And if you wrong us, do we not revenge?

With all the angst and debate over New Zealand’s role in Afghanistan, we appear to have overlooked one obvious thing: our troops are needed elsewhere. Are we going to let our girl be pushed around by the representative of a small African country most of us have never heard of? Regular readers of this blogsite…

Christchurch Must Be Full Of Ghosts

From the Press: The tenants of a Christchurch home where three members of a family died have called in paranormal investigators.  The family of six moved into the house in January, and say coffee tables have moved, wardrobe doors slam by themselves, the shower turns on and off, they hear footsteps on the stairs, and…

Harry Hindenberg: A Regrettable Misunderstanding

The latest column from acclaimed Papakura lawyer Harry Hindenberg Readers, you may be wondering why I haven’t written for a few weeks. My absence from these pages is the result of a mishap I suffered last month. Let me explain what happened. I was sitting at my desk pondering a problem. I don’t remember exactly…

Helping David Shearer

David Shearer has said on more than one occasion that he doesn’t really read the political blogs. But he should. Because all the answers to Labour’s problems are waiting in the blogosphere, if he will only go and see for himself. Because there’s been so much chatter in the last fortnight on various blogs about what Labour’s doing…

Government Announces New Space Programme

The National government has released plans for a space programme designed to send a manned ship into space. Business analysts had been expecting Steven Joyce to announce further changes to tertiary education funding, when he called a press conference for this afternoon. Instead, he unveiled the plan to send a man into space by the end…

Told You So

I feel vindicated this morning. If you ignore the fact that I said on the radio last week that we should never accuse anyone of being a drugs cheat without clear evidence, then I have been remarkably consistent in my claims that Nadzeya Ostapchuk is a drugs cheat.