Which one? There's at least two which are pretty incendiary.
Poor Fiona - from the Antiques Roadshow to that antic toadshow.
Trouble is, even when wheels start to fall off, the vehicle can still sort of keep moving, tearing up a lot of road surface as it goes.
Mr Luxon on comparing a trainee police officer's pay with the amount he was trying to claim as an accommodation allowance: “Well just just say I think conflating those two issues is a bit unfair.” Of course, neither he nor any of his coalition colleagues ...
Nothing much changes, does it? Almost 50 years ago there were two political scandals, one on each side of the spectrum, but with very different outcomes. 1976: Colin Moyle, tipped by some as a possible future leader of the Labour party, gets hounded out of...
Agree totally, Res. The Greens (and other centre-left parties) can't afford any more f***-ups of this sort. Even if Ms Tana is eventually exonerated - and properly, not just on some legal technicality - enough mud will have been slung in the meantime for ...
Thanks, KJT. I remember reading about that business at the time. It was the mention of Fiona K (a former acquaintance of Obtrectatrix, no relation to Joanna K) that had me wondering.
Can we have a link to the Kidman/Campbell item as well? I must have missed it.
Sounded more like an AI-generated voice-over than anything! So little variation in pitch or speed of delivery. I don't think he was putting it on, though. There was the odd rolled "r", but that had probably been absorbed unconsciously by osmosis during his...
I can't see how opposing things in itself makes a credible government. It doesn't. Which is one reason Labour came such a cropper last October, defining themselves in effect as opponents of the party that opposes things.
The first Speaker to do away with that silly business of feigned reluctance to take on the role. Good for you, Jon.
I have a busy and rather complicated life that doesn't leave much time for extensive reading or deep analysis. So I'll just throw out these thoughts and leave it to others to do the picking-over. It seems to me that in some ways we're regressing to a kind ...
All very well .... unless those contracts are set up in such a way as to incur ISDS proceedings against NZ should they be terminated. A recent example involving the USA's next door neighbour: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/31/how-a-us-...
Actua-Lee?? Gotta be joking. She is improving, though. Checkpoint finally got her to front up for an on-air interview the other day, and we were treated to only 36 occurrences of her most characteristic verbal tic in that 9-10 minutes.
It's the market, stupid: https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350201635/parliament-gouged-over-bowen-house-rent-brownlee-says?cx_testId=1&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=5&cx_experienceId=EXLK9YLJ8JM4&utm_content=end-of-article-test&cx_qa=true#cxrecs_s
ACT for once is in agreement with (most) sentiments expressed on this thread: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/act-blasts-sentence-for-man-who-punched-71yo-woman-at-posie-parker-protest/ar-BB1jkskx?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=...
The person who removed the tape/fence was facilitating an invasion of a space occupied by women who were entitled to be present in it unmolested. And the potential (later actual) invaders were a much more numerous mob which included a number of physically ...
Well, the latest All-Blacks squad is still invariably the lead item ....
The Minister has nor ruled out one possible solution, passing Labour’s Fair Digital News Bargaining bill. But she is content to wait until May when it is due to be reported back. The urgency of the current situation has clearly passed her by. Of course Ms ...
Soft target. Unlike the real gangs.
Unfortunately Bibi Netanyahu does not want peace either. He wants the absolute destruction of Palestine and anything Palestinian in general. Bit of an old-fashioned view, that. You're right about his not wanting peace, but not his ultimate objectives. ...
"Render unto Caesar those things that are Caesar's .... " (and God can have the leftovers).
The general population has been forced into a concentration span of no more than 5-7 minute blocks, the length of time between ads, or an average YouTube clip. There's no way they'd have the cognitive ability or patience to take in anything longer. 'Fraid ...
Ian Fraser .... and who could forget "smart alec" Simon Walker?
Melissa Actua-Lee bats away the questions: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350195039/government-under-pressure-over-newshubs-planned-closure I counted no fewer than thirty uses of her favourite adverb in that 260 seconds. I don't accord Mr Peters' ...
From this morning's Post (sorry, haven't time to track down the electronic version): " .... when it comes to broadcast, the only serious rival to TVNZ and RNZ for audience share will NewstalkZB once Newshub goes." If that's true, then we're in serious ...
I wouldn't bank on the two-term rule remaining in force (or even being enforced) if Trump gets back with a compliant Congress.
Indeed. How long before Stuart "Natsh" goes the whole hog and defects to the other lot?
If you're going to reference Nicky Hager, then do him the courtesy of spelling his name correctly.
Those new laws are basically unenforceable. Mere window-dressing to keep the useful idiots happy.
It only takes a few bastards in each generation to ensure things never really change for the better. Don't blame the entire generation.
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