Chippy’s Minder
Trevor Mallard kept Owen Glenn away from Helen Clark in 2008. On Saturday he was stepping between Chris Hipkins and a heckler at Ōtara. Some people never change jobs.
NZ Politics
Quick Hit: Three Point Four Billion. Familiar Labels.
Fonterra’s $3.4 billion year came with a $1.2 billion one-off from selling Anchor and Mainland to France’s Lactalis. Farmers banked the cheque, and the butter still costs what it costs.
Grandpa Hager’s Latest Work of Fiction
The denials and corrections are piling up. Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work is a work of fiction and a thin one at that.
Staying Strong
The fight that ended a 27-year career in education: A story of conviction, consequence, and staying strong when everything is on the line.
The Sunset for the Broadcasting Standards Authority
A bill that is better late than never.
It Is a Butter Chicken Tsunami
Flood a nation with different cultures at warp speed and watch what happens
Quick Hit: Fifteen Questions. Roaming.
Hipkins dropped 15 written questions on Pacific roaming and SIM cards weeks from the election. Suit: some SIM cards at USD $35. Fifteen questions. Roaming. Country can wait.
Fifty Point Seven Million. Confidence For Now.
Fifty point seven million wasted on Immigration NZ biometrics. Contempt for misleading parliament. Offered to resign. Still employed. Confidence for now.
A Clash of Rights and What Follows
Different rules for Māori only exacerbate frustrations and add further potential for conflict. There is a lesson here with wider implications that too many seem determined to ignore.
Abolish the Tribunal and Preserve the Treaty
This would preserve the Treaty as our founding document without allowing our constitution to be rewritten by a body that has no democratic mandate.
Thanks for Your Help Nicky.
You more than anyone, no doubt ignorantly, have ensured the electoral tide is now flowing in the ‘right’ direction. Well done brother!