday April 1st in London at the G20 summit. The protest is made up of a multitude […]
Criticising car corporation charity
Here’s why Fickle Cycle is rapidly becoming the best New Zealand blog focussed on international issues: I wasn’t impressed with December’s car industry […]
Mana enhancement – fail
To further enhance their mana Te Ururoa Flavell and Rahui Katene spent their questions in parliament yesterday asking patsies to National. ‘How will […]
Centre for Inaccurate Studies
The CIS released a report [PDF link] today entitled Ending No. 8 Wire Welfare: Why New Zealand is Lagging Behind. Its author is […]
Regurgitating rubbish
On his blog Colin Espiner rejects the argument that National’s tax cuts are “unfair because they give more to those who earn more” saying “I’m afraid […]