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  1. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 7:18 am, September 3rd, 2014 -  37 comments
    Categories: john key, national
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    If John Key has nothing to hide, sure he has nothing to fear from a full government inquiry into Dirty Politics?

  2. The Press Debate – tonight, livestreamed on Stuff

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 2:00 pm, September 2nd, 2014 -  227 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, election 2014, john key
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    The second big head-to-head between David Cunliffe and John Key will be livestreamed on Stuff from 7pm tonight.

  3. Puddleglum: We no longer have a Prime Minister

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 11:47 am, September 2nd, 2014 -  34 comments
    Categories: accountability, blogs, john key, Judith Collins, national
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    There’s an excellent post at The Political Scientist I want to highlight, plus a few other of today’s Dirty Politics reads…

  4. Spinning the media: commericial imperatives

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 10:55 am, September 2nd, 2014 -  24 comments
    Categories: blogs, books, news, newspapers, radio, tv
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    The main problems with dirty media-blogger connections, as exposed by Dirty Politics lie with the commercial dominance of our news media. Mediawatch focuses on issues raised by the book. Online Standards Authority is not the answer.

  5. Nicky Hager on Democracy – Wellington

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 10:30 am, September 2nd, 2014 -  5 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    Nicky Hager will discuss his recent book “Dirty Politics”, and what needs to be done differently to protect and enhance our democracy. Tuesday 9 September, St Andrew’s Church, 30 The Terrace, Wellington, 5:30-7:30pm. All welcome – registration essential on Fabian Society website.

  6. National must be very afraid

    Written By:  redfed -  Date published: 4:30 pm, September 1st, 2014 -  75 comments
    Categories: john key, Judith Collins, national
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    The latest Whaledump has a collection of emails that makes no reference to Judith Collins. It makes you wonder if Key did not have the Cathy Odgers email whether he would have sacked Collins.

  7. All the way to Key

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 11:19 am, September 1st, 2014 -  30 comments
    Categories: accountability, brand key, john key, radio
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    All credit to Guyon Espiner for another hard-hitting interview with Key on Morning Report today. Espiner tries to get a straight answer from Key over his personal contacts with Slater. Tries and tries and tries, to no avail. It is clear that Key, personally and through his office, is up to his neck in dirty politics.

  8. Labour’s broadcasting policy: public service TV-RNZ

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 10:03 pm, August 31st, 2014 -  40 comments
    Categories: democratic participation, election 2014, greens, internet, internet mana party, labour, news, radio, same old national, tv
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    Labour’s broadcasting policy includes setting up a new public service TV channel, to be located with RNZ, incorporating RNZ values.  The Greens are open to the idea. NZ First has a similar policy.  Laila Harre makes some good points about public broadcasting and industrial relations. [Update: RNZ report; video clip added]

  9. From Twitter

    Written By:  Ben Clark -  Date published: 8:18 pm, August 31st, 2014 -  34 comments
    Categories: art, Judith Collins, same old national, twitter
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    All your trashing the SFO connections. h/t DebsHancock

  10. Well that deteriorated quickly

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:00 am, August 31st, 2014 -  170 comments
    Categories: john key, Judith Collins, national, newspapers, same old national, you couldn't make this shit up
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    The Sunday Star Times has reported on the Hotchin – Slater attack on SFO boss Adam Feeley.  The email which caused John Key to effectively sack Judith Collins as a Minister was provided by Cathy Odgers.  The intent was to put off a SFO/FMA investigation into Hotchin.  This is third world stuff.

  11. Wakeup call for the media – has Slater done us all a favour?

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:02 am, August 31st, 2014 -  171 comments
    Categories: accountability, blogs, Ethics, Media, newspapers, spin
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    National’s dirty politics, for all its corrosive damage, also marks an opportunity for NZ. An opportunity to take stock, recognise such tactics for what they are, and reject them. An opportunity to clean up both politics and the media’s coverage of it.

  12. For a better way…

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 4:53 pm, August 30th, 2014 -  10 comments
    Categories: activism, benefits, capitalism, class war, community democracy, corruption, democratic participation, election 2014, equality
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    The NACT way is Not Our Way. We need a better way of governance and democracy.  One that is for all the people. I joined the hardy souls who went to the Not Our Way rally and march in Auckland.

  13. Whose Resignation?

    Written By:  Bryan Gould -  Date published: 3:52 pm, August 30th, 2014 -  115 comments
    Categories: brand key
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    “There can surely be no more important issue than the fitness to govern of some of these pretending to office. What could be more serious than the abuse of power – its use, not to serve the interests of the country, but to discredit and destroy, in an unfair, vicious and underhand way, those whom the government sees as its opponents?”

  14. Some thoughts…

    Written By:  geoff -  Date published: 2:04 pm, August 30th, 2014 -  113 comments
    Categories: accountability, capitalism, corruption, crosby textor, election 2014, Judith Collins, kremlinology, Politics
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    The English faction is now calling the shots inside the National party.

  15. Judith Collins resigns

    Written By:  jononatusch -  Date published: 1:48 pm, August 30th, 2014 -  13 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    Oravida and the mysterious Chinese border control official, the Simon Pleasants leak, Bronwyn Pullar’s Privacy Commission complaint, plotting to roll John Key after the election – the allegations just kept coming. Now there’s the allegation that she conspired with Cameron Slater and others to discredit former Serious Fraud Office director Adam Feeley. This while she was Minister of Justice […]

  16. Crusher crushed

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 12:39 pm, August 30th, 2014 -  228 comments
    Categories: Judith Collins
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    Press conference is running late, but Judith’s statement is out – resigning as Minister, but not as MP.

