As I only look at TVNZ's and TV3's awful breakfast shows sporadically I completely missed Paul Henry's latest offensive remar...
A BIT OF THE OLD SHIMMY-SHAMMY
With Phil Goff and the Labour Party unable to make any real headway in the opinion polls, the venal politics of the Maori Party were just si...
THE MYTH AND THE REALITY
One of Dave Henderson's favourite themes over the years has been on how business has been 'suffocated' by bureaucratic red tape...
A WORLD TO WIN
New Zealand's parliamentary politicians are a dull lot and, frankly, I find listening to them a bit of a chore. I'm always in dange...
NEW COMMUNITY WEBSITE
The Avon Loop is a small central Christchurch suburb that congregates around a large 'bend' in the Avon River. It is picturesque are...
SIDESHOW BOB ATTACKS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES
I've been saying for some time now - for most of the year in fact - that Mayor Sideshow Bob and his council supporters have a lukewarm...
AVOIDING THE 'S' WORD
I don't go to the movies as much as I used to. The exorbitant ticket prices put me off and I'm happy enough watching DVDs. But...
LABOURING UNDER GOFF
With unemployment continuing to rise and more heavy downward pressure being applied on wage levels, you would think Labour would be actual...
SIDESHOW BOB AND THE MUSIC SCHOOL
It won't come as a surprise to learn that I'm not one of those who think that city councils should stick to the 'core' servi...
THE TAXMAN COMETH
How things change. Back in 2004 an uncritical media were trumpeting Dave Henderson's purchase of the former Inland Revenue offices in Ca...
HARAWIRA IS WRONG
Why are so many people shocked by the views that Maori Party MP Hone Harawira voiced in a private email? Yes, Harawira has apologised for ...
US UNEMPLOYMENT RISES AGAIN
Just a short few days ago we were being told that the American economy had 'turned a corner' and was now in 'recovery'. The ...
THE LOOMING COPENHAGEN DEBACLE
Phil Ward writes that the major capitalist powers are blocking the road to a global climate treaty … and preparing to blame China for the fa...
RIPPED OFF BY RODNEY 2
Rodney Hide is one of those gung ho right wing politicians who drones on about the so-called 'welfare culture' and the unemployment...
GEORGE BELIEVES IN THE 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'!
One of my favourite television shows is Seinfeld . On an episode I saw the other day, Jerry was seeking advice from George on how to beat ...
I AM THE PEOPLE
It cannot be said that I am the world's greatest poetry fan but, as I've got older, I have become more interested in its 'refl...
CRAZY WOMAN APPEARS ON 'BREAKFAST'
Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury opined on the Tumeke! blog a few days ago that TVNZ was rapidly turning into a local version of America...
KIWI FM RATES POORLY AGAIN
In the past few months an advisory group commissioned by the Government and made up of representatives from student radio, access radio and ...
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