The Hide of a Hippo
What’s the bet Tana will end up in Te Pāti Māori, and claim that the Greens are racists? I know who is advising her, and I know of their connections to Te Pāti Māori.
Health NZ Is an Omnishambles
Health NZ aka Te Whatu Ora is a shambles. It just goes to show that giving an organisation a new Māori name doesn’t automatically make things better. In fact, on the evidence thus far it is a whole lot worse.
Face of the Day
The ACT Party was notably missing from Rātana celebrations in January – something Rua explicitly called out in his address.
Sometimes Christopher You Should Just STFU
Christopher Luxon is seriously ratioed after praising Joe Biden on X.
All Mouth and No Trousers
Neither Beijing Bob Carr nor Chumbawamba have followed through on their legal threats against Winston Peters
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Looks Dodgy, Smells Dodgy, Is Dodgy
When bureaucrats start playing around with OIA requests you know there is something stinky going on. Yet that is exactly what is happening at the Tauranga City Council. The Ombudsman has been asked to rule on whether the guest list for a $40,000 private cocktail party co-hosted by
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