TradeMe talk turns political
A reader has just alerted us that there’s a political discussion raging on a thread over at the TradeMe message boards. Looks like […]
Question
Brian Tamaki’s announcement yesterday that he would be deregistering the Destiny Party raised a number of questions, but there’s one that just keeps […]
Happy 70th, No 12 Fife Lane, Miramar
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Labour Government’s first state house by Michael Joseph Savage. The aim in 1937 […]
Will this man do anything, for any party, anytime?
National’s ad campaign in 2005 was assisted by the creative wit of John Ansell a self-described “wordplaying loon”. Nicky Hager’s ‘The Hollow Men […]
Shopping our way to carbon neutrality
From The Guardian: It isn’t easy being green. You have to turn the thermostat down to a chilly 18C in winter, spend ages […]
Two birds, one stone?
An American doctoral student has found that there may be a silver lining when it comes to higher petrol prices – they might […]
Personal politics
Colin Espiner writes in the Press that “Prime Minister Helen Clark has become a polarising figure in New Zealand politics, but voters have […]
Congratulations, you’ve come 2nd
Your prize? A second interview in one day with failed National Party candidate-turned-broadcaster, Paul Henry.
National to sue Southpark creators
UPDATE: Whew! Trey and Matt were evidently thinking ahead.
Is the world voting for.nothing?
In a perceptive potshot at the perennial broadcasting gnome, Paul Holmes, Jane Bowron in her Dominion Post ‘Televiews’ piece of 13 September described […]
Lest we forget
Earlier this week I posted on National’s attempted inoculation of the “nuclear issue”. Chris Trotter’s just written a related analysis of Key’s comments […]
PC still going mad, it would appear
One of John Key’s first rebranding exercises after he took over the National Party was to dump Wayne Mapp from his position as […]
Prius schmius
Feeling guilty after watching An Inconvenient Truth? Want to do your bit to help save the planet but don’t have the cash to […]
“Ban water?” asks Jacqui Dean
In her defense, I don’t remember there being a chemistry component to Play School.
Lockwood: feeling it or faking it?
Ok. To celebrate The Standard’s one month anniversary, and to thank you for visiting dear reader, we’re going to run a competition. Forget […]
A candle in the wind
He’s been thieving her policies and now he’s thieving her words. When will John Key say something original? Colin Espiner notes that while […]
Sicko
A reader just sent me a link to a piece in The Guardian entitled: “First world results on a third world budget”. It’s […]
Lockwood Smith, man of the people
Captions welcome. Via nznationalparty on flickr
Freegan living
The LA Times has a story today about Freegans – “a growing subculture of people who have reduced their spending habits and live […]
Unite ends youth rates at McDonalds
Congratulations to Unite for ending youth rates at McDonalds. Not that you’ll get that story from the media coverage, which gives the impression […]
Q. What goes on tour…
a) stays on tour? b) stays on tour until there’s political capital to be gained by raising it? Colin Espiner is worth a […]
A raw nerve?
Did anyone else see the anti-John Key posters in Wellington yesterday morning? It was every National Party spin doctor’s worst nightmare: a picture […]
Has DPF lost his mojo?
I dropped into the National Party’s Kiwiblog again last week and I must say it looks like party insider David Farrar may well […]
Inoculation, part one
Twenty years ago this year, the fourth Labour government passed legislation that made New Zealand nuclear free. At the time, the legislation was […]
Map the candidates
Someone just sent me this. Pretty cool site which uses Google Maps to track the US presidential candidates. Map the Candidates is a […]
Kiwiblog’s tomato disaster
Go check it out. You know you want to. Via swissmiss
The view from the back of the National class….
Last night’s debate on the Youth Minimum Wage Bill was (as noted earlier) a triumph for progressive politics and for young people. It […]
National and climate change
Greenpeace seems strangely surprised at John Key’s statement that George Bush and John Howard are “going in the right direction” on climate change […]
Fairer pay for youth workers
The Herald has the story: Workers aged 16 and 17 will earn the adult minimum wage once they have been in the job […]
GS-what?
I’d nearly forgotten until I read this that the Nats forgot to pay slithered out of paying their GST for their broadcasting at […]
What else have the Nats got to hide?
The Herald ran an article yesterday detailing the Nat’s refusal to support legislation that would strengthen the Auditor-General’s powers to investigate MP’s lists […]
130,000 people have enrolled with Kiwisaver
Here’s the press release with a bit more detail.
Your mum was right – sharing’s good
That’s why we’ve just installed “Share This” – a blog plugin that should make it easier for you to share our tasty content […]
National’s trusty donors
The Tory blogworld went apoplectic over Tane’s comment that it was no surprise Bell Gully lawyers opposed the Electoral Finance Bill because the […]
He’s whatever you want him to be – except if you’re a worker
John Key’s swallowed a lot of rats to make National look electable: nuclear free, war in Iraq, fighter jets, paid parental leave, climate […]
English plays the long game
People the country over were puzzled by the odd choice of Key’s entrance music to the National Party annual conference last month. Originally […]