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Inequality: a big issue for our time

Ben Clark — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:43:52 +0000

The Herald looks like it has an excellent series this week, on Auckland: A city divided by income. It’s an issue that has been waiting to be examined in the local context in more depth. It’s been quite a big issue in the UK for a while, with The Spirit Level making an impact before ...

ImperatorFish: Spears Into The Sea

The Standard — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:54:28 +0000

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here

We need better answers than just "stricter enforcement" to solve the copyright debate - we need some fresh ideas.

Phoney Charisma

The Standard — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:50:28 +0000

Emmerson in the Herald has a good take on John Key's campaign style. As he continues to fail to front up to debate on actual policy.

Nats: Bring Back Debtors Prisons

Bunji — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:18:31 +0000

The government is to introduce a new Courts and Criminal Matters Bill, much of which is sensible. But sending fine-evaders to prison because they can't afford to pay seems madness. The ridiculous cost of building and maintaining ever more prisons as unsustainable. Minor offences like unpaid fines should not result in the taxpayer spending vast sums to lock the offender up.

Granny Herald opening eyes?

Bunji — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:43:51 +0000

There was an excellent piece in the Saturday Herald by John Armstrong. A large 2-page spread, fairly prominent in the paper, and not critical of Labour. Not fulsome praise; just great, unbiased reporting.

Now admittedly I shouldn't get excited by such things, but the steadily slipping standards of New Zealand's papers, combined with a media love-in with National at the last election, leaves good quality newspaper journalism a sight to behold.

Lee, Joyce and Hide’s Super City “pig’s arse”

John A — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:23:19 +0000

In a letter to the Herald today, responding to Mike Lee's op-ed of yesterday, Steven Joyce says:

"Contrary to what Mike Lee says, the Auckland Council will be able to appoint or dismiss any member of the Auckland Transport Board at any time."

Problem is, Mike Lee didn't actually say what Joyce says he did.

Herald cans fact-checking, opts for dogwhistles

Eddie — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:35:29 +0000

The New Zealand Herald has never been shy of attacking blogs for their lack of journalistic standards and editorial rigour, but given some of their recent work you've got to wonder who they think they're kidding. Take today's woeful piece by Dita De Boni pontificating about Charles Chauvel and those screaming kids on his plane.

But how much did the bus cost?

Marty G — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:49:21 +0000

"Tolley finds ally in school mum" screams the headline of Audrey Young's piece today. When National runs a bus tour the Herald is desperate in its attempts to drum up support, when it's Labour all they want to talk about is how much the bus is costing the taxpayer.

Teh New Zelaand Herlad

Eddie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:40:26 +0000

Have you noticed how many spelling mistakes there are in the Herald these days? James at Editing the Herald has: I’ve had quite a few emails over the past few days with spelling or grammar errors from either the print edition or the website, peaking, of course, with the misspelling of ‘Barak’ Obama’s name in ...

Where’s Paula?

IrishBill — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:39:30 +0000

The Herald’s creepy lovefest with the National Party continues today with Simon Collins’ profile of Paula Bennett, who is apparently “one of us”* Unlike Danyl over at the Dim Post who seems to have finally realised that *gasp* the Herald might be a little pro-National, I’ve not really been troubled by this “first year of ...

Granny’s waterworks

Marty G — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:30:44 +0000

I think Granny Herald must have shares in Infratil, based on her rubbish editorial today: Particular fervour is reserved for private-sector participation in this sector, perhaps because water is one of life’s necessities. Rarely is it conceded that, in reality, it occupies the same utility bag as electricity, which in this country and elsewhere has ...

Shame on you, TVNZ

Marty G — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:51:33 +0000

I’ve just seen in the Herald that TVNZ has been using one of their TV ‘psychics’ in the Aisling Symes case. It’s bad enough that they had this charlatan, Deb Webbers, on Breakfast talking about the case. It’s reprehensible that they put this confidence trickster in touch with the family. That they put brain rotting ...

When you wake up to the fact your paper is Tory

Eddie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:43:45 +0000

Hilarious reading through the Herald’s Your Views on election funding. Seems the Herald’s meek acceptance of the Government’s electoral funding plans has alerted a few of their readers to the fact they were duped by the paper’s blatant political advocacy for National last year. Here’s what Jay of Swanson had to say: I am gobsmacked ...

Condoms and democracy

Eddie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:30:20 +0000

Have to disagree with Zet’s call for Labour to ‘just put it away‘ on the remit to conference calling for subsidised condoms in shops to help reduce unplanned pregnancies and our high rate of sexually transmitted diseases. Sure, if Labour were putting it up as a policy priority there might be an argument. I’m completely ...

Memo to the Herald

Guest post — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:40:35 +0000

Dear nzherald.co.nz, The opinions expressed in the Your Views section of your website are not an accurate reflection of public opinion in New Zealand. If anything, they are a reflection of a self-selected minority of opinionated internet users who have access to a computer during work hours and a level of proficiency in the English ...