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…
Labour Party MP Trevor Mallard says he has decided to “bury the hatchet” in an effort to bring unity to the party’s caucus. Divisions within Labour’s caucus have rocked the party since David Shearer took over the leadership, resulting in the demotion of David Cunliffe to the backbenches. and leaving party members in despair.These divisions…
Actor and film director Ben Affleck insists he “loves New Zealand and New Zealanders,” despite the way his latest film portrays the country’s people. Affleck was forced to defend his award-wining film following criticism that parts of the film lacked accuracy and depicted New Zealand in a negative light.The film God I hate New Zealand and…
The following statement is given in response to the blogpost by Professor Andrew Geddis published on Sunday 24 February: It’s my fault. My fatwa was a foolish attempt to seek justice, but I should have known that there was no justice in this world.I now withdraw my fatwa, because I don’t want anyone to get…
Blogger Scott Yorke today issued a “fatwa” against Otago University academic Professor Andrew Geddis. Mr Yorke said he had issued the edict to “take my revenge on that dirty thief.”Yorke said he had been forced to act after Geddis stole one of his blogpost ideas. “I’d just come up with the idea of a killer…
I see that Solid Energy has financial problems. This just goes to show that governments should not concern themselves in loss-making ventures. So isn’t it time we told our politicians to stop throwing money into things that can’t even pay their own way?Write to your nearest government MP and tell them that enough is enough.…
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