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Comment: Roy Morgan and Sue Bradford
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:17 pm, September 17th, 2011
You guys are delusional. How about you go away and learn a bit about economics and history and then come back and debate the issue rather than your "Labour stuffed it us" CT line?Comment: Roy Morgan and Sue Bradford
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:26 pm, September 17th, 2011
I don't know how many times I need to say this bruv but Cullen paid the debt off. All of it. Completely. Entirely. You are parroting a CT bullshit line. There was going to be a decade of deficits, basically because the financial markets overseas ...Comment: Whaddarya?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:48 pm, September 13th, 2011
Agreed but ... Apparently there were cordial Central - Local Government discussions about how to deal with the next bout of RWC crowd problems. It is dawning on central and local officers that Party Central is a really dumb idea. Last Friday's experience ...Comment: Auckland transport shambles
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:45 pm, September 11th, 2011
Sydnar apologies if you are being unjustifiably accused of being a troll but there is a habit of supposedly politically neutral independent commentators popping up and then running Crosby Textor attack lines. You have not heard of CT? Then you cannot have ...Comment: Open mike 09/09/2011
Written By: law - Date published: 10:55 pm, September 9th, 2011
herm... http://thestandard.org.nz/?s=mickysavage+CT&isopen=none&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date Case closed.Comment: Open mike 09/09/2011
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:27 am, September 9th, 2011
Ehm in one of them I accused Herodotus of having the CT songbook out. I accused you of linkwhoring, not understanding the country's financial state, taking the piss, trolling, being a waste of bandwidth, walking around with your wyes deliberately closed, ...Comment: Open mike 09/09/2011
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:48 am, September 9th, 2011
Did you weigh up anything before accusing me of working for CT or the Beehive? Have I ever done that? I thought from the start you were a fan of the coiffured one rather than a CT clone. The attacks on you are a response to the quality of your comments ...Comment: Hold the front page!
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:28 pm, September 3rd, 2011
Yep You got us there Joe. BTW the policy about creating jobs has been recycled since Labour first stood in 1916. Put to one side how vital full employment is to our society the policy is a bit recycled. So we should do away with it? Do you realize how ...Comment: Hold the front page!
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:24 pm, September 3rd, 2011
Good CT line that. It is recycled policy, not good policy not bad policy but RECYCLED POLICY. I have to admit that it is recycled. I am pretty sure the first Labour Government had a policy on trade training and apprenticeships. It is one of those things ...Comment: Ready for round two?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:12 pm, August 6th, 2011
Pete even for you that is a really silly comment. An asset sale is an asset sale and a tax is a tax. Been going to "how to muck up a thread" lessons with CT?Comment: Open mike 29/07/2011
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:44 am, July 29th, 2011
Blah blah blah ... ten years of economic mismanagement ... missed opportunities ... Got the old CT songbook out this morning Herodotus? Although I agree that National's management is poor.Comment: Open mike 17/07/2011
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:42 am, July 17th, 2011
Has the English language changed overnight? I was proposing two possibilities to explain a phenomenon and you are claiming that I maintained one was true? Tell me SS do you get paid by CT per post here or do you get a bonus for the especially inane ones?Comment: Labour tax announcement coverage
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:46 pm, July 14th, 2011
I think they are urgently seeking instructions from CT who are UK based and are currently all asleep. I suspect Anne they are not sufficiently stupid to follow a Cameron line ...Comment: How close is too close?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:54 pm, June 3rd, 2011
Um Peteg Your previous comment implied heavily that the Trade Union Movement contributed the same to Labour that the Corporates contributed to National. Do you agree or disagree? You are working late. Is CT now springing for OT? Hope it is at least at ...Comment: Who has the ideas?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:41 am, May 26th, 2011
Like asking the average swing voter who gets influenced by such things as an ability to smile and wave what structural corrections they would make to the economy to make it more sustainable? Honest there are limitations to democracy. Some things require ...Comment: Budget Protest at Parliament today
