Brilliant. Surely Peter Dunne could be convinced to save the many public libraries in his electorate? And surely the Greens, Maori, Mana and NZ1st will also get behind this.
The key for Auckland to continue to grow is to build up, not out. Hong Kong has millions of people in an area about the size of Lake Taupo. If the population of New Zealand is going to continue to grow, we need to keep as much farmland viable as possible, ...
I think your last sentence just hit the nail on the head as to why Labour of 2012 isn't ready to take back the government.
That would make sense, given the structure of the National Party. It exists to take and hold power at all costs, partly from a historical perspective to keep any sense of Socialism out and partly because they genuinely think that they are the smartest and ...
Um, no, I think that a minister should be responsible for their department, and there was plenty of warning that wasn't acted on.
Hopefully Obama will start taking serious action on climate change once the pressure of re-election is off. If he loses though, he better not do an Al Gore and start going on about how much we should do about AGW once he no longer wields political power.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/7901838/Social-Development-Ministry-knew-of-kiosk-risks Paula Bennett is in the shit big time after it emerged that there were 4 recommendations to the MSD that they look into the security of their kiosks. My ...
Greens aren't really radical, more like they are the heirs of the Social Democratic movements of the past.
@KP - Calling Bored a useful idiot eh? Well, at least he is useful. You on the other hand...
SYSTEM RULES!
It really is bizarre to have a glib, wealthy joker in charge of the country during a harsh economic downturn. Its almost as ridiculous as imagining Boris Johnson as a wartime Prime Minister.
Simply put, Armstrong is not even good enough as a propagandist to be able to convincingly defend Banks.
Bwahaha.
Dilbert sucks. Post some Doonesbury instead.
Don't gloat about who tripped him up, just focus on what he actually did.
This will not only be the defining election issue, it could also be the defining issue of the future coalition.
... bully the younger journalists, especially Alex Tarrant (no relation to this...
Full employment, if that is really the goal of Parker, would be the sort of policy that could really save the country. Auckland Labourites especially, you need to be telling your MPs and policy committees that you want Labour to follow through on this and ...
It doesn't make a blind bit of difference which party sent the troops in, it matters that the government should pull them out now.
I'm no fan of Joyce, but you diminish yourself significantly with your first paragraph. Shameful stuff.
Remember to make a submission on the MMP proposals. If you want tweaks to the electoral system, the time is now.
Yep, there's plenty of oil, we just need to make the planet uninhabitable to access it. But if thats the price our grandchildren have to pay, so be it, it would seem.
I believe Banks is under the impression that he still has a party, and that he is a good chance to bring in more MPs on his coat tails next time. Then again, he forgot how he managed to acquire thousands of dollars, so maybe his mind really is going.
I have a serious question concerning the relationship between Shearer and The Standard. TS is a blog for the left, rather than the Labour Party. It is fair to say that Shearer is not of the left, or at least, his caucus backers are fairly right leaning. ...
Has a situation like this (where the membership/activists clearly prefer a candidate who is not the incumbent, with caucus favouring the incumbent) ever happened in Labour before? And if so, what was the outcome of that problem?
Well yeah, I think everyone agrees that its probably the Duck, but you can't rule out the possibility that this whole process has been started by the Nats, and only two MPs in Labour have been stupid enough to have attacked Cunliffe. It isn't beyond the ...
That is actually a fair point, this could easily be a National smear. Its a serious problem though when the automatic assumption is that its the chief strategist of Labour.
If you all think you know who it is spreading this, why not name them and force the issue into the open? The people on this blog who are part of Labour (I am aware this is not a Labour blog, but there is some crossover) should grow a spine and make He Who ...
The actual text of his interview read something like "I briefly considered match-fixing, then dismissed the possibility." The only person who deserves ridicule is the SST journo who blew it all out of proportion. Besides, 40 missed penalties? You'd be a ...
Not too much longer to go now, so if all the other groups have a big month of collecting in August we will get there. Rest assured though the Greens won't be stopping just because their target has been reached.
I need the help of the New Zealand blogosphere. Does anyone know of this image? It is a bust of Phil Goff, shaded in blue a la the Obama 'Change' image, with the text 'I think I can' underneath. I would like to use it for a university project but need ...
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