Several members of the Law Commission were taken into custody yesterday, after being caught in a police sting. Police allege that Law Commission members were found in possession of large quantities of Evidence, a substance that was restricted by the National government shortly after it took office in 2008. One Law Commission insider has confirmed…
The head has been cut off one of the most insidious organisations in existence. The operation was surgical, precise and brutal, and it took almost everyone by surprise. But what does it mean in practical terms? While admired in some sections of society, the group’s leader had become something of an irrelevancy and a bogeyman,…
Dear God, I’m new around here, so I don’t know what the proper process is to lodge a complaint. But I’m used to having a direct line to you, so I’m not interested in dealing with some customer services person, nor am I prepared to go through a call centre in the Philippines. That’s why…
Hard-hitting conservative columnist Dr Frank Shizenhausen has some tough medicine I had a dream last night that left me shaken. I was minding my own business in my own home when I heard a knock on the door. Standing there were two gentlemen. I asked them what they wanted and they said they were here…
Dear William and Kate As you prepare for what will be the biggest day of your lives, you will no doubt be feeling trepidation and wondering what lies before you on the road you have chosen to tread together. You will have been receiving a lot of advice from friends and family about what makes…
Take control of ACT. Ensure ACT survives past November and is a viable coalition partner for National. Take a ministerial portfolio in the next government. Assume a more important portfolio as the Key charm begins to wear off in the second term, and as the tide begins to turn. Finance, for example. Become Deputy PM.…
So I managed to do my big presentation today, and now it’s done. I’d been working on it all week, and it had been doing my head in. I think it went well. It’s pretty hard to interest a bunch of hard-nosed IP lawyers when the topic you have to speak about is IP licensing,…
Well, yesterday sure was a big one. World IP Day is always keenly awaited by the IP profession, and this year’s event was huge. It started with a champagne breakfast, but that ended when one of my colleagues slapped a cease and desist order on the cafe for not using the more appropriate term Methode…
It’s no secret that Don Brash is planning a new political party. I’ve had leaked to me a copy of the main policies of this new party, and here they are. Find evidence that John Key was born in Kenya. Sir Michael Fay to be appointed SOE Minister. Sell advertising space on the NZ flag. …
Imperator Fish 
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