Well, Scott, that was a tight contest, and commiserations on your defeat. What do you think was the difference in the end? Yeah, nah, thanks Smithie. It was a tight race, and I still feel like I could have won it at the end, but Francis was just too tough. His superior experience told in…
A meeting, somewhere in Wellington: David Shearer: People, we have a problem. We have been banging the “no asset sales” drum for the better part of two years, and still the polls are flat. Why don’t they like us?David Cunliffe: Speak for yourself. Grant Robertson: Forget the polls. Everything that happened before now has been a prelude…
9:04 am People keep criticising the management of Solid Energy as if we did something wrong. But I’m very proud of my time as CEO of the company, and I have no regrets about anything. When most of your product sits under the surface the only realistic option you have is to run the business…
A new delivery company has been launched, and its founder Janice Grenville says it will “change the relationship most Kiwis have with their Number Twos”. Grenville has joined forces with serial entrepreneur and celebrity arsonist Hans de Groen to create the company My Lavatory Bag.My Lavatory Bag is designed to take the pain out of…
I have been thinking for a while about writing a post on the Marriage Equality Bill. I’m sure you have heard all the arguments for and against the bill, but I thought it would be great if someone without a vested interest in the outcome spent some time doing a bit of solid research on…
By night he is a harmless and mild-mannered man, but by day he takes on a new persona. A hero to many, Pete George patrols the nation’s blogsites, stifling any hint of strongly held opinion by laying down a solid suppressing fire of derailing comments. His tireless efforts in front of his computer have earned…
The government has announced a range of new measures targeting recipients of state assistance. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett announced today that those seeking assistance under the government’s drought relief scheme would be required to submit to mandatory drug tests, and to show evidence that they were actively looking for alternative sources of income.Farmers would…
As pre-registration opens for the Mighty River Power offer, people all around the country are gearing up to take shares in the company. The official share offer website has been overloaded, as thousands of people bombard the site looking for information on the offer.Shopping malls and community centres in some parts of South Auckland are…
A former Labour MP has called upon the party’s caucus to cease its infighting and unite for the good of the country. Dwayne Baker, who was a Labour list MP from 2008 until his ejection from the party in mid-2011, said it was time to accept that Labour had made a mistake in appointing as leader…
That’s not what I’m hearing when I’m out and about talking to ordinary people. Something or other about how fixed phonelines skew the results. While the last few polls have show a downward trend, the long-term trend is positive. If you ignore all the data since about 2007, which has basically just been noise, you…
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