Nothing to Hide? + more moaning
Prime is running a series of interviews every Sunday until the election with the leader of each party in Parliament, starting with Rodney […]
Video: Slippery as a snake
08 wire are staying on the case – coming to a screen near you:
Govts do keep promises, some more than others
It’s an old saw among those who think knee-jerk cynicism is a replacement for healthy skepticism that politicians always break their promises. That’s […]
Rochelle, that was pretty good.
Well it turns out my niece has been having fun and done an effective google bomb on John Key. I’ve just been watching […]
Disappointing
I just have to say, it’s incredibly disappointing that a simple prank, a google bomb, gets three newspaper articles and coverage on TV3 […]
To ask the real questions, you have to know the details
Agenda this morning showed, in several ways, that if you want to ask difficult questions, you have to know your topic. Guyon Espiner […]
MSM columns – clueless about fact checking
This week the election was announced and the third question to the PM (asked by Colin Espiner) was about whether The Standard possibly […]
No policy?
A reader just sent us the screenshot below with the attached explanation: Thought I should start to read up on some of the […]
Negative vs dirty
There’s an important difference between negative campaigning and dirty tricks but it already seems the two are getting confused in the media. Negative […]
The Standard Week: September 5 – 12
The election date was announced as November the 8th. Everyone had worked that out based on the available dates. But that didn’t stop […]
Booed on boot camps
It’s not John Key’s week really. Winston disappears like magic off the front pages (I honestly thought I had time travelled somehow when […]
You dicks
Anyway, Tane sees the article on Stuff that the election date is going to be announced. He puts up a post about it […]
Election date to be announced
So, Helen Clark is expected to announce the election date at 12.30. $20 says it’s November 8. UPDATE: The 8th it is. I’ll […]
A new champion
Finally, from realestate.co.nz, we have an example of illiteracy to rival National’s billboards: I blame Labour’s failing education system. [Hat-tip: Matthew Pilott.]
On morality
The Catholic Church has called for politicans to take a ‘moral stand’ on abortion, adoption by same-sex couples, gambling, embryonic stem-cell research, and euthanasia. […]
National: for a more confused future
On Sunday, John Key, apparently off-the-cuff, announced he would dismantle the Families Commission and give the money to church groups, who just happened […]
Who’s clueless?
Visit google.co.nz search for the word “clueless” then hit “I’m feeling lucky”. I wonder where you’ll end up… Update: Make sure you select […]
Introducing Campaign Hub 2008
Helena Catt, head of the Electoral Commission, says the EFA has had a ‘chilling effect’ on democratic participation. I’m convinced that that is […]
Sideshow
With an almost Winston-esqe turn of phrase Owen Glenn has labelled Labour Party president Mike Williams an “unmitigated falsifier of veracity”. Yet Glen […]
National on student loans
Nats still getting money from trusts
One of the great things about the EFA is that donations over $20,000 must be declared within 10 working days. Because of that, […]
Fewer literacy?
Like John Key, I’m utterly bored with Peters. So, just a short, tangentially-related note. Tracy Watkins, like every other press gallery journo, thinks […]
Video: Take aim and wave goodbye
Is this our first real Youtube election? 08wire is doing its bit with another new video:
NZ – still a great place to do business
We can do good news here on the Standard! According to a World Bank survey shows New Zealand is still ranked second in […]
Nats’ leaked health policy full of holes
Having just read the National health policy and background paper released by Labour, a few things stand out to me. 1) There is […]
Mr Slippery at it again
An interesting interview between John Key and Wammo today. He starts out saying Labour is spending all its time talking about Owen Glenn […]
Nat health policy: more money for rich, fewer for poor
Jim Anderton is releasing elements of National’s health policy at Question Time: – Pharmac’s independent decisions could be overruled by politicians. – Private […]
The truth behind the Shawn Tan affair
For the last several weeks the EPMU has had to weather an extraordinary series of attacks from ACT, ACT candidate and EPMU employee […]
End of the line for Peters
Winston Peters will be wondering why he has let his political legacy be destroyed by not simply declaring donations that came from legal […]
Which seems more likely?
Multiple spies, whom National has been unable to catch, and a series of ‘gaffes’ and accidents involving sensitive papers? Or a bitter faction […]
Video: Nats head in sand on environment
Boosting their green credentials is not proving as straightforward as National would like, as this video that’s doing the rounds shows.
Key breaks flip-flop world record
Can’t put it any better than Jafapete has: Seems that John Key has done it again. Announced policy off-the-cuff and back tracked later. […]
How many leaks to sink a ship?
This is really getting pretty serious now – a fourth National party policy has been leaked to Labour, who have made it public. […]
Video repeat: Leaking Hollow Man
Apologies if you’ve seen this before – but I had a reader request a replay.
Another leak
God, another leak from National, this time their research, science and technology policy. From Mallard’s press release: “Mr Key should not only be […]
Spin-busting: ‘Labour has no policy, either’
John Key is running a line that first emerged in the rightwing blogs a few months ago: ‘Labour doesn’t have any policy, either’. […]