My Earth Hour Diary

Earlier in the day: Hire a plane and buzz around Auckland flying an Earth Hour banner.  8:30pm: Lights out! Better go for a drive and see if others in the neighbourhood are joining in. Power up the Humvee and go for a cruise. 8:52pm: Back home. It’s amazing how easily you can cope without electricity.…

Right Thinking – No Compensation For Bain

Guest columnist and hard-hitting conservative, Dr. Frank Shizenhausen, gives his verdict on the justice system. And so it begins. Not content with sucking up millions of our dollars, they return yet again to the well. I’m talking of course about David Bain’s legal team and his disgusting compensation bid. We all know Bain’s guilty. Ask…

Time To Clamp Down On Whale Gangs

The Sensible Whaling Trust is appalled by the latest killer whale gang murder. The New Zealand Herald this morning reported that a female killer whale hunted down a pseudo orca and ruthlessly murdered it in front of a group of shocked tourists. “This is exactly the kind of thing we’ve been trying to stop,” said the…

Q&A On Those Foreign Devils

Where I answer all your questions about foreign investment into New Zealand Question: Should we be concerned about the plans by Hong Kong company Natural Dairy to buy up New Zealand dairy farms? Imperator Fish. Yes! Q: But if we want Fonterra to be able to buy up Chinese dairy farms, don’t we need to…

Mr Hitler, That’s Just Not Cricket!

So it turns out Adolf Hitler* was interested in cricket. The future leader of Nazi Germany was taught the basics of the game by First World War POWs, BBC broadcaster John Simpson found. But according to his new book about 20th century reporting, the corporation’s World Affairs Editor discovered the Fuhrer later became frustrated with…

Beneficiaries Lament The End Of The Dream

Welfare beneficiaries around the country were in shock and mourning today, after Social Development Minister Paula Bennett announced “the dream is over”. Former bricklayer and now long-term unemployed man Chas “The Jazz” Murray was one of those struggling to cope with the news. “Man I had it sweet, bro. I had the dream beneficiary lifestyle.…

Review: TV3’s The Nation

I watched the premiere of The Nation this morning. It has been held out as TV3’s answer to TVNZ’s Q+A, but the style is different, and it presents a distinct alternative to the traditional current affairs interview show. I had wondered about the choice of Jason Gunn as presenter, but his relaxed manner seems to…

John’s Diary 18/3/10

Not a bad few days. We just got rid of a whole lot more civil servants. Isn’t my plan to get Kiwis working looking great? It all comes back to my cycleway – that’s 1500 more people on their bikes! Now the lousy Opposition are saying we agreed to cap public service staff levels, not…