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:11 pm, May 19th, 2011
Judging by their past performance they will pay debt off and create jobs. I see the CT attack lines are being fed to the trolls ...Comment: Open mike 11/05/2011
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:32 pm, May 11th, 2011
PeteG You really are a piece. A sign of possible corruption and you trot out CT counter attack line no 1, "say they did it too". Go on, agree that it is a bad look and should be investigated. And after that come up with a shred of evidence to back ...Comment: How rude
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:13 am, May 10th, 2011
I would stack up Labou's detailed policy any day against the Nat's equivalent. One presents a comprehensive nuanced attempt to deal with the country's problems. The other comprises a collection of CT soundbites designed to hide the true intentions of the ...Comment: Key calls snap Election for June 4
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:19 am, May 4th, 2011
Another CT line "Oooooh Labour is so negative" A question Monty. Which highly placed National Campaign manager said this about the book "Going Dirty : The Art of Negative Campaigning" A compelling, well written guide to negative campaigning. It provides ...Comment: What is important to voters?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:45 pm, April 23rd, 2011
Gawd PeteG. Earning a bit of CT overtime are you? Hope they pay time and a half. Your comments are really annoying because they are fact free and go like this: "On the one hand x may happen but on the other hand y may happen but I love John Key and it is ...Comment: Candidate Conference
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:11 am, April 19th, 2011
Only that the opposition then gets the chance to dissect it and start running their CT lines at it for a longer period. For me I think we should trust the New Zealand public especially those on the net and have a mature discussion with them about what they ...Comment: Open mike 11/04/2011
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:23 am, April 11th, 2011
PeteG I was trying to be polite and Lprent has expressed my thoughts about you very clearly. Rather than just harping on with your latest CT spin line how about arguing this: 1. List rankings do not always equate with importance to the party. 2. ...Comment: IMF: Neo-liberalism dead
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:20 pm, April 7th, 2011
MS, it’s likely Labour’s core support is less than 30% as they have polled that low (on Roy Morgan down to 26%) and have regularly polled not much higher.. It aint likely at all. Since January 2010 Labour has been higher than 30% for every poll except two ...Comment: They just waste it on booze & smokes
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:41 pm, April 6th, 2011
I read it and ... So I think you may support a CGT. And what about my other questions? I smell a rat, a CT Behive junior staffer based rat ...Comment: Christchurch Earthquake Bulletin #2
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:45 pm, March 11th, 2011
Feck It is tough enough now and way tougher than it used to be. Note this will not be included in National's electoral expenses unless it remains up during the three month period before election day. CT are on the case ...Comment: Open mike 04/02/2011
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:45 pm, February 4th, 2011
A full effort is being put in but the party is very conscious about the PR. Over the past few years especially it has become more and more difficult to do anything without some sort of CT spin being thrown at it. If Labour runs hard and loses then it is a ...Comment: Hey Laydeez
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:55 am, January 30th, 2011
I think he is going on CT advice for the support of one of the most important conservative sectors, the male chauvinist pig vote.Comment: Open mike 13/12/2010
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:08 am, December 13th, 2010
Actually it was Brash's offensive talk just before the election about "mainstream kiwis" which excluded Tangata Whenua, immigrants, women, and gays amongst others that lost it for National. He broke the number one CT commandment of never getting off script ...Comment: Hope ends at mine (updated)
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:01 pm, November 24th, 2010
Agreed and this makes it worse. The CT phrase "surgical mining" is really ugly right now and justifiably so.Comment: Attacking NIWA
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:12 pm, August 16th, 2010
Sorry for replying to myself (I know I mention the word "crazy" above) but there is some information at http://www.climatescience.org.nz/images/PDFs/niwa.ct.docs.pdf. One aspect is interesting, It claims that Jim Salinger was biased and that somehow his ...
