Horse racing
Here are the results of the last four polls, released over the past four days. I’ve presented them in number of seats won […]
Labour’s labour policy good for labourers
Labour has unveiled its work rights policy, and it’s a good one: – minimum wage increases at least at the rate of inflation […]
Key – Undisclosed conflict of interest
National’s response to my revelation on The Standard that John Key owned shares had undisclosed conflicts of interest with Fletcher Challenge Forests is […]
Election dreams
We received this by email and it’s so kafkaesque we just had to post it: I had a dream last night. I had, […]
Standard Scoop: Key exposed again on secret shares and Tranzrail
When the Tranzrail shares came to light, Key was asked whether he had any other undisclosed shares entailing a conflict of interest. He […]
Polling Biases
This is from the discussion area of the wikipedia page on opinion polls. It is an analysis of biases between the polling companies […]
Video: National muppets
Warning – this song will stick in your head!
On moral mandates
So, let me get this straight. The Right says that the minor parties have to support a National-led government if National gets more […]
Here be dragons
So, we can all make up dumb pictures and say ‘beware of many-headed monsters’. Let’s, instead, ask if National’s attack makes sense. First, […]
It’s official – Key wants Rogernomics!
The Earl of Auckland wants New Zealanders to choose National with a “small number of other parties going in the same direction”. That […]
Poll Trends – National is soft
Rather than argue about individual polls, it is more interesting to look at the overall trends. A number of people have put an […]
Fact checkin’ – five-headed monsters
The New Zealand Herald is, as usual, uncritically repeating John Key’s latest lines on the front page of its website. This time Key’s […]
Roy Morgan poll
And the polls keep coming. Today’s Roy Morgan poll has Labour down 5.5% and National up slightly, while the Greens rise to an […]
The Standard Week: 17-24 October
National’s MPs might be considering spending the next two weeks in bed, dreaming of victory. Because it seems every day they go out, […]
The Standard line: Kiwisaver
So, you’re talking with someone about politics and they say something really dumb and wrong and you know it’s wrong but you don’t […]
The Standard line: Photoshop
So, you’re talking with someone about politics and they say something really dumb and wrong and you know it’s wrong but you don’t […]
Video: Election coverage 23rd Oct
If you missed Ali Ikram’s view of the day (from yesterday)
Herald Digipoll
The latest Herald Digipoll presents quite a different picture to last night’s 3 News poll. While TV3 had the Left and Right blocs […]
Caught in the ACT
The Dom Post reports that ACT will have to file amended returns after failing to declare $20,000 of donated office space. Luckily for […]
3 News poll
Tonight’s 3 News poll has the election wide open with two weeks to go, putting the Left on 59 seats to the Right’s […]
Don’t dream, it’s over
I’ve always regarded the possibility of a National-Maori Party governing arrangement as absurd, even grotesque. The interests of the Maori people, who are […]
Lockwood vs Lockwood
A different ‘story of two National party guys’ from 08wire:
A missing NZ Herald poll?
Now I’m not one to gossip (well, not too much) but in the last few days I’ve heard from several people that the […]
Ramshackle PR fiasco
It seems DPF, Cameron Slater and John Ansell have pooled their collective genius and come up with a new campaign. Apparently they had […]
Google “In Quotes”
This is clever from Google labs – In Quotes. It allows you to compare people’s quotes on a variety of issues, having pulled […]
Debtmonster
UPDATE: The Pink Batts original is youtubed here.
National’s ‘redneck element’
In the heat of the Lockwood Smith controversy yesterday, some of our right-wing readers had a go at John A for posting a […]
Reserve Bank drops OCR 1%
The OCR is down from 7.5% to 6.5%. That’s an unprecendented cut in one go and further confirmation that we are entering tough […]
Green laffs
Russel Norman at Drinking Liberally – Auckland last night on Lockwood Smith: Lockwood may think all Asians have small hands but what we […]
CTU YouTube vid
Yep, that’s a pusy Roger Douglas zombie eye staring at you. Ew.
Video: Election campaign, 22 Oct
Observations of the campaign trails from TV3’s Ali Ikram…. Not sure what I think of those “bleeps” on the John Key excerpt…
Wait, what’s the RSE?
OK, we’ve reported on, given historical context to, and mocked Lockwood Smith’s racist comments about seasonal migrant workers. Now, to the substance of […]
Clark winning in the style stakes
And now for something fluffy. That’s right, the fashion stakes count in the election as well. According to one stylist National leader John […]
Nats: instilling the work ethic early
Lockwood Smith has unveiled more National workforce innovations. In addition to favouring Asian seasonal migrants over Polynesians because their hands are smaller, Smith […]
Sharp as a tack
I’ve just listened to the reporter’s tape of Lockwood Smith’s racial gaffe and it is hilarious. Not for his appalling comment but for […]
Nats on Pacific workers in the 70s
Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin says Lockwood Smith’s statements about Pacific workers are an example of the sorts of comments made in the 70s. Here’s […]