Thanks for the heads-up Jimmy as I have now found the TV3 item and here is the link - another Tova O'Brien special as part of the Newshub poll released the other night. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/revealed-who-kiwis-think-should-be-nz-...
That's interesting, Jimmy. I did not see that as I rarely watch TV - which News was it on? TVNZ or Newshub? Re Jones taking over as Leader of NZF eventually, I don't believe that will happen for a number of reasons. I actually discussed this subject in a ...
IMO that is a very one-sided view of the situation and I am surprised and disappointed at Hickey's take on the situation. This view that only white elitists listen to Concert FM or listen to and participate in classical music is just so closed minded. It ...
Dowie is currently Nat spokesperson on Conservation and is on the Enviroment Select Committee (and was Deputy Chair under the previous Nat Govt). She has a Member's Bill currently before the House on shark cage diving which seeks to regulate this currently...
Yesterday was the first day of the 2020 sitting year for Parliament. Usual business was suspended for the day to allow Members to remember and share their personal memories of the late Right Honorable Mike Moore. Speeches started with Jacinda Ardern as PM ...
Today, the PM has made it very clear where she stands on the NZF donations situation and on whether she "trusts" Winston Peters. Re the latter she was unequivocal in stating that she and Winston work in a partnership of mutual trust. On the former she ...
Well Dennis, I will counter your counter-narrative by suggesting that the opposite may occur - whereby a group of voters (from across the left/right political spectrum) could also step into give one of their votes to NZF to ensure they remain as a ...
The PM was very blunt on Morning Report this morning making it clear that, as Minister for Arts and Culture, she was: not prepared to consider the proposed dropping of Concert FM and its replacement by a channel for younger generation music as merely an ...
Some of us still are - vipers that is! I also remember quite a few raw sharks for awhile including a wekarawshark no less. LOL
Well that's interesting, OWT - you yourself have been reading -and replying to - Greywarbler at TDB. Indeed, less than two days ago on TDB Open Mic 7 February, you replied to one of a couple of Greywarbler comments* re the Wuhan evacuations of NZers, and ...
Waxxing lyrical over on TDB - challenging former TS commenter SaveNZ for the most comments on Open Mic. Also continuing to comment on Bowalley Road - in both cases as greywarbler. What were the observations re TDB? Didn't get the biff per se, but was ...
"As soon as ACT show they are their own party with their own unique and original ideas then they can claim to be a real party" Well, not that I am in any way an ACT supporter, I think that Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill - possibly one of the most ...
The websites relating to Elections etc appear to have all been redone, updated etc - and presented in KISS language and big text! Here is the new link to the 2017 General Elections expenses returns: https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/historical-events/...
I meant to listen to that broadcast (streamed on TDB) but forgot and comments on TDB about it are not very specific. Plunket will probably not be censored/charged with, for example, breaching name suppression as this is presumably not yet formally in place...
Best that no-one speculates on who may have been charged at the moment especially on here There was a lot going on last night in that regard with David Farrar having to take down a post on KB. (He was 'asked' to do so ...) Certain MSM reports have also ...
Now I have that headache I was trying to avoid !!!!!!!! It is a massive can of worms but unfortunately (or luckily) I don't have time right now to come up with anything constructive/informative as have other commitments which have been avoided so far today...
"The notion that a political party is not a legal entity if it hasn't formed as an incorporated society. Did I get that right? " Umm - no, Dennis - not imho in the way you are suggesting. LOL A political party is still a legal entity under the Electoral ...
Just to add to the above, my perception of the above is that Bridges and the Party Secretary are unlikely to ever be able to be charged with anything to do with how the donations were paid to the Party - regardless of the JLR recordings etc. Again a case ...
I note that MS' link for Andrew Geddis in the post above is to Andrew's article on The Spinoff, which is well worth a read. Andrew was also interviewed on RNZ Checkpoint last night and I posted the link to this plus a short summary on the SFO post late ...
James, you may be interested in what Andrew Geddis, Constitional Law professor, Otago University, said in an interview on Checkpoint this evening as to why – legally – neither Bridges nor the Party Secretary have probably not been charged (at this point ...
Oops - title should read "have apparently NOT been charged"
Legal aspects (includig probable legal reasons why "the party" (ie National) or any of its officers have apparently been charged) There has been a lot of speculation above on these aspects so I wanted to recommend that as a first step people listen to the ...
"No wonder he looks like someone stole his ice cream" Or perhaps he had already been advised that the SFO has laid charges against four people in relation to donations to the National Party - breaking news with details still to come - but that is for ...
Bullshit - you should check the facts before spouting forth. An overview of the likely Infrastructure package etc was released by the government on 30 Nov and 12 Dec 2019 and was widely covered by the media and other blogs at the time. Here are links to ...
Good grief! Its Mr Snide, the PG Sniper - or is that Mr Snark, the PG Stalker? Old obsessions/habits die hard ...
I totally agree that action should have been taken on that absolutely disgusting comment by Greywarshark the other night on OM 19 Dec. And that is far from the first time we have had comments from Grey along similar sanctimonious, shallow lines. I was also...
"Someone intoning about safety on the roads on radio this morning (in a foreign accent – Canadian I think one less job for a born NZer). Realistic xenophobia!" Really, Grey? You think we should sack our Associate Minister of Transport, Julie Anne Genter, ...
Hi Jenny Re free fares, not sure about Christmas Eve but the RNZ National News Bulletn at 9am today, Friday 20 Dec, included a short item at about 3 minutes in that Auckland buses would be free from 4/4.30 pm today in the hopes that people would use PT ...
The Jane Patterson - Corin Dann segment on Morning Report has been up online at RNZ's website for a couple of hours, Anne. It was exactly where I expected to find it on the Morning Report section for today's programme. Here it is https://www.rnz.co.nz/...
Its a barbaric practice that needs to end not just in respect of live exports from this country but worldwide. The current tragedy is in relation to the live export of 14,000 sheep in a ship that capsized off the coast of Romania last Sunday.
Duke, I cannot find any earlier comment from mosa here on TS on this subject - and suggest that you may be getting confused with mosa's comment on The Daily Blog's Open Mike for yesterday (27 Nov) where mosa has reminded people of this issue with a link ...
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