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Exclusive Excerpts From Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work
Mr Hager is known to be working on a follow up to both Dirty Politics and Dirty Work, entitled Dirty Jokes. A compendium of jokes scrawled on the parliamentary bathroom walls. The mothers of several well-known MPs are said to figure prominently.
Greens hit record high, but coalition tightens the gap
The Greens have reached a record 16% in the latest 1News Verian poll, but the governing coalition has tightened the gap with a potential Labour-led alternative.
Opportunity says either side, but its bottom lines set a collision course with ACT and NZ First
Opportunity has announced five minimum demands for supporting the next government, including climate commitments that directly conflict with policies promoted by ACT and NZ First.
The faulty reasoning behind the claim wealthy families pay only 9.5% tax
Stuff outlines the fairness argument for a comprehensive capital gains tax.
The politics behind call to depoliticise education
NZ Principals’ Federation president Jason Miles accused Erica Stanford of effectively campaigning for National during her address to an international principals’ convention, despite organisers requesting a non-political welcome.
Exclusive Excerpts From Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work
Mr Hager is known to be working on a follow up to both Dirty Politics and Dirty Work, entitled Dirty Jokes. A compendium of jokes scrawled on the parliamentary bathroom walls. The mothers of several well-known MPs are said to figure prominently.
The Shape of Humans to Come
The future human: giant heads, soft bodies and the evolutionary guessing game.
The Left’s Frail Prophet
“Dirty Work”, Nicky Hager’s latest low-voltage thunderbolt, fails to impress.
Change of Government Coming to Victoria?
Whichever party wins the state election, I don’t see a solution to the state’s enormous debt burden in the short term.
Who Actually Sits on the Right in NZ
My own ideal government does not believe the state should run the economy.
Foodstuffs Did Not Appear by Accident
Foodstuffs didn’t wake up yesterday morning and discover that it had become one of New Zealand’s two major supermarket operators.
Māori Roadside Art Has Become a Cultural Graffiti
An individual piece of Māori roadside art may be perfectly attractive, interesting, or even impressive.
Has Te Pāti Māori Overplayed It’s Hand?
Te Pāti Māori has exposed a weakness in the MMP system by promoting a voting pattern that could lead to an overhang in any newly elected government.
Wet Gallery. Dry History.
Hager drops a mystery book Tuesday. Gallery sells destiny. The poll charts from 2002 to 2020 say noise. Agitprop in a journalist costume.
Quick Hit: Breach Of Trust. Then The SFO.
Van Velden has lost confidence in FENZ CE Kerry Gregory after a seriously significant file was withheld for a year. SFO sits on a historical levy matter FENZ says is proactive and not Gregory personally. Accountability needs the file. Breach of trust. Then the SFO.
Face of the Day
Ngarewa-Packer made the remark after Speaker Maureen Pugh told fellow Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara to watch her language in response to her calling the government’s move-on orders “bull crap”.
This Is a Naked Inconsistency
What the reaction to another Sydney Sweeney advertisement reveals about consistency, power, and political double standards.
Taste Tuesday
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Was John Key Insulting Voters By Calling Vote Splitting Dumb.
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Richard Prebble Says Coalition Hasn’t Been Bad Enough To Lose Election
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