Written By: Eddie - Date published: 1:37 pm, January 31st, 2008 - 46 comments
Categories: blogs, labour
Tags: blogs, helen clark, jordan carter, labour
… contribution to the youth policy debate. The new announcements – youth apprenticeships… all relate to each other. Clark was saying that youth will… on the previous National government. Key dismissed that on Morning Report…
Written By: weka - Date published: 1:18 pm, January 11th, 2022 - 122 comments
Categories: activism, greens, Metiria Turei, Parliament
Tags: catherine delahunty, Megan Brady-Clark
… and executive member Megan Brady-Clark, She said the Greens were… to push the government in key areas of policy contention, namely… was also a reluctance to debate issues, with many deferring instead…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 7:18 pm, November 5th, 2008 - 87 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
… the third time in three debates, Key tells this lie. The number…. This is the best debate so far. Clark, especially is putting on… he did during the adjournment debate. Key: Sheep and cows are indigenous…
Written By: Tane - Date published: 10:14 am, November 14th, 2007 - 10 comments
Categories: labour
Tags: labour
… invitation to speak. Prime Minister Clark, Ministers, MP's, Party and … back control of the public debate through every forum available & … created to "frame" the debate and their political opponents. The… I note that here John Key promises a flood of tax…
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 11:08 am, October 17th, 2011 - 12 comments
Categories: brand key, election 2008, election 2011
Tags: broken promises
…the House proceedings recently, Key and his Government consistently …that ideological belief. Helen Clark has already hinted that she… the tired old political debates from 20 or 30 … overwhelming support from economists. Key remains unmoved. Gordon Campbell …
Written By: BLiP - Date published: 8:03 am, August 9th, 2016 - 19 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, Dirty Politics, john key, national, slippery
Tags:
… whether or not John Key knew about the brewing…New Zealand. Second, John Key has been wandering globe …is a super-charged John Key fanboi. Also, Todd … out of the flag debate during the voting process… Parliament immediately after Helen Clark was kicked out I…
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 8:36 pm, September 6th, 2023 - 9 comments
Categories: Andrew Little, AUKUS, China, chris hipkins, defence, Diplomacy, Disarmament, helen clark, Nanaia Mahuta, Pacific, Peace, us politics, war
Tags:
… Kiwis for war with key trading partner China, writes…nuclearfree NZ should associate,” Clark tweeted. Clark quotes Patman as saying:…'” Clark says, “IMHO NZ needs a full public debate on… there will certainly be debate outside the official process.”…
Written By: advantage - Date published: 10:23 am, July 3rd, 2020 - 82 comments
Categories: Economy, election 2020, Free Trade, health, helen clark, jacinda ardern, trade, uncategorized
Tags: americas cup
… Prime Minister Helen Clark join the debate about re-opening … United Nations and other key institutions following the end …simultaneously destroy democracy or public debate. That combination puts us…many others have enjoined in debate, and are saying that…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 12:16 pm, October 11th, 2008 - 19 comments
Categories: election 2008, john key, national
Tags:
…and it is expected that Clark will be making some …They know Key has to do well in the debates to get…debate and have submitted some obvious patsies for Key themselves. National expects Key… to do well in the debates …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 2:05 pm, October 7th, 2008 - 15 comments
Categories: election 2008, john key, national, slippery, tax
Tags:
… Key ready. Exceeding expectations in the debates will be all important. The Key… evident in the wider campaign. Key has stopped even bothering to… on outshining, even rattling, Clark during the debates. If he can't, all…
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 9:13 pm, May 26th, 2015 - 61 comments
Categories: blogs, brand key, broadcasting, election 2017, internet, journalism, Media, The Standard, tv, twitter
Tags:
… similar in 2008 — the Clark Government looked weary; there were…politicians which transcends policy or debate and comes down to emotion… Labour loves long tortuous policy debates — but if you want …about who voted for Clark and now vote Key." You need to…
Written By: lprent - Date published: 11:09 am, April 5th, 2020 - 113 comments
Categories: covid-19, david clark, Economy, health, International
Tags: bbc, david farrar, heather du plessis-allan, new york, new york times, sean plunket
…redemption. Of course it is debatable. Changing ministerial coordination in the…the lapses of control by key people during the epidemic in… ability to What isn't debatable is that Sean Plunkett is…Dunedin, which is where David Clark is. What good would he…
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 1:13 pm, January 13th, 2024 - 14 comments
Categories: exports, Free Trade, gaza, helen clark, Jeremy Corbyn, Peace, Peace, trade, us politics, war
Tags:
…gets personal Yet sometimes Clark’s prudent scepticism about …general," which one can debate in the detail, but…rules-based system that Clark and anyone remotely sensible…is wrong to threaten key trade routes. But …a Palestinian state as key to 2-state …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 7:27 pm, November 3rd, 2008 - 44 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
It's really good to see Clark taking Key to task on his lies… time, and Clark called him on it this time. Key is also…. The worst aspect of this debate is John Campbell. I actually…. That was never government policy Key: the Government is banning lightbulbs…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 9:48 am, September 10th, 2008 - 152 comments
Categories: election 2008, election funding, nz first
Tags:
…Men emails show that John Key was heavily involved in …received policy favours in return. Key himself was probably one of…it – Labour would rather be debating policy. National on the other…successes Peters comes behind only Clark and Cullen as the most…
Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 10:03 am, November 16th, 2007 - 32 comments
Categories: polls
Tags: polls
…PM poll to show Clark was ahead of Key. And now we…priming questions. The Section 59 "debate" was a gold plated example…National leader would succeed Helen Clark as prime minister, while 37…cast from parliamentary computers, Mr Key need not despair – it …
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 8:42 pm, November 7th, 2010 - 23 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
…-sighted. Many of the key factors were outside his control…his later support for Helen Clark within the Labour party …delegate structures where issues were debated directly with the membership. …New Zealand First playing a key parliamentary role along with …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:30 am, December 31st, 2017 - 8 comments
Categories: Politics, The Standard, The Standard line
Tags:
…a Foxy tweet where Helen Clark eviscerated occasional Standard reader Matthew…last 24 hours a national debate has broken out about whether… Anonymous Bloke said this: Key has always been an incredibly…so forth. Not so with Key. Dirty Politics confirmed his …
Written By: nickkelly - Date published: 6:01 am, September 20th, 2023 - 15 comments
Categories: act, campaigning, chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, economy, election 2023, elections, First Past the Post, greens, inequality, labour, leadership, Long Read, maori party, MMP, national, national/act government, nz first
Tags: act, chris hipkins, Christopher luxon, green party, Labour Party, maori party, national party, NZ General Election 2023
…under the leadership of John Key and in the final …power in 2008 under John Key, in 1990 under Jim …performances by Luxon. Historically, these debates have swayed undecided voters. There…Moore was replaced by Helen Clark as leader shortly afterwards. Based…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 7:51 am, October 28th, 2008 - 16 comments
Categories: john key, Media
Tags:
… say: Clark was criticised for not pulling up John Key on things… he got wrong on the One leaders' debate… sorry, Audrey, but you and Clark are professionals in the political… it. It was entirely predictable Key would repeat the same lies…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 12:56 pm, July 27th, 2008 - 67 comments
Categories: john key, Media
Tags: agenda
Our national political debate is in a …same speculation about Peters – Key slipping around trying to … a Key-led Government while trying to say Clark should…about foreign policy and Key was shown as the…all they want is some debate and analysis on substantive …
Written By: Bunji - Date published: 6:50 am, December 4th, 2011 - 194 comments
Categories: david cunliffe, labour
Tags: david shearer
… move on from the glorious Clark government. He has a fabulous… inexperience would mean that (like Key) he'd have to rely much… has transformed National into 'the Key party'. Or, Cunliffe, the already… so far – and with the debates across the Nation (and on…
Written By: BLiP - Date published: 6:30 am, July 10th, 2018 - 63 comments
Categories: Dr Deborah Russell, Nicky Wagner
Tags: Dr Deborah Russell, nicky wagner
… the Imprest Supply bills debate on 20 June this … still part of the debate and are recorded in…"rich prick", after Key insulted Helen Clark for not having children…on the same day call Key a "scumbag", a "coward… that the day before Key had directed one of…
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 1:13 pm, August 31st, 2012 - 57 comments
Categories: david shearer, labour
Tags: david shearer
…National disgrace, and John Key’s doing nothing about …it. John Key’s reaction has been … bill in MP David Clark’s name before Parliament… bills come up for debate, including Louisa Wall’s… referendum and make John Key listen to the people….
Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:28 am, July 13th, 2023 - 28 comments
Categories: chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, election 2023, greens, helen clark, jacinda ardern, james shaw, labour, national, The Standard line
Tags:
… of confidence that propelled John Key upward. Luxon has seven houses… the suit except for the debates, and just agree with us… basics of campaigns: like Helen Clark did over two decades ago…’t see that hardscrabble witty debater unless his Chief of Staff…
Written By: advantage - Date published: 12:00 pm, November 1st, 2016 - 335 comments
Categories: david cunliffe, john key, labour, Politics
Tags:
… Zealand, it took Helen Clark to form a new kind…credible reforming politics. Under the Clark government, David Cunliffe was …equal of John Key during the 2014 election debates. But Labour lost… the election, and a key cause…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 12:57 pm, October 17th, 2008 - 7 comments
Categories: standard week
Tags: standard week
… changing economic conditions, which left Key looking out of touch as… in the debate on Tuesday has come back to hurt Key as… lightly but I think today Clark showed that they have the… with your mastery of political debate [more] If you want to…
Written By: r0b - Date published: 6:53 am, October 19th, 2009 - 15 comments
Categories: democracy under attack, national
Tags: ets, urgency
…before they were to be debated in Parliament. The fact that…is cause for concern. The Clark administration was often described as… Council. After the Hikoi Key advised Maori to wait patiently… process was ignored, and Key announced the decision that there…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:35 am, November 24th, 2011 - 39 comments
Categories: economy, employment, labour, national
Tags: clueless, economic management, lies
…a significant tactical victory. … Key’s earlier speech at National… Hall. There, Helen Clark trumped Key by delivering the recovery … neutral" tax switch, where Key broke another promise and raised…of economic crises, endlessly debating is no longer an option…
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