Filth
It looks like the nasty little insecure creeps who inhabit the Kiwiblog Right are creeping into the mainstream. I mean, take a look […]
Key incoherent on pay cut plans
Following the revelation that John Key told a business audience “we would love to see wages drop“, bFM asked him to elaborate [MP3, […]
Margaret Wilson to stand down
Speaker of the House Margaret Wilson has announced she will not be seeking a position on Labour’s list next election. This won’t come […]
MPs respond to Key’s wage drop wish
Following revelations that John Key told a business audience “we would love to see wages drop“, I sent an email to all 91 […]
The lucky country
I see the wage-gap is getting another airing on Stuff today, here’s the first few pars: While the gulf between New Zealand and […]
On the record
There are some out there claiming Key’s statement that he “would love to see wages drop” is out of character. Now I’m always […]
Bunnings workers strike to close wage gap
While media, politicians and the Kiwi blogosphere are arguing about the wage gap with Australia, around four hundred NDU members at Bunnings Warehouse […]
Key: pay cuts for you, backhanders for my mates
Even as he flounders from one excuse to the next over his ‘we would love to see wages drop’ statement, it has emerged […]
Doing the rounds
Looks like John Ansell’s finally got his mojo back. Hat tip: Ant.
Key resorts to “memory lapse” defense
So without Bill to run interference like he did in the House yesterday, John Key has resorted to the age-old “memory lapse” (aka […]
Key squirms under scrutiny in the House
Key’s comment that “we would love to see wages drop” to a group of business-people last year has come under increasing scrutiny in […]
John Key’s plan to cut your pay
“We would love to see wages drop”. You would think that given the simmering debate about our wage gap with Australia at the […]
Bursting the bauble
While the David Farrars and Fran O’Sullivans of this world have been trying to create a storm over Owen Glenn’s recent comments, real […]
Fidel calls it a day
The BBC reports that Fidel Castro has retired as Cuban leader. Castro has survived a US-backed invasion, numerous assassination attempts and the fall […]
Labour with its claws out
The Press has a good article on the political blogs. The Standard and our mates Kiwiblogblog are referred to as “Labour with its […]
The baby bounce
When a society goes through trauma, one of the first results is a drop in the birth-rate. People choose not to have children […]
Owen Glenn
John Armstrong’s opinion is that: It is inconceivable that Helen Clark would have blithely offered a wealthy donor to Labour Party coffers a […]
Tim Barnett to leave parliamentary politics
The Press reports that “Christchurch Central MP Tim Barnett has announced he will not stand as a candidate for any seat in the […]
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Many, many years ago lived an emperor, who thought so much of new clothes that he spent all his money in order to […]
Keeping it Kiwi
Dairy farmers have rejected the Fonterra Board’s short-sighted plan to sell 20% of the company. Fonterra wanted to raise cash with a stock-market […]
National’s lack of ambition
A bang and a fizz and another sort of a bang, and then it was gone. Does anyone know the whereabouts of John […]
Claims of Aussie brain drain a myth
Refreshing to see the fourth estate challenging the political spin from time to time. The Independent Financial Review has this on the myth […]
Colmar Brunton poll
The polls seem to be all over the place at the moment, with last night’s TVNZ/Colmar Brunton poll showing National out to a […]
Hutch back on Sunrise
Mike Hutcheson has somehow made another appearance, this morning, on TV3’s Sunrise programme. This is the guy who told viewers late last year […]
And the Nats want this man in parliament?
I was just checking out the blogs and discovered this little gem on Kiwiblog: # Stephen Franks Says: February 16th, 2008 at 7:18 […]
Katherine’s tangible policy presence
It’s been a few days now since the announcement of Katherine Rich’s decision to stand down from politics, but articles such as in […]
Coming unstuck
Only days after trying to eat a plate, in yet another freak (can I call him that?) accident, National Party blogger David Farrar […]
The power behind the Nats’ message discipline
Had to laugh at this in The Herald on Rich’s retirement: She has told all her caucus colleagues only that morning that she’s […]
Good news
Stuff reports the stolen military medals have been returned. I had expected they would never be seen again but when I think about […]
“The literal truth”
Fran O’Sullivan’s continuing her ongoing philosophical project of interrogating the notion of truth in her latest repetition of Kiwiblog talking points Herald column. […]
Someone really needs to do this with Winston’s speech
Well, I think it’s funny.
Rich reaction roundup
Colin Espiner reckons that Rich’s departure will hurt the Nats. “She represented”, he says, “precisely the sort of social liberal, moderate, youthful face […]
PM announces plan to tackle graffiti
Helen Clark has just announced a range of measures aimed at cutting down on graffiti vandalism. Presumably the initiative will be supported by […]
National seeks to stop free speech
Vernon Small reports today that National party blogger David Farrar has taken out a complaint against the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union’s registration […]
Peters’ reply to the PM’s statement
The Herald covers it pretty well: ‘He begins poetically – a narrator hooking an audience – with “furrowed brows in the dusty roads […]
National’s house of straw
Affordable housing is the topic de jour. The foundation of affordable housing in New Zealand and other developed nations has long been houses […]