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Trying to spin the Hagaman donation
Written By: - Date published: 10:59 am, April 21st, 2016 - 122 comments
Little is doing his job. Dirty Politics Farrar is spinning like mad. The real questions are – who knew about the donations, when did they know, and were they involved in awarding the contract?
The whiff of corruption follows McCully around
Written By: - Date published: 9:09 am, April 19th, 2016 - 89 comments
There is a clear conflict of interest in the Niue resort case.
Kiwi workers are pretty damned hopeless – says Bill English
Written By: - Date published: 4:03 pm, April 13th, 2016 - 205 comments
National are now so convinced of their invulnerability that they have taken to actively insulting us. You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Another Nick Smith fail in Auckland
Written By: - Date published: 2:53 pm, April 13th, 2016 - 9 comments
How’s Nick Smith doing on the Budget plan to round up 500ha of Auckland land for housing? The answer won’t shock you!
Netflix tax – another one for you peasants
Written By: - Date published: 2:30 pm, April 11th, 2016 - 20 comments
While Key is fighting to make sure our country remains a haven for his rich mates, he’s about to hit you and I with yet another tax. I don’t have a problem with taxes, but I do take issue with the hypocrisy.
A Song from John (All your questions answered)
Written By: - Date published: 3:18 pm, April 8th, 2016 - 4 comments
Okay. So rumoour has it that John was merely a co-writer.
Brownlee is dragging Canterbury down
Written By: - Date published: 11:34 am, April 8th, 2016 - 85 comments
The Christchurch rebuild gets its second fail grade from Treasury. And what of the rebuild work that has been done with failed reinforcing steel?
Who is buying Canterbury water?
Written By: - Date published: 10:08 am, April 6th, 2016 - 71 comments
Billions of litres of Canterbury water are being sold off. Duncan Garner asks if Oravida is the buyer.
Up the republic!
Written By: - Date published: 7:03 am, March 30th, 2016 - 162 comments
The tory clobbering machine is out to attack Little’s comments on NZ becoming a republic.
Audrey Young trashed in her own comments section
Written By: - Date published: 10:13 am, March 28th, 2016 - 64 comments
Young’s spin on the flag fiasco was – not well received.
Nat MP runs over TPP protester’s foot
Written By: - Date published: 4:04 pm, March 24th, 2016 - 82 comments
Nat MP Chester Borrows has injured a TPP protester with his car. Not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Why are we paying Key’s legal expenses for him?
Written By: - Date published: 8:27 am, March 23rd, 2016 - 81 comments
Key backed down on using taxpayer money for his payout to Ambrose – but he is still using it to cover his legal expenses in the case. Why?
Key is on top of the dairy crisis
Written By: - Date published: 3:28 pm, March 15th, 2016 - 107 comments
Or not.
Nats think “pretty legal” is good enough…
Written By: - Date published: 7:47 am, March 10th, 2016 - 24 comments
… but the courts may beg to differ.
Key on cyberbullying
Written By: - Date published: 11:52 am, March 3rd, 2016 - 48 comments
Any campaign against cyberbullying is going to need a more plausible figurehead than Key.
Charter schools paid ideology bonuses
Written By: - Date published: 7:15 am, February 29th, 2016 - 30 comments
Charter schools showered with even more money for missing their targets. Something to do with forests, apparently.
Going too far
Written By: - Date published: 9:37 am, February 23rd, 2016 - 254 comments
Physical attacks on politicians is going too far. So too is faking a hate-speech outbreak.
Another poverty report to ignore
Written By: - Date published: 10:19 am, February 20th, 2016 - 72 comments
Another report on child poverty for the Nats to ignore.
Key explains his broken promise
Written By: - Date published: 12:40 pm, February 9th, 2016 - 71 comments
A broken promise is still a broken promise, no matter how often you explain it.
Key booed by rugby crowd
Written By: - Date published: 3:21 pm, February 7th, 2016 - 81 comments
Key went to the rugby on Saturday, but his grandstanding didn’t go as planned.
ECONOMY IN PERIL! DANGER!! WARNING!!!
Written By: - Date published: 9:27 am, February 3rd, 2016 - 149 comments
Nats split on rail link?
Written By: - Date published: 3:59 pm, January 28th, 2016 - 30 comments
Key and Joyce at loggerheads on funding the City Rail Link?
Fourth term Key?
Written By: - Date published: 1:47 pm, January 23rd, 2016 - 122 comments
Key confirms that he will be standing at the next election – he wants that fourth term. Not sure why.
Sir Lynton Crosby and Dame Paula Rebstock
Written By: - Date published: 9:42 am, December 31st, 2015 - 106 comments
The British Conservative Government and the New Zealand National Government have both rewarded their friends with titles.
Key – too far even for his fans
Written By: - Date published: 10:47 am, December 17th, 2015 - 154 comments
While there is a certain amusement value in having a performing monkey for a PM, his participation in the great rape jape yesterday was too far even for his fans.
Xero doesn’t like being on the receiving end
Written By: - Date published: 1:28 pm, December 11th, 2015 - 16 comments
Xero used to fund hate for hire blog Whaleoil via advertising, because “we like to support the sunlight of good challenging discussions”. But when they became the targets of attack they didn’t like being on the receiving end.
Carter’s last fan
Written By: - Date published: 11:26 am, December 7th, 2015 - 15 comments
How fitting that Audrey Young is Speaker David Carter’s very last fan in the world.
Nats campaigning with public money
Written By: - Date published: 12:22 pm, November 26th, 2015 - 45 comments
Campaigning with public money. Politicising the public service. Cabinet club is cash for access. This is a corrupt government.
Tacky
Written By: - Date published: 9:52 am, November 24th, 2015 - 38 comments
“Jonah Lomu tribute shows need for a new flag, PM says”.
Well that’s a new low.
You won’t believe this Herald hack’s hilarious homophobia!
Written By: - Date published: 7:35 am, November 13th, 2015 - 87 comments
Really Fran?
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