nice graphics, but the 2 horse race thing can be a bit simplified - where do MMP Greens etc put their FPP electorate vote?
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 1:03 pm, December 1st, 2016 - 36 comments
Categories: by-election, labour, national
Tags: michael wood, misa fia turner, parmjeet parmar
The Mt Roskill by-election is between Michael Wood and Parmjeet Parmar. But as far as who's the competition to take the vacant MP spot in Parliament? Well, Parmjeet is already a list MP, so it would be National List candidate Misa Fia Turner. She thinks …
And the Cable's nowt to do with the government either, JK had just turned up to take credit for it...
here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYywc65kWmg&feature=youtu.be
Leeches are very well connected to their prey. Indeed.
Good comparisons with National's coverage there micky. Some very good examples. Loans seem to be their new "funding" technique (how is Housing NZ meant to pay the $100 million back in the midst of a housing crisis?) For some reason opposition (esp Labour) ...
If you're a political journalist, surely you should be keen to be in amongst some politics? These are the big set-piece gigs, lots of potential for things to go wrong...
There may well have been 5. I am but a humble footsoldier. There were 4 buses when my one left, another may have arrived to pick up more people after that... The correct number of buses to transport more than 200 people came at any rate.
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 3:22 pm, November 7th, 2016 - 23 comments
Categories: by-election, journalism, labour, tv
Tags: michael wood, mt roskill, mt roskill by election, newshub
I was a little busy at the Labour conference over the weekend to write about 3's blunder, but thought I should get the truth out there, as there was general indignation at the flawed Saturday night coverage. (The Friday night sarcastic "Lucky me" dig …
NZ does have the most centralised government in the OECD... Loves to put constraints on councils, but not give them ways to pay for them other than rates (and then complains when rates go up).
She has no legal obligation, just a moral one to be accountable as an elected public servant. And if you don't front up, and it turns out you're just making up excuses, sometimes the journos you're lying to will publish that fact (aka 'being caught out'), ...
Rumour has it that after TVNZ breakfast he is driven the 500m up to RNZ and sits in the car for quite a while before going up. To one extent, fair enough - he needs to be a lot better briefed for RNZ than for a Hosking huggle or a Breakfast break. On the ...
^^^ this!
Can you name this mystical NZ union that is ripping its members off? Or more likely just making shit up? I'm not sure how well resourced any NZ unions are, but they need something in the bank for when they're supporting workers on strike/lockout / other ...
Actions to take: - sign the petition if you have any irregular hours / payments: - ask your union if they're working with your employer about the issue. - if you don't have a union: join one. - if you can, talk to your employer about whether they take any ...
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 1:30 pm, September 8th, 2016 - 16 comments
Categories: housing, same old national
Tags:
Already number 4 for housing unaffordability in the OECD, we're now number 1 for house price rises, beating out 55 other nations! You may not feel rich, but you literally have to be a millionaire1 to get an average Auckland house. Some may even move to …
Very much a case of Kiwi employers being too cheap then - and we shouldn't be subsidising them by allowing cheap immigrant labour....
Actually they want the urgency bill split in 2 - the special housing areas approval can go through (why did the government only give themselves 3 years? Did they think Auckland's Housing problem would have gone away by now?). But the attack on liberties of...
I stand corrected. But it's a much more minor advantage than what they were aiming for with Act/Epsom.
Electorate seats are FPP, not MMP, so it makes sense that those from a similar perspective unite to give the most likely winner the best chance - and the Greens aren't going to win Mt Roskill. It's why we had a 2 party system when we had FPP. Epsom was/is ...
This is why they should should be on social media, so we can see what they're like...
The politicians are laughing at us... Saw great tweet last night: i'm starting to think that this is the last season of America and the writers are just going nuts
oh, it's certainly far from ideal, but if other things get thrown out as "too hard" - that one's at least easy and at least an improvement on our current bald GDP. But yes, we need more regional breakdowns among other things.
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 12:43 pm, February 16th, 2016 - 70 comments
Categories: Economy, im/migration
Tags: economic growth, GDP
There are different views on The Standard about growth and whether we really need it. I'm all for environmentally-, socially-sustainable growth, and I'm a programmer, so I'm in a fairly "weightless" part of the economy. But here's one bit of growth that …
I think National stole democracy more to look after dairy farmers, but those appointed by the powerful tend to side with the powerful. Often sub-conscious, but people know which side their bread is buttered on. Best to have them appointed by the people and...
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 5:21 pm, February 11th, 2016 - 39 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, democracy under attack, elections, local government, same old national
Tags: ecan
So National's appointed ECan (undermining democracy since 2010) has decided that leading business man Hugh Fletcher & Chief Justice Sian Elias shouldn't be fined for their cows sh!ting in a lake. Surprise, surprise. It's bad enough their maximum fine is $…
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 1:22 pm, October 16th, 2015 - 110 comments
Categories: australian politics
Tags: CER
So John Key and the new Oz PM are having a chat today and good ol' JK will be mentioning the issue of "New Zealanders" who are being detained for deportation after a prison sentence. People who are being detained in police stations without exercise or …
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 3:09 pm, September 29th, 2015 - 26 comments
Categories: same old national
Tags: anne tolley, lies
There's a hard-hitting piece in the Herald today – from Jarrod Gilbert on how National has lied to the country's face and got away with it. Tolley claimed before the election that 34% of drug offences and 25% of homicides were by a small group of gang …
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 1:17 pm, September 3rd, 2015 - 96 comments
Categories: International, john key
Tags: refugees
So a while back John Key screeched across to the Opposition Benches: "Get some guts!" because they disagreed with the effectiveness of sending a few NZ Army trainers into harm's way in Iraq. The US spending many billions hadn't managed to convince Iraqi …
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 9:12 pm, July 31st, 2015 - 55 comments
Categories: crime, labour, police
Tags: cameron slater, Hacking, jason ede
I see mickysavage is writing a more considered post, but I just have to express my astonishment with the release late on a Friday afternoon (dump time!) that the police will not be pursuing any action against Slater/Ede for hacking Labour's website. Given …
And how are your kids going to buy a house?
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