Stephen Cook, a former Truth journalist, who was cast aside by the NZ Herald, has won a prestigious media award in Australia. Cam worked with Stephen while at Truth and came to respect his news gathering abilities. It was Stephen Cook who also wrote the stories about Len Brown that
I have been amazed at how bad Wellington traffic has become in the last 5 years or so. Just this week, there were 2 major traffic incidents that caused tailbacks for literally miles. This is happening far too often, and while something desperately needs to be done, the current council
No one expected the OCR to drop to 1% on Wednesday. Adrian Orr seems to be determined to kickstart the economy by dropping the rate to – almost – as low as it can go. But if he thinks that this will cause the economy to suddenly rebound and everything will be
No, this is not a trick question. The answer is when the minister determines that it is not – despite its being written on a Ministerial letterhead and signed the “Associate Minister of Transport“. Julie Anne Genter says that the letter is from the Green Party Transport spokesperson and therefore does
This week the Fair and Reasonable campaign appointed one of New Zealand’s foremost litigators, Jack Hodder QC, to lead their class action against the government on behalf of responsible firearms licence holders. Along with their solicitors, Jack Hodder QC has identified several potential class actions. The Bill for the
Making your way in the world today Takes everything you got Taking a break from all your worries It sure would help a lot Wouldn't you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name And they're always glad you came
Can you hear that? It’s the sound of the next exciting ride being made ready for the BFD. We are going to be launching something NEW and EXCITING. It is called the Members Lounge and you will be blown away with what you can do when you are inside
Before the last New Zealand election, the blog Whaleoil released a video where it counted the number of times Jacinda Ardern said “Comrade.” Now, journalist and talented satirist Steve Braunias has made an Emojiological analysis of an interview that the PM had with Mike Hosking. Apparently she said “Mike” no
Mike Hosking Breakfast Show Transcript starts at 7:13 Mike: The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern – good morning! Jacinda: Good morning Mike: How many people have quit your party as a result of this investigation into the bloke who may or may not have um… sexually assaulted someone? Jacinda: I’m
Remember the sex scandal last year at the Young Labour summer camp? You do? I’m surprised you do, because no one knows what happened, who was responsible and what the outcome was. Labour is a master at ‘reviewing policies around the issue’ – it is all they ever seem to
I am disappointed with the lack of sensible political leadership regarding the situation at Ihumatao, and even more disappointed with the media coverage of it which appears, in several quarters, to verge on advocacy for the squatters occupying the land. There is much more to this story of Maori-Pakeha
As I’ve written several times now, the parallels between Jacinda Ardern and former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd are many – and ominous, for NZ Labour. Rudd was even more opinion-poll popular and media-beloved than Ardern. For a while. But Rudd soon found that glamour and fairy-dust
Oh boy. The term #ParttimePM really has struck a nerve. You know that when Jacinda’s henchmen come out in her defence almost immediately. Grant Robertson called Simon Bridges sexist for suggesting that she doesn’t exactly work hard, which is absolutely true. And now, along with Robertson, Trevor Mallard
The Greens conference at the weekend may have been mostly done behind closed doors, but snippets came out, including James Shaw calling Simon Bridges a “climate change denier”. We all know Bridges is no denier, but his attitude towards climate change is somewhat more benign than that of the Green
