Christine Fletcher and Michelle Boag will make mincemeat of John Tamahere , he is too vain, too self-centred to be allowed anywhere near power - a minor Trump in the making. Fletcher and Boag will flatter and manipulate him - they are both far smarter at ...
Tracy Watkins and Shane te Pou , two political commentators for whom the purveying of fake news is how they earn their keep - two people who have 'favourites' and put personal grudges above intelligent analysis and unbiased reportage. Shame on them both.
Go, Phil - a hard worker who has a huge job (housing and transport) and while being criticised by an opposition whose neglect caused the social problems we now face, always remains affable and realistically optimistic .
Anyone who went on her garden trips overseas would confirm she is a a selective bully.
You are a smart shark - that list should be widely publicised just to remind the forgetful public.
I wait for the MSM critics of the MMP government (" cracks appearing etc" ) to do a bit of hard work for once, instead of asking urgent empty questions ( Tova O'Brian, Corin Dann et al) and discover exactly what wonders National achieved during their first...
Oh, Joe, you can never resist a Larkin!
What a particularly stupid comment.
At a time when we are trying to understand and support those with mental health issues, too many of the anonymous commentators above show no empathy and choose to mock and ridicule someone who has been harried for months by the press and opposition, mainly...
'Rugby is in decline' and a very good thing - it is a thuggish, uncivilised game contributing to over 24,000 cases of young men with head injuries each year, many of these are high risk for early dementia. The skills involved which are endlessly explored ...
It is a pity Peter Gluckman, as science advisor to John Key, did not speak out more forcefully at the time. Also it is a pity that nurses and teachers, quite rightly feeling they should be paid more, did not threaten strike action during the 9 years ...
Excellent comment. How can Coleman's 'achievements' as per above be listed with no sense of irony - his 'focus' was always to the benefit of the private sector. His ruination of the public health service and his arrogance when challenged show a man without...
A disappointing and extremely naive political strategy from the Greens.
Now he has lost his Key/English power base he has decided he can make more disruptive mischief outside Parliament than in. A very sly, unpleasant, ruthless and dangerous man.
Phil Twyford is a good man. He hates injustice, corporate greed and the many social ills caused by the grossly unequal distribution of wealth in NZ. So that no matter how hard you work, how many jobs you have, how many hours you work, you cannot afford ...
John Campbell, who manages to ask intelligent, relevant and revealing questions in a manner that is respectful and courteous - he does not have to shout, or endlessly repeat the same silly question like Espiner and Ferguson . He embodies everything a ...
Winston Peters will go to National - for all his bluster, he is a psychologically and emotionally insecure and needy character - he will always side with the political party he perceives to be the most powerful.
Clair Robinson has long challenged the reputation of Massey University as being a credible centre of learning and independent thought
A new world-wide definition of stupidity "a NZ dairy farmer'. I too, as a female person, read the excellent Standard every morning - and often check in several times during the day.
John Armstrong still trying to attract attention to himself long after his used-by date has passed. A mean-spirited and pathetic character.
I should have made an exception - RNZ Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan who does some excellent interviews.
The situation is not helped by the Q & A format (like The Nation) being a most unsatisfactory method of political debate, all heat and no light - and certainly not helped by extremely poor interviewers like Mutch and Owens who are not intellectually smart ...
Mrs Morgan needs to slap him hard, then lock him in the shed till the end of September.
Indeed - it's a problem, those surgeons who are ambivalent about a public health service - you wonder about their commitment to their Hippocratic oath and how much money they think they need. It does not excuse the cavalier attitude of the hopeless Coleman...
And the big boys run out with a large stuffed toy before beating each other to pulp - rugby is surely one of the most stupid displacement activities - bread and circuses indeed.
Is the Barclay affair the reason Key departed - very likely.
Just imagine if this had been the Labour party. And how will Mike Hosking explain it away - he'll probably say it was just 2 mis-steps by English and Barclay - a kind of toxic tango.
The manufactured outrage of the 5th wife for the dying husband - its called the gold-digger syndrome - and in this case encouraged by RW political strategists. [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in ...
The item on families caring for their special needs adult children is not as simple as it seems. While for a few disabled people, living with a parent is appropriate, for others they would be better served living in a supported, well run residential home ...
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