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• Still a trader at heart… gambling with Kiwi lives

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  Here is one excellent article from Tracey Barnett in the Weekend Herald … Admit it: John Key’s most memorable moment in one year of office was seeing him on the stage of The David Letterman Show, smiling like somebody’s brother-in-law you’d forgotten you went to school with. … It’s as if we ...
  9 hours ago

• As you sow… (aka the “bugger” moment)

  
  Hot Topic — Authority: 537
  And so it begins: the rest of the world is starting to notice the major disconnect between New Zealand’s much advertised “clean and green” image and the National-led government’s piecemeal demolition of sensible climate policy. In yesterday’s Guardian, one of Britain’s leading quality newspapers, Fred ...
  1 day ago

• Stupid stupid stupid

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  Our government is stupid. Sorry, it’s the only conclusion I can draw. Our government is made up of confused, muddled thinkers incapable of planning further ahead than lunchtime. It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. National have decided to “scrap the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy and ...
  2 days ago

• Key’s hand-washing powers Phil

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  I don’t know if the two are related but this is my theory du jour. John Key keeps washing his hands of both his own ministers and MPs and his coalition partners’ MPs. It seems like no misbehaviour, from rorts to racism can make a dent in Mr Easy Going. Meanwhile, Phil Goff is having a power surge this morning. ...
  3 days ago

• Rules don’t apply to Key’s ministers

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  Another day, another minister breaking the rules. On the Dental Artistry website, Rodney Hide has written: “Thanks for the fantastic job! I was so sick of having my teeth break and wear away, and with the job I’m in it’s important to look presentable. I didn’t do this lightly, but it’s the best thing ...
  3 days ago

• John Key Launches First Cycle Trail Project

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 438
  Great news for cyclists. Talk has turned into action. The first New Zealand Cycle Trail project, the Waikato River Trail, has been launched this morning. The prime minister turned the first sod at Waipa Domain on the banks of the Waikato River. He also announced the brand name for the cycleway, which will be Nga ...
  4 days ago

• Great Honour for Distinguished New Zealander

  
  Contra Celsum — Authority: 133
  New Zealand Punches Above Its Weight--Again It has just hit the headlines on Drudge that the US Army Chief of Staff, General George Casey has made a secret, but urgent request of the New Zealand Government. In a sign that Prime Minister, John Keys stature was growing within the Obama administration, it is ...
  4 days ago

• Final prick in the perk balloon

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 550
  If sorry’s worth saying it’s worth saying well and Rodney certainly did that. His apology was the  mea culpa maxima : No excuses, no justification or blame laying, none of the qualifications or the carefully worded apology for contrition. It was a text book triple A apology – he admitted his mistake, ...
  4 days ago

• Labour second choice of Maori on both rolls

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 631
  Further to my blog earlier this morning, the kind people at Marae have sent me a breakdown of some of their poll results, by roll. This allows an easier comparison to election results. You can view the episode on their website , including a discussion between host Shane Taurima and John Key. First the party vote ...
  5 days ago

• John Key agrees it’s not fair ‘on balance’ that property investors pay no tax

  
  The Rates Blog — Authority: 559
  Prime Minister John Key has agreed that it’s not fair “on balance” that property investors pay no tax on NZ$200 billion worth of property, but he is not committing to taxing them. Key made the comments to TVNZ Political Editor Guyon Espiner in the final Q&A programme of the year . My view Key seems to ...
  5 days ago

• Maori voters poll

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 631
  I’ve blogged at Curiablog , the details of a Marae Digipoll. It has 700 voters from the Maori roll, and 300 from the general roll (but of Maori descent). There’s several fascinating aspects to it. Party Vote is Maori Party 48%, Labour 26% and National 20%. Now in the 2008 election, in the Maori seats, the ...
  5 days ago

• ‘Let’s wait & see’ – do-nothing PM

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  If you think that John Key gets a lot of soft coverage, John Armstrong explained why yesterday: Key’s soaring popularity has made him virtually untouchable Now, you and I might see a certain circularity to that logic – after all, anyone given constantly positive coverage is going to be popular. Thankfully, ...
  6 days ago

• Not walking the talk

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  I’m not against Prime Ministers making limited use of Airforce aircraft when necessary – when commercial flights or (better) surface travel aren’t practical. It’s cheaper and more efficient than having dedicated aircraft that would hardly ever be used. But Key using  two Iroquois, each flying for eight ...
  6 days ago

• Hide slammed for telling the truth on Key

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  Some pretty damning pieces on on Hide today from John Armstrong, Tracy Watkins, and Fran O’Sullivan. They compare him to Winston Peters and say he ought to apologise to various groups for his troughing and his comments that John Key “doesn’t do anything”. What I find fascinating, though, is that a senior and ...
  1 week ago

• Adam’s Winners of the Week

  
  The Inquiring Mind — Authority: 575
  This week the winners are the people of Auckland, visitors to the city and New Zealand . Why? Well John Banks and Mike Lee , an unlikely combination, Adam grants – decided to see sense over the folly that is/was Party Central and to scrap plans for a ‘cheap as chips’ iconic building – read nasty ...
  1 week ago

• Sunlight is working

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 550
  One of the questions asked in pre-selection interviews for would-be MPs is, “ Is there anything in your background that you wouldn’t want to see on the front page of tomorrow’s paper?” Thinking about what something would look like on the front page is a good guiding principle for any of us and even more so ...
  1 week ago

• Hone to leave Maori Party?

  
  The Standard — Authority: 603
  The Dom Post reports that Hone Harawira is considering leaving the Maori Party. Hone told the Dom this before Hone’s offensive email hit the media later in the week. Firebrand Maori Party MP Hone Harawira – under attack for an explosive email – says he could quit at the next election over his party’s ...
  1 week ago

• Harawira’s racist remarks

  
  The Inquiring Mind — Authority: 575
  Adam supposed it was only a matter of time, but the outburst by Hone Harawira as reported in the NZ Herald goes a long way to generate very negative views of the Maori Party. It will do nothing to help their case regarding the repeal of the foreshore and seabed legislation. In addition, it will probably cause many ...
  1 week ago

• Politician Cops Flack From Supporter for Paris Trip; Anti-White Comments Offends Prime Minister

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 441
  New Zealand Prime Minister says Hone Harawira’s comments on white people are deeply offensive and he’s calling on the Maori Party to take action against its own MP.NZPA | [...]
  1 week ago

• Maori MP Hone Harawira Lashes Out at NZ Govt

  
  Apartheid New Zealand — Authority: 131
  You’re asking me to “play along with their puritanical bullshit.”John Key: Harawira’s white tirade ‘deeply offensive’By MICHAEL FIELD – Stuff.co.nzPrime Minister John Key has labelled MP Hone Harawira’s email on white people “deeply offensive” and he wants action from coalition partner the Maori ...
  1 week ago

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