    New allegations of her undermining SFO head Adam Feeley have finally been too much.

    Update: email attached to post

  17. ‘Malevolent males’, ‘Mistress Collins’ & a ‘free press’

    Written By:  karol -  Date published: 5:00 pm, August 29th, 2014 -  7 comments
    Categories: blogs, broadcasting, election 2014, internet, newspapers, tv
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    Dirty Politics shows the need for a reformation of our media, broadcasting and related online content. It’s about democracy.   Lucy lawless agrees. Laila Harre and Colin Craig have been added to the line up for Sunday’s Broadcasting Debate in Auckland.

  18. Cyberflailing

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 4:07 pm, August 29th, 2014 -  7 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    Judith Collins has re-entered the election campaign. John Key’s little helper is back. Collins should take her own advice to cyber-bullies earlier this year. Her time is up but she doesn’t realise it. National’s #teamkey campaign has become a train wreck, and John Key looks weaker and grubbier by the day.

  19. National: Not Our Future marches across New Zealand Aotearoa

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:52 pm, August 29th, 2014 -  52 comments
    Categories: john key, national
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    Three weeks before the election, action is being taken across the country voicing a rejection of the National Government’s track record and direction. Rallies are being held in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin to oppose National’s attacks on workers, abuse of the environment, inequality, cronyism and dirty politics.

  20. Cunliffe 1 Key 0

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:39 am, August 29th, 2014 -  73 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, john key
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    Two new polls with different conclusions drawn and the first Leadership debate with a win to David Cunliffe. He may be a sterling campaign away from being the next Prime Minister.

  21. I think that most New Zealanders…

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 12:35 pm, August 28th, 2014 -  17 comments
    Categories: accountability, election 2014, john key, national, polls
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    Our PM is fond of telling us all what we think. In the wake of Dirty Politics he is working it overtime, telling us all that we believe his spin. Interesting then to get some actual data on what (extrapolating from a sample) most New Zealanders really do think. Many thanks to the Horizon polling people for putting this up on line.

  22. The first head-to-head debate – tonight!

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 7:45 am, August 28th, 2014 -  315 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, election 2014, john key
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    The first head-to-head debate between David Cunliffe and John Key (tonight, 7pm, TV One) could be a real turning point of the election.

  23. When will they ever learn?

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 7:04 am, August 28th, 2014 -  37 comments
    Categories: blogs, Media, you couldn't make this shit up
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    How did @peace’s offensive song from 2013 suddenly become topical news? Why the usual suspects of course…

  24. Bizarre attack on Cunliffe

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 4:52 pm, August 27th, 2014 -  48 comments
    Categories: david cunliffe, housing
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    Andrea Vance has a weird attack piece on Cunliffe where she accuses him of not being hungry, not being able to offer instant affordable houses to everybody, not standing in the right place, and even sleeping.

  25. Careering to the right

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 2:23 pm, August 27th, 2014 -  65 comments
    Categories: national
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    “Dirty Politics” and “The Hollow Men” have revealed the extent of the National party’s nasty internal war over the past decade. Cameron Slater is merely one of the noisier but dumber sock puppet weapons in use against National’s centre and moderates. Looking at the actions of Simon Lusk using his sock puppet is more revealing…

  26. Supporting all the colours of the rainbow

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 1:00 pm, August 27th, 2014 -  69 comments
    Categories: election 2014, human rights, identity, labour
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    Labour’s Rainbow Policy got some attention for its promise to offer a third gender option on passports and drivers’ licences. Why is this a big deal?

  27. Polity: Herald on Labour

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:08 am, August 27th, 2014 -  69 comments
    Categories: Economy, labour, Politics
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    The NZ Herald has been notable for the blind stupidity of their editorials since its formation in the 1860s and its enthusiastic fostering of the New Zealand civil war for short-term profit. Today’s editorial continues that long tradition of blind stupid ignorance by being surprised (yet again) at Labour’s long tradition of fiscal responsibility.

  28. Judith Collins raises doubt about which dimension she occupies

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:06 am, August 27th, 2014 -  39 comments
    Categories: election 2014, Judith Collins, making shit up
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    Judith Collins claims to have been exonerated of claims that she breached the rights of privacy of a public servant by giving his details to Cameron Slater. There is one problem with her claim. She is totally wrong. Update: RNZ is now reporting she is backing away from her claim.

  29. Condemning the obvious

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 12:46 am, August 27th, 2014 -  143 comments
    Categories: accountability, David Farrar, dpf, Ethics
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    Of course I (and other Standard authors) condemn lyrics that incite violence, and any and all threats to the children of politicians (who are completely out of bounds). Does this even need saying? But – Farrar, his little fan club, and the moral high ground? – it is beyond hypocrisy. There is no equivalence between the actions of a disenfranchised, angry few and the systematic abuse of democracy and decency undertaken by National’s dirty politics.

  30. They eat their own

    Written By:  Bunji -  Date published: 8:59 pm, August 26th, 2014 -  14 comments
    Categories: national
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    Brent Robinson is rightly peeved. He was at the end of an internal smear campaign orchestrated by Slater and Lusk, and had the media (following Whaleoil’s every word) hounding him at his door. Now I may not agree with Robinson’s politics, but he deserved a fair race, and his was a skewed selection. Slater may […]

  31. Anne Salmond on our tarnished democracy

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:30 pm, August 26th, 2014 -  37 comments
    Categories: accountability, democracy under attack, Ethics
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    New Zealander of the Year, Dame Anne Salmond, on how dirty politics tarnished our democracy.

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