Have you ever noticed how the New Zealand mainstream media goes ga-ga whenever a New Zealander – usually in the sports arena - has some degr...
2008 BUDGET: LABOUR IGNORES BENEFICIARIES
Despite the fact that a June 2007 report prepared by the Ministry of Development revealed that beneficiaries are now financially worse off t...
SIDESHOW BOB PARKER: TOYS 'R US!
Fun-loving Christchurch Mayor Sideshow Bob Parker recently attended a bash for the website Slynkey.com.The site is aimed at young New Zealan...
MIKE WARD UPSETS NORMAN'S GRAND PLAN
Former Green Party MP Mike Ward has prevented co-leader Russel Norman getting into Parliament, replacing the exiting Nandor Tanczos. The pl...
MORE TROUBLE FOR BOB: THE COALITION FOR FAIR RENTS GO TO THE OMBUDSMAN
The Coalition For Fair Rents has laid a complaint with the Ombudsman over the narrowly passed decision by the Christchurch City Council to r...
THE PROBLEM WITH BOB
I've written a lot about Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker in recent weeks because he keeps on saying and doing things that are profoundly o...
PAUL HENRY’S ‘DOCTORED’ BIOGRAPHY
It’s interesting to note that presenter Paul Henry’s glowing biography on the TVNZ website makes no reference to him standing as a National ...
TWO TVNZ TURKEYS TALK TRAINS
The very-right-wing TVNZ presenter Paul Henry and the right-wing newsreader Peter Williams were sharing a giggle or two about pre-privatisat...