Waitangi Day is the day on which we celebrate our nationhood. However you choose to mark the day, I hope you make it a special one. Whether you plan on jostling and shoving strangers in public places, yelling abuse at passing delegations, or taunting people for being Uncle Tom figures, I hope you take time…
If this Herald on Sunday report is to be believed, officers involved in the raid on the house of overweight internet geek Kim Dotcom behaved as if they were auditioning for roles in a Hollywood action film. An alternative explanation is that they were expecting to have to confront a team of trained killer-jihad-suicide-ninjas, and…
John Banks says Catherine Isaac is qualified to oversee the trial of Charter Schools because the ACT list candidate “loves education”, and spent six years on a school board of trustees. I love cricket, and I spent several years playing the game in my youth. Should I take over John Wright’s job when he retires?…
Labour Party MPs are said to be red-faced, after discovering that prominent blogger David Farrar is not the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Mr Farrar has been the target of numerous attacks by Labour Party MPs over the last couple of years. A source inside Labour has confirmed that party officials identified Farrar as the…
Robert Mugabe has spent decades beating down the people of Zimbabwe, but he still hasn’t won, and opposition to his rule remains strong. And yet the Black Caps destroyed Mugabe’s beloved Zimbabwe’s cricket team in less than three days. Zimbabwean opposition, get your shit together!
The stock market dipped sharply in trading today, after no stories appeared in any of the major newspapers about Sonny Bill Williams for almost two hours. There were some signs of a rally early in the afternoon, as traders took a punt that one of the television current affairs shows would run a story about…
Debbie Mayo-Smith has a regular column in the Herald. and she offers tips on business performance. She describes herself as an “international speaker and bestselling author”. Additionally, her website boldly states: If you want significant improvements in business performance from minimum effort or cost, you must get Debbie Mayo-Smith now. Note the imperative. Have you…
In the Herald they’re reporting that the sun is bombarding us with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years. Six years! And what is John Key’s government doing about this crisis? I’ll tell you. They’ve all buggered off to Ratana to kowtow to the locals there, even as the radiation from…
A police raid at a kindergarten this morning has led to several deaths and multiple arrests. Police and Armed Offender units raided the Meriwether Community Kindergarten just after morning tea, but the raid turned violent when some of the children put up a fight. Authorities raided the heavily fortified compound following a report that a…
The Labour Party has admitted receiving a donation to its coffers from the National Party. National Party President Peter Goodfellow confirmed the donation yesterday. He said it was a contribution towards the costs of running Labour’s blogsite Red Alert. “They are doing great work, and we want that to continue,” said Mr Goodfellow. Labour Party…
Imperator Fish 
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