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The National-led government has been banging the drum of fiscal restraint again, claiming New Zealanders have been “living beyond our means” in another Luxon hates "wet and whiny New Zealanders" standup that is likely to tank his approval rating even further. Yet, the Coalition of Chaos' actions tell a different ...2 weeks ago
- Drawing Parallels.
The April 22 attacks by Kashmir Resistance (KR), a (at least tacitly) Pakistani-backed irredentist group in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in which 26 people were murdered, has some unfortunate parallels with the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. Although many more Israelis died in the latter (nearly 2000) and the costs ...2 weeks ago
- It’s a wrap: NT Defence Week 2025
Australia’s future security will be decided as much in Darwin as in Canberra. NT Defence Week 2025 made that reality unmistakably clear, showcasing the Northern Territory not as a remote outpost, but as the operational ...2 weeks ago
- Huge Increase In Part Time Workers Earning Nothing
New Zealand’s part-time workers are caught in a vicious cycle, ground down by a system that punishes ambition and rewards poverty. Work and Income’s draconian deductions regime ensure that every extra dollar earned by part time workers is clawed back, leaving many with nothing to show for their efforts. Add ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Labour welcomes inquiry into school lunches
Labour welcomes the Auditor-General’s inquiry into the Government’s school lunches programme. ...2 weeks ago - Release: Women will keep being paid less under National
This Government is taking the women’s movement backwards, ensuring women will continue to be paid less into the future. ...2 weeks ago
- Govt takes workplace equity efforts backwards
The Green Party has called out the Government’s latest attack on workers with the announcement that it is halting all pay equity claims. ...2 weeks ago - Release: Questions over Erica Stanford’s personal email use
Erica Stanford has been misusing her personal email address to manage sensitive information relating to Budget and visa changes prior to their public release. ...2 weeks ago
- Greens launch Member’s Bill to close loophole allowing animal cruelty in imports
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- Iwi Rights Under Attack in Government Treaty Clause Purge
Te Pāti Māori warns that the Government’s Treaty Clause Review represents the most severe erosion of iwi rights in modern legal history. “Luxon's Government is doing what the Treaty Principles Bill failed to do. They are removing every legal reference to Te Tiriti across health, housing, conservation, and child wellbeing ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Cuts to beds for seniors at Dunedin Hospital
After failing to be upfront about cuts to intensive care beds, it’s now becoming clear that other downgrades to Dunedin Hospital are being concealed by the Minister of Health. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Labour backs workers while Govt cuts jobs and protections
This May Day Labour is standing with workers to defend decent jobs and fair pay. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Still no ferries as first of old fleet retire
Two old and ageing ferries are going to have to work double time because of this Government’s failure to get a ferry deal. ...3 weeks ago
- Greens mark May Day with Green Jobs Guarantee
The Green Party has marked May Day with a pre-budget announcement in Tokoroa, detailing the party’s plan for a Green Jobs Guarantee. ...3 weeks ago
- Te Pāti Māori: Keep the Window Open- UCOL Must Stay
Te Pāti Māori stands firmly against any moves to downsize or close UCOL Whanganui. With over 30% of students identifying as Māori, the campus is a vital lifeline for education, upskilling, and community transformation in Te Tai Hauāuru. “Matapihi ki te Ao is more than a name, it’s a promise. ...3 weeks ago
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- In full: Collins and Hipkins on Te Pāti Māori punishment
Privileges Committee chair Judith Collins (National)Mr Speaker, I move: That Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke be suspended from the House for seven days for acting in a manner that could have the effect of intimidating a member of the House in the discharge of their duty; and that Debbie Ngarewa-Packer be severely censured by ...16 hours ago - Ministry Of Education Workers Will Walk Off The Job For The First Time In Over 20 Years
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Riboldi, Lecturer in Social Impact and Social Change, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation , CC BY Social media advertising is an increasingly important frontier in election campaigns. Political parties, candidates and third-party groups – such as ...17 hours ago
- There’s no country more important to Australia than Indonesia. Trouble is, the feeling isn’t mut...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Making Jakarta their first overseas visit has become a set piece for newly elected Australian prime ministers dating back ...17 hours ago
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- Watch: Parliament debates Te Pāti Māori MPs’ punishment for Treaty Principles haka
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- Labor’s second-term defence priorities – could they include a pact with Europe?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University 1000 Words/Shutterstock An apt metaphor for the Department of Defence in Labor’s second term might be the Titanic. The good ship “defence” has hit an iceberg: the senior officers are reassuring all is ...18 hours ago
- Why Netflix’s The Eternaut is one of the most important shows to come out of Argentina in recent y...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Sandberg, Senior Lecturer, Technology in Culture and Society, The University of Melbourne Netflix It all starts when a group of old friends in Buenos Aires meet for a round of the card game truco on a hot summer night. Suddenly ...18 hours ago
- Winston Peters ejected from House before Te Pāti Māori debate
NZ First leader removed before debate surrounding Te Pāti Māori MPs' punishments has even begun. ...19 hours ago
- NZ Joining International Call For Humanitarian Aid To Gaza Welcomed, But Sanctions Need To Be Impose...
