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 […]
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The Dummies’ Guide to National’s wage policy
I never really understood how National planned to make wages grow because every time our man John Key is asked about our wage-gap […]
Affordable housing
Not in my back yard. Alright, maybe in my back yard but only if the state isn’t involved. UPDATE: No Right Turn has […]
Key hopping on Hobsonville
Just spotted this statement from Maryan Street up on Scoop which suggests at least one reason why Mr Key would like the issue […]
Key disappoints
I’ve just listened to Key’s reply to the PM’s speech. I’m underwhelmed. Instead of using it to promote any sort of policy platform […]
Key conjures up cuts
John Key tells us that he would cut ‘wasteful government spending’ to pay for upper-bracket tax cuts bigger than Labour’s cuts. But do […]
Media and our National Day
The decision of TVNZ’s CloseUp to pay to assist Tame Iti to travel to Waitangi this year was the focus of Media Watch […]
KiwiSaver – what if…
Kiwis are showing their canny side in the way we’ve been flocking to sign up to KiwiSaver – now over 400,000 strong and […]
Key not competent to lead New Zealand
The Sunday Star-Times had an article titled ‘Who Is John Key?’. It’s remarkable that we’re still asking this question a year after Key […]
Spot the difference
I’ve just had a chance to read Key’s speech properly. Call me a nit-picker but I don’t reckon it was a “state of […]
Who’ll run John’s boot camps?
The Army has said it doesn’t want to run National’s boot camps – they prefer to train people who actually want to be […]
The Herald still campaigning for National
Yesterday The Herald reported that: Demographia, an international survey business run by Hugh Pavletich of Christchurch and Wendell Cox of the United States, […]
An expert opinion
A reader just sent in this scan from the letters section of Today’s Herald.
Key and crabs
Now I know many of us are still in holiday mode for awhile longer but did it strike anyone else as a little […]
With all the charm of Slough
Paul from The Fundy Post has done a rather humorous review of John Key’s holiday home in Success Court, Omaha Beach, as featured […]
John Key hearts Canada
Move over Australia, John Key has a new heart-felt love: Canada. On his recent ‘heartland’ tour to discover what country folk thought, Key […]
NZ leads the world on climate change in Bali
Here’s a clip that aired last night on TV3. It shows NZ leading the world in our response to climate change in Bali. […]
John Key DVD – Director’s cut
John Key is the epitome of “style over substance” and his DVD showed us just how desperately he wants to be everything to […]
Key pledges to sack prison and parole staff
I’ve just listened to John Key’s interview on Radio Dunedin last week: powered by ODEO “I also think we need to get a […]
John’s dead seal
Um, why does John Key have a picture of a dead seal on his flickr page?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
John Key and January 1
John Key’s just admitted the election campaign has already begun, adding further weight to the argument that electoral law needs updating to reflect […]
Ambition doesn’t cut it
Wow, so that’s John Key’s announcement: he’s ambitious. I know I said he’d be short on substance, but maybe that was giving him […]
Key’s special announcement
John Key has now been leader of the National Party for a year. But while his salesman’s smile and general novelty factor have […]
Fozzie Bear: John Key’s secret fursona
From Boing Boing: Furries get no respect. Usually, when you hear about people who dress up like life-sized stuffed animals, it’s in the […]
Latest Cosmopolitician on shelves now
Thanks to the reader who sent us the latest edition of Cosmopolitican, a nifty little publication that did the rounds just before the […]
Key losing his mojo
Pol science lecturer and commentator Jon Johansson has given a lucid and scholarly account of the inexorable decline of John Key and National’s […]
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. […]
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 […]