Gordon Campbell on Andrew Little’s debut, Mockingjay, and drunk texting
John Key’s credibility has taken a hammering this week – at least among the 50% of the electorate who have always had doubts about him […]
John Key’s credibility has taken a hammering this week – at least among the 50% of the electorate who have always had doubts about him […]
As anyone who’s ever encountered him around Parliament will verify, Chris Finlayson’s arrogance is matched only by his sense of self-esteem. On RNZ this morning […]
Suddenly, we’re awash in inquiries and reviews. (It feels almost as if the Greens won the last election.) Caught out by the damning inquiry by […]
The recent appointment of former TVNZ boss Rick Ellis to head Te Papa has copped a fair bit of criticism. Much of it has been […]
Could this news report serve to explain – in a nutshell – why Prime Minister John Key has not ruled out the SAS forming part […]
So Andrew Little has won the leadership – by the narrowest possible margin – from Grant Robertson, and has already been depicted by commentators as […]
It hasn’t been a great year for Trade Minister Tim Groser. The Trans Pacific Partnership deal has been deadlocked all year, amidst increasingly desperate attempts […]
As New Zealand scopes out the training role that we’re likely to play in Iraq next year against Islamic State, we should perhaps be keeping […]
Now that the Labour leadership pageant has finally ground to a halt, the voting (and the guesswork about the likely result) can begin in earnest. […]
Despite having had months to prepare its story about the threat allegedly posed by Islamic State, the government’s rationale for its line of response is […]
There are two dimensions to the security measures announced yesterday: (a) the deployment of New Zealand forces in ‘training” roles inside Iraq, and (b) the […]
Every now and then Parliament gets an MP who is regarded kindly by those in the opposing ranks as being a basically good sort who, […]
An interview with Bryan Gould
The UN continues to dodge responsibility for bringing a killer disease to Haiti
The freedom to pursue informed self-harm has a long and noble tradition…
Life and death in the US urban free-fire zone against young black males
In defence of Morning Report’s bad manners
In Gone Girl, David Fincher’s cold perfectionism makes black humour out of tabloid shocks- and may even complete a media-age revenge trilogy
The struggle of Kurdish women against Islamic State
Got a political problem? Add water, and look lively
The life of Margaret Wise Brown
Some Dylan obscurities and cover versions to mark the release of the expanded Basement Tapes…
The 2014 election edition of Werewolf
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