The Queen’s Birthday Honours List has been released. Here are some of the highlights: Ruprecht von Fokk, head of the Institute of Business, was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to destroying the New Zealand economy. Under any just system the people responsible for the damage done to our…
United Future leader Peter Dunne has become the latest high profile person to engage in the “planking” fad. He is the first politician in this country to “plank” on live television. Mr Dunne has been ridiculed over the years for everything from his hair to his dress sense, and has often been mocked for being…
Andrea Vance reports on Stuff that Former National MP Bob “the Builder” Clarkson is defecting to the ACT Party. Clarkson has all the attributes the ACT Party is looking for. He’s: old rich white male irrelevant a former National MP a “colourful” character (I could use stronger language to describe him, but I would be…
From David Cunliffe’s Facebook page: Whangarei meeting was great – over 60 locals and three fine candidates from the North: Kelvin Davis, Lynette Stewart an Pat Newman Northland has had National MPs for decades and has nothing but the worse autistics in the country to show for it. This team will wake up the North,…
I’ve some good news for Labour supporters. I had a dream last night that revealed to me why Labour has struggled in the polls, and why Phil Goff is struggling to get any traction with the public. He’s ill. According to my dream (and we all know that dreams can reveal essential truths about the…
Controversial conservative columnist Dr Frank Shizenhausen writes in defence of the ACT leader People have been attributing all sorts of mischievous motives to the decision by a group of ACT and National-linked people to organise opposition to MMP. The fact that some of the people behind the campaign have close ties to ACT leader Dr…
ACT leader Dr Don Brash this afternoon launched a scathing attack on the New Zealand kiwifruit industry, saying it was separatist and racist. In a speech given to the Orewa Rotary Club, Dr Brash accused Zespri and kiwifruit growers of fostering Maori privilege. “The kiwifruit industry has been set up in a way that ensures…
ACT leader Don Brash went doorknocking yesterday on Cremone Street in Herne Bay, where the average house price is $5.83 million. Brash is the latest in a series of politicians who have visited the street, usually accompanied by camera crews and journalists. In 2008 National leader John Key famously visited the street, promising to improve…
UK PR consultant Richard Hillgrove writes in the Guardian about his brilliant idea for preventing social media sites like Facebook and Twitter from breaching suppression orders. “Clearly, they are going to have to introduce a delay mechanism so that content can be checked before it goes up”, he opines. Yes, that’s an excellent idea, and it…
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