Big Oil: Rigging the Game
Do we have the will – or ability – to deal with the oil multinationals ?
June 2010
Sarah Palin Steals The ‘F’ Word
Feminism is what you do, not what you call yourself …
From Begging Bowl to Petri Dish
The frustrations of science funding in New Zealand
Volume Selling
Why are television commercials so loud?
Labouring in the trenches
An interview with Wellington Central MP, Grant Robertson
Milestone Movies : Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Sergio Leone’s great operatic Western about death, revenge and endurance
From The Hood : The Battle Of No Oil
Naif balladeer has mandolin, and a story to tell
Classics : Daffy Duck (1937)
The duck that turned greed, envy and shameless self-promotion into an art form
The Complicatist : Mystery Girls
The incredible disappearing Connie Converse, and Janelle Monae
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #8… Tim Bollinger
Great moments in my recent comic reading history
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #9… by Leo Hupert
The Beats — A Graphic History and Progress No 8
When Tourists Turn Ugly
Does New Zealand sometimes reap what it has sown from its tourism promotion ?
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 12, MAY 2010 * * * * *
The last edition of Werewolf (May 31st).
On the World Cup, and the media’s buy-in to the national mood of elation
Well, New Zealand made a splash in the Fifa World Cup coverage yesterday – and I don’t mean via the draw with Italy. No, the […]
On our costly and futile efforts in Afghanistan
Routinely, we are told that the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province has been doing a great job – and maybe […]
Gordon Campbell on the foreshore and seabed deal, and Gaza blockade
By Gordon Campbell The Maori Party seems to have won few immediate and tangible benefits from its long awaited deal on the foreshore and seabed […]
On a solution for the Ministerial spending scandal, and for child poverty
The litmus test in the Ministerial expenses scandal is what would happen to an ordinary employee who repeatedly misused the company or departmental credit card […]
On the Green Party conference
The Greens held their party conference last weekend – the first for some years not dominated by an actual or pending leadership change. This time, […]
On the rugby apology to Maori, the Gaza blockade and lying about Kiwibank
Isn’t there something truly weird about any Maori Party request to government for an apology over the exclusion of Maori players from tours to apartheid-era […]
On the need for New Zealand to condemn the Gaza blockade
The Israeli attack on the Turkish aid convoy to Gaza, and its subsequent slaughter of the civilians on board is being condemned around the world. […]