AGAINST THE CURRENT

GAZA BURNS AND THERE'S SILENCE FROM THE KEY GOVERNMENT

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, launched when much of the global corporate media is in 'holiday' mode, have killed over two hundred peop...

I'm not a Christmas person. Naturally I was when I was a child (I think), but, as an adult, I view Christmas as an irritating tedium. Wh...

The rub is that Chris Trotter wants to be 'progressive' and support Labour as well. The problem is he can be one but he can't be...

Despite attempts by Prime Minister John Key to downplay the activities of police spy Rob Gilchrist, the affair continues to gather momentum....

This blog has been following the adventures of Dave Henderson for well over a year. The failed property developer and Christchurch City Coun...

The headline in today's Christchurch Press is 'Tenants Applaud Parkers's Apology' as opposed to 'Council To Consider Sa...

Rob Gilchrist originally established nzscanners.org.nz, a 'website for serious radio scanners and scanners in New Zealand'. He post...

TVNZ's Breakfast , otherwise known as the 'National Party Appreciation Show', hauled in the right wing Graeme Hunt to talk about...

Yesterday, Police Commissioner Howard Broad defended the Strategic Investigation Group operation, which employed Rob Gilchrist to spy on env...

The uproar about Rob Gilchrist the police informant is a little bizarre. The underlying theme appears to be one of indignation and increduli...

Sideshow Bob has conceded defeat on the massive 24 percent council rent rise. That rise will now be replaced by a 2.3 percent rise and the ...

It's hard to see how the Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson, could seriously expect anyone to believe her when she said in Parliament t...

Hanover investors have well and truly let owners Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson off the hook. These two former 'stars' of the new ...

It seems that the free market zealots within the Treasury haven't heard that neo-liberalism has collapsed. Last week's briefing pap...

Here are two good letters from Saturday's Christchurch Press which I thought I'd post here. The National Council of Women (NCWNZ), a...

Sideshow Bob pointed to a big hole in the middle of the field. 'That's my hole,' he said proudly. 'And it's getting dee...

Do you smell the beginnings of a campaign to soften up the good people of Christchurch to the idea of hocking off the city council's com...

I am a strong supporter of Council housing and committed to keeping it. And I intend to find ways to invest in more Council housing over the...

Poor old Sideshow Bob - now some of his own council supporters don't want to back an appeal against the High Court's reversal of th...

When it's a tragic accident like an airliner crash and people are killed there is, naturally enough, an inclination to tread lightly aro...