Political pants
The website Twisted Twee is selling these babies nappies. The site warns “price fluctuates weekly depending on my swinging political opinion. This week […]
More lies from National and their Brethren
Last year Gerry Brownlee told TVNZ that there was “no formal connection” between National and the Brethren. Last week John Key told a […]
Social report
The Ministry of Social Development’s Annual Social Report is worth a read. It shows good progress across a range of social indicators, but […]
Protests
The Herald reports that “As many as a thousand people joined a march in Whakatane to complain about children being caught up in […]
Sweden catches the Key desease
I know there is occasionally talk in New Zealand about “becoming the Sweden of the South Pacific” but this may just have us […]
National: it’s not worth the pay cut
The National Party are clearly worried. They’ve done pretty well so far with the populist rallying cry of tax cuts, but they always […]
Creative Commons: Wanna work together?
Relief?
Look Mike, I know you know about the polls and I know you’re probably thinking about what you can do to turn things […]
Hager’s response to Key
I’ve just listened to the audio and it doesn’t sound like Nicky Hager’s too happy with Key’s claims made on RDU last week. […]
Unions to encourage election participation
The Herald reports that new CTU president Helen Kelly envisages a more centralised union election campaign, “getting members to talk about politics and […]
Defining political conservatism
A month or so ago we posted on a study that appeared to show that the brains of conservative and liberals differed. A […]
Key’s flip-flops for sale on TradeMe
The entry reads: These won’t be comfortable to wear or even be long-lasting but they do come with an interesting provenance. They are […]
First woman CTU president
Congratulations to Helen Kelly, the first woman to lead the Council of Trade Unions. Helen replaces Ross Wilson, who’s been CTU President since […]
Not my family, bro
Radio Live reports that Richard Lewis and his Destiny Party have decided to form a new Christian party, this time without Gordon Copeland. […]
Trotter in the Independent
Apologies to The Independent Financial Review and to Chris Trotter for this rather large cut and paste from the second half of his […]
Can you save the rabbit?
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Anne Enright wins Booker Prize
Well I must admit to having been excited about the prospect of congratulating Lloyd Jones on winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. […]
Cash in envelopes and the Brethren in politics
A fascinating piece from the ABC programme Four Corners details exactly how the Brethren funded ads in support of the Liberals in Australia. […]
Aussie workers worse off under Howard
A new report (PDF) by the University of Sydney shows Aussie workers are doing markedly worse under a Howard government. His desperate bid […]
Nat censorship
In light of National’s recent censorship demands regarding the photo of John Key on our petition (see below), an inquisitive reader has asked […]
Levin: hotbed of Tory militancy?
Just had this sent through to me by a Levin reader. The reference to the Federation of Labour and getting the army in […]
Go the reds!
Stuff reported yesterday that the New Zealand Kiwi Foundation is warning that “New Zealand’s national icon, the kiwi, could face extinction within the […]
Arrests
Indymedia reports that “In a wave of massive state repression, 300+ Police, in many cases armed, raided houses around the country today making […]
Blog action day: environment
It’s environmental blog action day. Bloggers worldwide are being encouraged to post on an environmental issue of importance to them. One issue. One […]
More on free speech in National
Someone just sent me this. It’s an editorial from the Ashburton Guardian on Brian Connell’s firing resignation. Particularly over matters of Electoral Finance […]
National on free speech
Shortly after Jim Anderton published a press release saying that he was adding his signature to our petition asking John Key to apologise […]
Banks? Thanks…
So you just had to do it didn’t you Auckland… And a shout out to publicaddress for the clip (there are more here)
Hollow Man v Shallow Man
Nicky Hager’s book, The Hollow Men in many respects contains no great revelation to those who have witnessed National Party politicians’ behaviour over […]
Email excuses
Bill Ralston writes in his his column in the Herald today, “Okay, I know sometimes I don’t open all my emails, such as […]
Fighting virtual climate change
The New York Times reports that game maker Electronic Arts and energy company BP have collaborated in designing the latest version of E.A.’s […]
Left brain or right brain?
Apparently most people see the dancer spinning counter-clockwise. If you see her going clockwise you’re possibly right-brain dominant.
Free culture. Amen.
Wouldn’t be a weekend on The Standard without a post on free culture now would it? I’m going to go out on a […]
A nice little earner
I know the Nats are leaking all over the place, but this is getting ridiculous. From our homies over at Kiwiblogblog, here’s a […]
Ig Nobel awards
This years’ Ig Nobel awards have just been presented. The awards recognise achievements that “first make people laugh, then make them think”. Pictured […]
Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize
Gore shared the Nobel prize with the UN climate panel for their for their international work to promote the importance of addressing global […]
From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth
On the morning of October the 12th 1917 845 New Zealand soldiers lost their lives in a failed attack on Bellvue Spur during […]