$700m for R&D
The Dom reports that “Prime Minister Helen Clark unveiled the $700 million funding boost for research, development and innovation projects today and said […]
Stepping in
No Right Turn makes a good point about the government’s $700 million innovation fund for the agricultural and food sector: I’m a little […]
Most Aussies support Kyoto protocol
The ABC reports: “Today Australia becomes an official member of the Kyoto club after the initial ratification documents were lodged with the United […]
Some free publicity for the NBR
Speaking of humour, that joke of a newspaper the NBR has had a crack at us again. According to them The Standard is […]
Expect National to back research funding boost
At lunchtime today it is expected that the government will announce a major funding boost to promote innovation in food science, agricultural research […]
Herald Editorial – ‘Why assets sales were worthwhile’
Tomorrow – ‘Slavery: it wasn’t so bad when you think about it’
Ralston’s hyprocrisy hyperbole
In an article on the economy that would have had my high-school economics teacher in fits, Bill Ralston says that it is hypocritical […]
Roy Morgan
The latest Roy Morgan poll is out, covering the period February 18 – March 2. The poll shows National still able to govern […]
New Zealand, a great place to do business
At 30%, the corporate tax is lower than or equal to most developed countries’. Our GST is only 12.5%, in most developed countries […]
A blast to the past
Polling consistently around 1% ACT have decided that the only way forward is rejuvenation and fresh ideas.
Free Speech Coalition TV spot
A trusted source tells us that following their most recent failed EFA protest, Cameron Slater (Whaleoil) and National Party blogger David Farrar might […]
Flight of the bumble-key
Pythonesque
According to the Herald some people marched down Queen Street against the Electoral Finance Act on Saturday. Apparently they were protesting the removal […]
Key’s Australian excuse
On the 20th of December, John Key was reported in the Bay Report as saying “we would love to see wages drop” while talking […]
No, he meant “infrastructure”, he really, really did
AYB’s confidence in English as a frontman for National may already have taken a knock as the second half of the dynamic duo […]
Once bitten
No surprise to see English fronting the Toll debate given Slippery John’s abysmal performance this week. Check out Bill in the background of […]
What we can’t tell you
There is more to the John Key “we would love to see wages drop” story than you have been able to read in […]
Stripped
The two major dailies have been running bizarre editorial lines against the government’s intervention to block the sale of Auckland Airport, even as […]
But starting to slip
Political interference at APN
Last night we published a tip-off saying the New Zealand Herald planned to report that its APN stable-mate the Bay Report would be […]
First planes, now trains
It is looking more likely that the Government will buy back New Zealand’s rolling rail stock from Australian-based Toll. Toll has been a […]
Goat-on Copeland
Poor old Gordon Copeland. Yesterday he had one of his few questions in the House. And he had a big issue to talk […]
Hone Te NÄkahi
The Maori Party has reacted angrily to Key’s unilateral decision that National would abolish the Maori seats some time around 2014. Newsroom reports […]
Slippery John: trainwreck on Morning Report
Bill English must just be sitting there in his office cringing as he listens to interviews like these. Sean Plunket spoke to Slippery […]
Key unspun
John Key is clearly missing Kevin Taylor, his chief spin doctor. When Taylor is around, Key is ‘Mr Teflon’ but, with Taylor on […]
Some questions
Today in Parliament Bill English made a very interesting comment which, if true, raises some very concerning questions about either his own honesty […]
Hitting a nerve
In this afternoon’s debate Gerry Brownlee tried to have the word “slippery” ruled unparliamentary in relation to John Key. Proof, if any were […]
Key abandons Treaty settlement deadline
Further to Dancer’s post below, this morning on Breakfast John Key claimed that National never had a deadline for settling Treaty claims and […]
No deadline on Treaty claims – National
Mr Key announced new National policy this morning. After a morning TV interview National now have no date to settle historic Treaty Claims: […]
Free Osanloo
The International Transport Workers’ Federation is holding an international day of action tomorrow calling for the release of Mansour Osanloo, an Iranian trade […]
Playing politics
From John Key’s State of the Nation speech in January: The Youth Court currently has the power to place young offenders in youth […]
Those were the days (all 20 of them)
When I wrote to the MPs asking them for their thoughts on John Key’s “we would love to see wages drop” quote (results […]
Deja vu
Looks like slipperiness runs in the National Party family…
Key caught out
The government’s move to strengthen the Overseas Investment Act on Monday was met with predictable criticism from the ‘markets first, people second’ brigade. […]
Did Key try to get ‘wage drop’ journalist sacked?
Michael Cullen made an interesting remark in the House today in response to a question on John Key’s statement that he “would love […]
National: is there anything they won’t privatise?
Burqa Bob wants to buy heartland rugby. In other news, Bill English plans to sell our sunshine hours to a Finnish consortium and […]