Israel is currently carrying out a genocide in Palestine, and the New Zealand Government has failed to take meaningful action to pressure Israel to comply with international law, despite the people of NZ repeatedly calling for it. ...19 hours ago
- Nationals break the Coalition, in a major blow to Sussan Ley
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have broken the Coalition, for the first time in nearly four decades, because new Liberal leader Sussan Ley would not agree to their policy demands being part of a new agreement between the ...19 hours ago
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- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 20, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 20, 2025. Can you treat headaches with physiotherapy? Here’s what the research saysSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhiqi Liang, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland BaanTaksinStudio/Shutterstock You might’ve noticed some physiotherapists advertise ...19 hours ago
- Can you treat headaches with physiotherapy? Here’s what the research says
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhiqi Liang, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland BaanTaksinStudio/Shutterstock You might’ve noticed some physiotherapists advertise they offer treatments for headaches and wondered: would that work? In fact, there’s a solid body of research showing that physiotherapy treatments can be really ...20 hours ago
- NZ joins call for Israel to allow full resumption of aid to Gaza
New Zealand has joined 22 other countries and the European Union in calling for Israel to allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately. The partners also said Israel must enable the United Nations and humanitarian organisations to work independently and impartially “to save lives, reduce suffering, and maintain ...20 hours ago
- Can cats drink milk? Despite the stereotypes, it’s actually a bad idea
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Claire Mabey and Lyric Waiwiri-Smith discuss Dominic Hoey’s latest novel, a vivid evocation of 1980s Grey Lynn. Claire Mabey: Lyric, I ate this book whole. I couldn’t put it down once I started. The voice of Obi – the narrator – is so clear and lively. What was your reading ...20 hours ago - Hipkins proposes last-minute deal ahead of debate on punishment for Treaty Principles haka
Parliament is staring down the barrel of a protracted debate in the House surrounding the proposed penalty for Te Pāti Māori MPs. ...20 hours ago
- Protesters at Parliament call for lowering of age for free bowel cancer screening
Dozens at Parliament are calling for a lowering of the age of eligibility for free bowel screening tests to 45. ...20 hours ago
- Watch live: Parliament debates Te Pāti Māori MPs’ punishment for Treaty Principles haka
Follow RNZ's livestream and blog as co-leaders and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's recommended suspensions is debated in the House. ...21 hours ago
- Budget 2025 – What Vote Health Needs Just To Stay Afloat
"Year on year specialists in our public hospitals are being asked to do more and more," says ASMS policy director Harriet Wild. ...21 hours ago
- Boredom gets a bad rap. But science says it can actually be good for us
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Kennedy, Youth Mental Health Researcher, University of the Sunshine Coast We have all experienced boredom – that feeling of waning interest or decreased mental stimulation. Eventually we lose focus, we disengage. Time seems to pass slowly, and we may even start ...21 hours ago
- 15 years ago, I urged the AFL to launch a mental health round. Now it’s time for action
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat McGorry, Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne The death of former AFL footballer Adam Selwood, less than four months after the death by suicide of his twin Troy, is an unfathomable tragedy for the Selwood family. The devastating news has ...21 hours ago
- Does drawing on memory help us solve problems? Our experiment gave some surprising answers
