Granny’s blue woolly slippers
Granny’s campaign against the Electoral Finance Bill started with a bang and ended with a whimper. On Monday there was a banner headline […]
Media
Granny gulled by National and Brethren spin
Granny Herald wants to run a campaign against the Electoral Finance Bill when it doesn’t understand the Electoral Act. Worse, because it doesn’t […]
Granny’s wail
Today the New Zealand Herald’s waning tantrum over the Electoral Finance Bill has been relegated to Page 5. Perhaps Granny has paused, had […]
Take the blinkers off Granny
Granny Herald tries to defend itself against National Party bias by saying it ran a headline “I am not a liar” over Brash […]
NZ Herald to investigate Nats’ funding
Matt Robson’s newsletter has a real scoop on the Herald’s next propaganda campaign: NZ Herald investigation into large, secret party funding I have […]
History repeats, part II
There’s a famous line from Joyce’s Ulysses in which the main protagonist Stephen Dedalus states “history is a nightmare from which I am […]
History repeats
The Dominion, election day 1938: If the socialist government is returned to power your vote today may be the last free individual vote […]
Tell the full story Audrey
Grannywriter Audrey Young’s story headlined “Exclusive Brethren’s email sets stage for Electoral Finance Bill” is more National Party spin. The Brethren’s email to […]
NZ Herald openly campaigning against Govt
So the NZ Herald has finally admitted it’s running a campaign against the government. Check out this ridiculous, chest-thumping, self-congratulatory piece from their […]
‘Political commentator David Farrar’
You do have to wonder sometimes who’s making the judgment calls in our newsrooms. Last night One News decided to use a National […]
Herald farewells fact-check
It looks like Herald journo Audrey Young needs to go back to the basics and check a few facts before going to print. […]
TV One News – oh shame you pakeha palangi
Following a perfectly sensible Cabinet reshuffle story tonight, TV One News must have had this weird rush to the head because they sent […]
YouTube campaigning
Mark Torley filed this piece on “YouTube campaigning” for One News last night.
Protests
The Herald reports that “As many as a thousand people joined a march in Whakatane to complain about children being caught up in […]
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 […]
Arrests
Indymedia reports that “In a wave of massive state repression, 300+ Police, in many cases armed, raided houses around the country today making […]
Tough but fair
Listening to Nine to Noon on RNZ yesterday I thought there was some useful insight into the bigger picture behind Key’s “the war […]
Stuff-up
Anyone else notice this morning that Stuff.co.nz seemed to think it was February 26? Apparently Paul Holmes is going to be on Dancing […]
Herald Editorial on National
A scathing attack on the National Party policy development and release process from the Herald Editor: An Opposition seeking to style itself a […]
She just gets worse.
If you thought Herald columnist and shill for big business Fran O’Sullivan couldn’t get any worse, think again. Here she is on Sunday, […]
Cyber hypocrisy
All the fuss created by one Rory English, son of National’s deputy leader Bill, exposes some very real and concerning issues. Firstly, just […]
The more things change…
Had to chuckle at Karl du Fresne in the Dom this morning who wrote, as if things were particularly different now, “Under the […]
Congratulations, you’ve come 2nd
Your prize? A second interview in one day with failed National Party candidate-turned-broadcaster, Paul Henry.
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 […]
Armstrong changes his mind?
That clipping’s from the Herald on the 23rd of this month. Yesterday on RNZ John Armstrong appeared to backtrack over whether Labour holding […]
If you can’t take the heat…
The National Party have been complaining about the increasing scrutiny on John Key’s business dealings. First, his association with the “Earl of Auckland” […]
Cullen finally placed on grassy knoll?
Headline in today’s Dompost “Labour blamed for edgy market”. Yes, the perpetually grumpy business community are blaming Labour for the unsettling volatility of […]
Key’s missing compass
In the Weekend Herald today, Fran O’Sullivan opines: “By drawing out his opponents before they even noticed Key was using the type of […]
Remembering Richard
Somebody pointed out recently that the Dominion Post, while continuing to run opinion pieces by Richard Long following the fallout from The Hollow […]