Getting ALL the facts right
This contribution was sent through by a reader who did some digging after reading that Helen Clark’s research is letting her down in […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Mobile democracy
Another release on the state-owned telecommunications company Kordia from Murry McCully this morning which starts: Helen Clark’s claim that Kordia’s cellphone tower work […]
Apologies for Burqa Bob
It would appear David Farrar is deeply concerned about the amount of traffic his mate Bill has been drumming up for The Standard […]
Burqa Bob to stand in Tauranga
After much speculation, National MP Bob Clarkson has finally announced he will be standing again in Tauranga, apparently to work on housing affordability […]
An emerging threat to MMP?
After Brash and the extreme right were exposed in The Hollow Men the Nats changed their leader hoping for a fresh start. What’s […]
They just don’t learn
I see the Free Speech Coalition hasn’t learned anything from the ramshackle PR fiasco that was their launch and have posted up another […]
Shadbolt campaign funded by Hollow Men
Remember how I asked who was funding Tim Shadbolt’s campaign to “bring down the government”? Turns out the Southland Times was interested too […]
What’s National cooking up for 2008?
Well, I saw my first Farrar billboard in the real two days ago and I gotta tell you I laughed. I was with […]
Granny Herald (finally) outs Julian Robertson as National donor
In a front-page article about New Year’s honours focussing on expatriate Kiwi Owen Glenn’s contribution to the Labour Party, Auckland University, and numerous […]
A photo finish
I have glimpsed the future. I know how Election 08 will play out. It will be a thriller, going down to the wire. […]
National has worst behaved MPs
Trevor Mallard’s had all the press but it’s the National Party MPs who have been battling it out all year for top spot […]
Billboard shambles
Here’s some coverage from TV1 last night on what’s looking more and more like a PR disaster for National, Farrar and their wealthy […]
DPF’s bloody good deal
There’s plenty of comment about Davey’s/National’s Billboards here and at Blogblog so I’ll not bore you with my analysis of these dreadful things. […]
Two drunk backbenchers
A mate of mine had a rather interesting run-in last night with a couple of drunken Tory backbenchers. Here’s what happened: Last night […]
National reopens Selwyn race
Local Nats don’t want David Carter as their candidate for Selwyn. Looks like the threats, intimidation and bullying tactics used to get him […]
No democracy for the Selwyn National Party?
Colin Espiner has a story in yesterday’s Press saying that the heads of three National Party branches in the Canterbury district supported by […]
Petty politicking and the Xinyao tragedy
Reuters reports that the death toll from China’s Xinyao mine tragedy has now surpassed the 100 mark after 50 rescue workers were sent […]
A decade since Shipley
How remiss of us! Our pals over at Kiwiblogblog have just pointed out that we’ve just missed the 10 year anniversary since Jenny […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
More hypocrisy from National
It’s interesting to see National is attacking Peter Davis, the PM’s husband, over a letter he wrote to the NZ Herald about the […]
Party like it’s 1999
If we needed any more reason not to let National take us back to the 90s, I think this might be it. Via […]
Tell the panel Don & I am not a liar
Spotted yesterday in the Westin Hotel in Auckland’s Viaduct Basin by our orbiting surveillance satellite & Don Brash in a job interview line. […]
Prats in the Nats on China’s miners
How’s this for small-minded prejudice from National Party backbencher Kate Wilkinson in a press release today complaining about the $84,000 dollars for a […]
Burqa Bob speaks out
Bob Clarkson’s never been one of the sharper tacks on the National party backbench, his only contributions to the debate being his infamous […]
Jockeys change at National – Return of the Hollow Men
Chris Simpson has suddenly gone as manager of the National Party, and Steven Joyce and Jo de Joux are back. According to The […]
Chaos at National
It seems the suggestion of “Deutschland uber alles” as a campaign song has got National’s General Manager Chris Simpson the boot. I also […]
More confusion from National over bulk funding
Some people just never learn. After National’s conflicting statements on bulk funding the other day you’d have thought they’d get their messages in […]