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Macaskill, Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Conventional wisdom suggests memories of past experiences can help us navigate problems in the present. For example, if a friend told you they ...21 hours ago
- Speight’s Fiji coup had more to do with power, greed than iTaukei rights, says Chaudhry
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the May 19, 2000, coup led by renegade businessman George Speight. The deposed Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, says Speight’s motive had less to do with indigenous rights and a lot more to do with power, greed, and access to the millions likely to accrue ...22 hours ago
- Auckland Writers Festival 2025: A selection of reviews
The best sessions we saw at the Aotea Centre last weekend. The crowds draw in and spill out of the Aotea Centre like waves for six days. First it’s school students – six thousand of them. Then it’s the general public and the 240 writers programmed onto the stages. This ...22 hours ago
- Celebration on court, censure in the House: Te Pāti Māori MPs’ suspension sparks kōrero
While tikanga Māori is being sanctioned in Te Whare Pāremata, te reo Māori is alive and thriving on the netball courts of Tāmaki Makaurau. ...23 hours ago
- Watch: Deputy PM Winston Peters tells heckler ‘naff off’ following rail announcement
Peters was discussing the potential punishment for Te Pāti Māori MPs when the heckler interrupted, prompting Peters to tell him he "looked like bollocks". ...23 hours ago
- Budget Day 2025: What you need to know
Explainer - Budget Day is coming on Thursday, but what does it all mean? RNZ is here to tell you what you need to know. ...23 hours ago
- Winston Peters is right about parliament’s declining standards
Winston Peters is right about parliament’s declining standards of decorum. But the rot didn’t set in last week. This has been a years-long process, and one MP in particular has been at the heart of the decline. Winston Peters couldn’t hide his distress as he heard the word “cunts” being ...24 hours ago
- Coalition Government Is Misleading Survivors Of Abuse
The announcement itself was disappointing enough for survivors. Now they are being told parts of the announcement were just smoke and mirrors. Quite frankly, it’s shocking, but it is nothing less than we have come to expect. ...24 hours ago
- NZ joins call for Israel to allow full resumption of aid to Gaza
The joint statement said food, medicines and essential supplies were exhausted and the population faced starvation. ...24 hours ago
- NZME agitator wants Herald’s ‘political leaning’ measured, maybe by AI
Comment: The Canadian-NZ investor who tried but failed to take board control of media firm NZME still believes its New Zealand Herald needs to “measure its articles for political leaning” and suggests artificial intelligence can help.Jim Grenon, who previously formed the right-leaning Centrist site and newsletter, will likely win just ...1 day ago
- Te Pāti Māori’s haka punishment labelled extreme, but Labour unlikely to filibuster
Labour's not keen on a filibuster, while Te Pāti Māori's president says more tikanga Māori should be incorporated in the House. ...1 day ago
- The cost of being: A restaurant owner working three jobs to pay the bills
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a restaurant owner describes the financial pressures of owning a hospitality business right now. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Female. Age: 34. Ethnicity: South-Asian born in ...1 day ago
- The federal government wants to boost productivity. Science can help
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna D’Alessandro, Professor & Director, Net Zero Institute, University of Sydney Daniel Sone/National Cancer Institute In the wake of Labor’s resounding victory in Australia’s federal election earlier this month, there has been much talk about flailing productivity in Australia. In ...1 day ago
- Fish driving cars and chimps doing maths: what teaching animals ‘irrelevant’ skills reveals abou...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University VixtorPhoto / Shutterstock Did you know goldfish can learn to drive cars? Have you heard bumblebees can learn to pull on a string? Would you believe some primates can perform calculations ...1 day ago
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