National under fire over unauthorised advertising
Annette King has hit back at National in the House today, producing two items of electoral advertising from them, neither of which is […]
Sensible Sentencing: Disgusting
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is a backward, reactionary organisation at the best of times but this is a new low. Responding to comments […]
Fair and balanced
The Herald could barely contain its self-satisfaction when National’s David Farrar complained to the Electoral Commission that the country’s largest private sector union, […]
Finlay MacDonald: The Audacity of Hype
A reader wrote to us to say that they’d recently seen Finlay MacDonald speak at Otago University as part of the Distinguished Communicator […]
Interview the leaders III: Labour
A big thanks to Progressives’ leader Jim Anderton for being the first participant in our ‘Interview the leaders’ series. The quality of his […]
A dereliction of duty
John Key’s failure to ask a parliamentary question last week exposes a crisis of confidence in National’s ranks. It is unprecedented for an […]
Jim Anderton answers your questions
Today we’re posting the first of our “Interview the leaders” segments – where you get to ask the leaders the questions you want […]
Sir Ed and Helen Clark – admired Kiwis
From the Sunday Star Times: A new poll suggests that National Leader John Key may be up against a bigger obstacle than he thought in […]
Helen Clark on BBC’s “Hardtalk”
Sarah Montague from BBC’s Hardtalk interviews Helen Clark – starting with a question about whether the time might be right for a New […]
Me-too but Cool
Do you have a fascination with ads? Ever wonder where they come up with their ideas or feel like you’ve seen an ad […]
China Syndrome
Liberal democracy (ie. democracy where there are truly competitive elections) is the dominant ideology of government of our time, having seen off monarchy […]
What’s Eating Slippery John?
Slippery John and his mates seemed pretty down in the dumps in the House this week. I know that no one, but a […]
Davey gets it wrong again
David Farrar’s latest political campaign on behalf of the National Party has, like so many of them before, foundered on the sharp rocks […]
If I were Labour’s campaign strategist
Part three of the ‘If I were [Party X]’s campaign strategist’ series brings us to Labour. The strategy for a major party is […]
John Key’s DVD: Take 2
Our sources tell us National is set to follow-up to last year’s DVD ‘John Key: Vacuous for New Zealand’ with its sequel ‘John […]
Didn’t take long
A reader just sent us this – REM meets John Key. (Hat-tip: PJ)
Lockwood: unsurprisingly relaxed about global warming
“Frankly, it’s a market”
That’s what Key said when asked about his plan to increase GP fees. A reader reckons Key’s planning to apply the same market […]
In praise of ACC
It was nice to see this independent report into the ACC scheme by Price Waterhouse Coopers. Amongst the general positive comments was this […]
Campbell grills Peter Brown
Now this is what Campbell needs to do more of. Last night the man ripped poor old Peter Brown to shreds over his […]
Interview the Leaders – reminder
Just a reminder, there’s still time to get your questions in for the Greens in our upcoming Interview the Leaders series. You can […]
Hiding from the hakapiks
There is a Novotel hotel beside the Canadian High Commission on The Terrace in Wellington. Check out this billboard on the wall of […]
Poor Poor John
Tracy Watkins tells us in today’s Dom-Post that John Key may have taken a beating in the stock market lately. He wouldn’t say […]
Sack Spotless
I’ve just got back from a small but very vocal picket outside Spotless’ corporate HQ on The Terrace in solidarity with the 800 […]
Power disavows $50 offender penalty
Duncan Garner kept Copperfield diners entertained yesterday by teasing Simon Power about the implications of National’s $50 conviction levy. We’re told that in […]
Ng on fact-free politics
Keith Ng of Public Address has a long-standing commitment to improving the quality of journalism in this country. Now, he is proposing a […]
English slapped down by CTU
The Council of Trade Unions has given Bill English a good slapping over his false allegations in Parliament yesterday that the peak union […]
Why Bush doesn’t like going out in public
Do you think our politicians are unpopular? This story from the Washington Post puts any of those thoughts in perspective: There’s a reason […]
Wayne Mapp’s Dukakis moment
Following the first incident of a New Zealand vehicle being attacked by an improvised mine, National’s Defence Spokesman Wayne Mapp has attacked the […]
National retreads deny climate change
Lockwood Smith gave us student debt. Maurice Williamson gave us traffic jams. Now they want to give us global warming. Just days after […]
Key takes back seat on Labour’s big day
Perhaps he’s still getting into the swing of things after his Aussie holiday or perhaps he just doesn’t want to take on Cullen […]
The trans-Tasman wage gap
Now this is rich. National, the party that gave New Zealand its low wage economy, is running the line that the trans-Tasman wage […]
Crime continues to fall
The latest Police statistics show crime is still dropping. Crime dropped from 1013 offences per 10,000 people in 2006 to 1008 in 2007. […]
Al Gore’s new climate change campaign
Al Gore has just launched a $300 million, bipartisan campaign to try to push climate change higher on the nation’s political agenda. The […]
Change blindness
Transport for London have recently launched a campaign to raise drivers’ awareness of cyclists. Try the test below. You can read about what’s […]
April 1 changes boost wages and cut taxes
Today is a big day for government policy affecting Kiwis’ incomes: The minimum wage is now $12 an hour, up from $7 when […]