For a second night the centre of Auckland has fallen victim to overnight riots and looting. The trouble began on Monday, when cars and rubbish bins were set alight by a mob of infuriated bankers. The cause of the initial disturbance is not known, but the trouble quickly turned to rioting, with shop windows broken…
A series of ongoing telecommunications faults have left residents in a lower North Island town irate and frustrated. Wainuiomata residents have complained about the infrequent and erratic internet coverage in their area. The problems began inexplicably last month and have continued to dog the neighbourhood. A spokesperson for Chorus, Telecom’s lines division, said that contractors…
The government has announced the names of the people selected to sit on the Constitutional Advisory Panel. This panel is an independent group that will lead public discussion on constitutional issues. It will then report to the government. But the make-up of the panel is disappointing, and lacks serious star talent. If we really want…
Winston Peters has used a speech at the New Zealand First conference to signal that the party will focus more on policies for the young. Mr Peters acknowledged in his speech that for too long NZ First has been seen as a bastion for the elderly or senile. Mr Peters said he was determined to…
I’ve made no secret of my Labour affiliations, but I maintain that my analysis on this blog is fiercely independent and impartial. I hate all right leaning parties equally. So I’ve been looking at the numbers in the latest polls, and I’ve come to the conclusion that all is not lost for Labour. Here are…
Saturday 26 November 2011 – The Labour Party, led by Phil Goff, tonight completed a crushing victory over the National Party in the General Election. With over 98% of the votes counted, Labour were ahead of National in the party vote by over 22%, and were set to capture around 54% of the vote. Prime…
Hard-hitting conservative columnist Dr Frank Shizenhausen returns after a lengthy break I cannot believe nobody has spotted the opportunity. The Herald has been running a campaign focusing on poor and needy children with not enough to eat. The fact that people are going hungry is an inconvenient blot on our nation’s reputation, and with…
In which I set out the principles I will rigidly enforce when I am your Lord and Master Godwinning a blogpost thread, other than for ironic or humorous purposes, will be a criminal offence. You may disagree strongly with your opponents, but admit it, the chances of their being actual Nazis are quite slim. People…
Have just read this post and its comment thread. Mistake. If Gandhi returned to Earth and proclaimed 10,000 years of peace and enlightenment, I’m sure they’d be still be furiously feuding in the blogosphere over who was the biggest Nazi.
I haven’t written anything about the phone hacking scandal, but now seems like a good time to mention that I’ve actually met Rupert Murdoch. In fact I had a good long discussion with him. Surprised? Well admittedly it happened in the dream I had last night, and a weird dream it was too. But I…
Imperator Fish 
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