Thumbs up for the Mob
But a middle finger to its victims. How many rapes does it take before politicians stop smiling?
Te Pāti Māori
From the Sensible Sentencing Trust
Outraged! Green Party and Te Pāti Māori cosy up to gang bosses while law-abiding Kiwis pay the price.
Hipkins the Hypocrite
Hipkins called Harry Mowbray’s split-vote campaign an absolute rort by wealthy entrenched interests. Under MMP an overhang is a feature, not a loophole. Chippy only hates it when his mates aren’t running it. If it is absolute fraud, rule Te Pāti Māori out. He will not.
Coalition of Chaos, Meet the Real Thing
Debbie drops the c-word. Willie fights the ruling. The Serjeant has to come. Chippy needs these people for a coalition. They called this lot chaos. Wait until you see theirs.
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”.
Wind It Up Or Make It Binding.
One side wants a finish line. The other wants an unelected veto. Wind it up or watch them put it above you.
The First One-Term National PM Since 1975. Unless.
Say Mowbray’s line out loud or sit with Rowling. Electorate National. Party ACT or NZ First. MMP is built for it.
Hung. And Hipkins Still Has a Job.
Eight-point lead. Hung parliament. Opportunity at 9.5% and holding the knife. The gallery built the Trojan horse. Labour on 24. Hipkins still has a job.
New Zealand and the Sovereignty Machine
The lesson is brutal but clear: in the modern political arena, fractured individual forces are doomed to failure. A collection of solitary actors, no matter how principled, will always be crushed by a disciplined, coordinated machine.
Quick Hit: The Painter Went Surfing
Labour's $1.3b CGT assumes the painter still turns up. Grant says he goes surfing.
Good Enough for TPM. Good Enough for the Coalition.
If TPM can work MMP, National voters should too. Electorate National. Party ACT or NZ First.
Hipkins Says One Tax, Waititi Booked the 8th
Hipkins has one tax. Waititi put the rest on the table and named the day.
Labour’s Māori Seat Suicide Pact: Butt Hurt vs Butt Hurt in a Pre-Coalition Brawl
This contest is a genuine test of whether these two can ever function together. Labour needs the seats to get close to power. Te Pāti Māori needs to hold them to keep their leverage.
Court Forces Te Pāti Māori To Reinstate Rebel MP but She Is Already Eyeing the Door
Just remember Chris Hipkins and the Labour Party need Te Pāti Māori to form a government. Imagine the shemozzle that will create.