NZ Politics

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• Blgo Bits

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  Cactus Kate blogs on how APN  is now advising staff to self censor articles, rather than get legal advice on what they can say, as the legal advice costs too much. Incredible. Clare Curran blogs on how a town in Ohio got its entire municipal Wi-Fi network closed down by the MPAA, because one person in town ...
  12 hours ago

• A stupid statement

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  The Herald reports : Motorcyclists revving up for a mass rally at Parliament at noon tomorrow fear crippling accident-compensation levy rises will force some to scrimp on safety gear and courses. Hundreds of bikers are expected to roar off from Whangarei and Auckland this morning for a two-day “Damn the ...
  13 hours ago

• Victim Statements in Court

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  The Herald reports : The Sensible Sentencing Trust has been warned it is going too far by calling on its members to break the law and defy court orders that censor victim impact statements. Trust chairman Garth McVicar yesterday said members would say whatever they wanted in court until the law was changed. ...
  14 hours ago

• Family Start

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  The Herald reports : The Government’s biggest home visiting programme is under review after researchers found its US counterpart failed to reduce child abuse. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has called for an evaluationof the former Labour Government’s flagship Family Start programme, which ...
  15 hours ago

• Where do you draw the line?

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  Big Day Out has withdrawn the invitation to Beenie Man, which is the right thing to do. Prior to that, No Right Turn blogged (as I did) that he did not agree with Charles Chauvel’s call to ban Beenie Man from entering New Zealand. He says: In case Chauvel has forgotten, we are a country which supposedly ...
  16 hours ago

• Should Beenie Man be banned?

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  Charles Chauvel blogs at Red Alert a letter to Associate Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson: Invitation to Anthony Moses Davis (alias “Beenie Man”) to perform at Big Day Out 2010: Request to Decline Entry Visa Anthony Moses Davis (born Kingston, Jamaica, August 22, 1973) is a reggae performer, notorious ...
  1 day ago

• Blaming the drinking age?

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  The HoS reports : His son was killed by a teen driver who broke every rule. Now a grieving dad wants the drinking age raised – and his plea comes as the Government gives its strongest signal yet of major changes to driving and liquor laws. Gerald Fluerty lost his son Ezra, 19, in an accident that “had all ...
  1 day ago

• Whanau first?

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  The Herald reports: Abused Maori children in state care will be monitored to see whether they do better with their own whanau or another family. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has asked Child Youth and Family to compare the progress of the 50 per cent of children placed with extended family and the 50 ...
  1 day ago

• And another FTA – Hong Kong

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  Vernon Small reports on the conclusion of a free trade agreement with Hong Kong. So it got me thinking what are the countries we have an FTA wth, or are negotiating. The answers are: Australia, since 1983 Singapore since 2001 Thailand since 2005 Trans-Pacific (Brunei/Chile/Singapore) since 2005 China since 2008 ...
  2 days ago

• All about Hone

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  First an interview with Michelle Hewitson . I think the interview is in fact very perceptive, and worth a read. I asked her son if only his mother was allowed to keep her shoes on. “Pretty much.” How does that work? “She can pretty much go wherever she likes.” … Because of that surprising show of ...
  2 days ago

• The titanium leg

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  The Herald reports : Double-murderer Graeme Burton received a free titanium artificial leg worth $10,000 from ACC to replace the right leg lost when he went on a lethal shooting rampage two years ago. He’ll probably use it as a weapon to bash someone to death. How about a paper mache leg? He can walk on it, ...
  2 days ago

• David Garrett on why he is against the death penalty

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  David Garrett has a blog I have discovered, and his latest entry is on why he is against the death penalty: Having lived in a country where the death penalty remains on the books as a discretionary sentence for murder, I can say with some certainty that one of the results of having a capital sentence even as an ...
  3 days ago

• A guide to travel perks

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  In my weekly Dispatch from St Johnnysburg at NBR, I look at the various air travel perks for MPs, and rate how justified each one is. The summary is: Domestic Air Travel for MPs 9/10 Domestic Air Travel for Partners 8/10 International Travel for Parliamentary Purposes 10/10 Private International Travel for MPs ...
  3 days ago

• Maori Party schisms

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  I am surprised. I thought Maori Party would whack Hone with a slightly moist bus ticket, and say look Hone is a hot head, but he does a lot of good stuff, and we have told him to tone it down in future. Instead the Herald reports: Maori Party leaders have made it clear Hone Harawira will be pushed if he refuses ...
  3 days ago

• Interest on Student Loans

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  The ODT reports : The Government needs to consider adding “a little bit of interest” to student loans to ensure it has enough money to better fund universities, University of Otago vice-chancellor Sir David Skegg says. And he is right. Of course it won’t happen, as National ...
  4 days ago

• Kyoto Costs

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  An article by Brian Fallow covers issues around the proposed ETS: Taxpayers will be stuck with 84 per cent of the bill for meeting New Zealand’s obligation under the Kyoto Protocol, while farmers and large industrial emitters get hefty subsidies, according to a report out today. The report on the ...
  4 days ago

• Time’s up on international travel perk

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  Having worked in Parliament, and seen how shitty most of an MPs job is, I’ve always been pretty moderate on the issue of MPs expenses – supporting transparency, but not a major overhaul. However I think that the international travel perk has now had its day, and is so toxic for an MP to use it, they should move ...
  4 days ago

• hate speech

  
  The Hand Mirror — Authority: 519
  i have to say im laughing a little at all the complaints lodged with the human rights commission regarding comments from mr hone harawira. not that i disagree with the complaints - i totally disagree with tarnishing a whole race of people because of the actions of some. if nothing else, its a stupid move because it ...
  4 days ago

• Blog Bits

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  Fiscally Conservative Kiwi at Gotcha fisks The Standard for their response to my linking the rise in youth unemployment to the abolishment of youth rates. Chris Hipkins discovers www.data.govt.nz. I agree it is an excellent resource – Nathan Guy launched it around a week ago. I am already a frequent user. ...
  4 days ago

• Dom Post on Welfare

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  A good editorial from the Dom Post : The Social Development Ministry appears to believe that the increases, which mirror international trends, are beyond its control. An investigation by the auditor-general found the ministry paid little more than lip service to changes made by the last government to improve the ...
  5 days ago

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