2007 Trans-Tasman MP rankings
So DPF’s given his predictable take on this year’s Trans-Tasman MP rankings (PDF – 150K). Now averages are one thing but more interesting […]
A chat and a cuppa
From Scoop: “Clark first in Rudd queue” Kevin Rudd has pledged to broaden relations with New Zealand after a flying visit by Helen […]
Weekend selection meetings
Two more electorates have confirmed Labour candidates. Rimutaka was on Saturday – Chris Hipkins was selected. Christchurch Central was today – Brendon Burns […]
Key Karaoke
Check out this fantastic karaoke clip from Ali Ikram on Sunrise this morning. Lyrics below: I know this song might sound like “Clocks” […]
John’s dead seal
Um, why does John Key have a picture of a dead seal on his flickr page?
From the archives: who said it?
In my work as a constituent MP, I have often been emotionally shocked at the dilemmas that some constituents get trapped in. However, […]
Do your part for sustainability
The PM has launched a new website, sustainability.govt.nz challenging citizens to commit to doing one thing to help contribute to a “sustainable nation”.
Ever wonder why people call John Key “slippery”?
Here he is being interviewed by Paul Henry on Breakfast earlier today. Key tries to slip out of answering a direct question not […]
Big Brother bringing in National’s cash?
John Hales, the secretive Australian world leader of the Exclusive Brethren (known as the Elect Vessel), met the elect faithful in Christchurch yesterday. […]
Australia ends 10-year Kyoto exile
From the Guardian: “Australia yesterday joined the fold of rich countries committed to tackling climate change by signing the Kyoto agreement to limit […]
National filibustering EFB
So it’s official: National is filibustering the Electoral Finance Bill. This really is childish, and it’s directly at odds with what Bill English […]
Personal responsibility
It seems John Key’s lack of judgment isn’t restricted to matters of policy. Twice in the last few days he’s made nasty digs […]
Candidate match game
This is very cool. USA Today’s put together a candidate match game to help voters work out which US presidential hopefuls best share […]
PopSci award winner: printed solar cells
Popular Science has recently announced its “Grand Award Winner” in the “Green” category: PowerSheet solar cells. ‘Imagine a solar panel without the panel. […]
Gap roughly unchanged in Morgan poll
From RoyMorgan.com: In the second half of November support for the New Zealand Labour Government was up 1% to 35% while support for […]
Huckabee and Obama lead Iowa
USA Today reports that Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama are the leaders for their respective parties in Iowa with the caucuses now only […]
Anti-EFB crusader calls for armed revolution
If you thought the Nazi flags and ‘Heil Helen’ signs at Saturday’s march against the Electoral Finance Bill were distasteful, take a look […]
National’s spin doesn’t stack up
National’s attempt to spin its way out of John Key’s DVD debacle doesn’t stack up. Here’s the official line: National’s campaign manager Jo […]
Rules of the game
Just had a read of Colin Espiner’s latest opinion piece. He certainly doesn’t pull any punches. Here’s what he has to say about […]
Lord Keith of Kinloch
Am halfway through “Kiwi Keith”, Barry Gustafson’s portrait of our third-longest serving Prime Minister. He obviously had something, as he was picked out […]
A bird in the hand is worth two in the provinces
Fran O’Sullivan is not known as a critic of our pollies from the right. So imagine my surprise when catching up on my […]
Key DVD canned over Clocks fiasco
Just spotted on Scoop: A scheduled gathering of the media in Auckland this afternoon to meet National Party leader John Key to view […]
The accidental MPs
A short while back Bob Clarkson effectively admitted to having no idea what he was doing in Parliament. Now he’s thinking of standing […]
Same song? You decide.
powered by ODEO National needs to come clean and stop misleading the public. The Herald reported yesterday that “National Party campaign manager Jo […]
Poetic justice?
Remember when the National Party threatened the Standard with copyright infringement? Nothing ever came of it of course because we had the fair […]
Lowlight reel: Republican YouTube debate
Watch this clip from yesterday’s Republican YouTube debate and spare a thought for our progressive mates in the USA. I like the idea […]
Fox Attacks: Iran
This looks interesting. Fox Attacks: Iran is a new short film from Robert Greenwald, director of the excellent Outfoxed. The film focuses on […]
Clocking up the royalties
John Key’s new DVD doesn’t tell us much about what National would do in Government, but as we’ve noted before, his choice of […]
YouTube Republican debate
Should be on around 2pm our time. Time has a good background piece. The YouTube debate site has currently received around 5000 user-submitted […]
Google invests in renewable energy research
From the NYT: Google, the Internet company with a seemingly limitless source of revenue, plans to get into the business of finding limitless […]
Latest DigiPoll favours National, Clark
The Herald reports that: National has hit its highest rating – 51.3 per cent – in a Herald-DigiPoll survey. Translated to votes, that […]
Will the real John Key please stand up?
Linda Clark: “This is a gimmick, that’s all it is. if people don’t know John Key, well he needs to come to Parliament […]
National HQ deleting YouTube comments?
Just received this from a “concerned reader”: Just wanted to know whether or not you have also been blocked by NZNats? This morning […]
Armstrong reviews Key’s DVD (2 out of 5)
Hold the popcorn. Citizen Kane this isn’t. It’s Citizen Key in a 13-minute epic saturated with more artificial sweetener than The Sound of […]
Blogwhistle
Never one to let the facts get in the way of a little party propaganda Farrar really has become the partyline-parrot. It’s a […]
John Key’s $50,000 anniversary present
Just in case you don’t know, today is John Key’s first anniversary as National Party leader and his backers have given him the […]