WTF 20 May 2008: Brady needs to inquire into Immigration Bill
Minister of Immigration Clayton Cosgrove – Auditor-General Kevin Brady will soon be snuffling through his department*****No indication yet as to how any of the various […]
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New Zealand’s illegal trade in North Africa
By Gordon CampbellScoop Image – Lyndon Hood*****On May 25, a Turkish owned ship called the Cake is due at Lyttleton harbour, and similar port records […]
Poll Watch: Fairfax/Nielsen Poll 17/05/08
See… Stuff: Nats head for a landslide (+ stats) The poll questioned 1091 voters between Wednesday May 7th and Tuesday this week [May 13] and […]
Security Risks – Who Vetted Thompson?
By Gordon Campbell The former head of the NZ Immigration Service – Mary-Anne Thompson*****The question marks now hanging over the Ph.D of Immigration chief executive […]
Gordon Campbell Interviews Russel Norman
The Cost of Being Green Click for big versionGreen Co-leader Russel Norman enjoying the infrequent number 2 bus service from Hataitai Wellington – on his […]
Gordon Campbell: Terry Hicks – A Father's Story
Images Kevin List Click for big versionTerry Hicks speaking at an Amnesty International meeting – Wellington*****The saga of David Hicks, Australia’s most controversial figure in […]
Gordon Campbell: Terry Hicks – A Father’s Story
Images Kevin List Click for big versionTerry Hicks speaking at an Amnesty International meeting – Wellington*****The saga of David Hicks, Australia’s most controversial figure in […]
WTF – May 8 2008: Sealord, Tax Cuts, Retirement
Click to enlargeScoop image – Lyndon Hood*****1. Sealord, not Law’ed. How ironic that Sealord – half owned by Maori business interests – was being denounced […]
US Election 08: Clinton's Last Chance To Go Gracefully
By Gordon Campbell*****Hillary has been talking tough (and sounding hollow) ever since the Indiana/North Carolina primaries results came in yesterday, but that’s only to convince […]
US Election 08: Clinton’s Last Chance To Go Gracefully
By Gordon Campbell*****Hillary has been talking tough (and sounding hollow) ever since the Indiana/North Carolina primaries results came in yesterday, but that’s only to convince […]
Should Norway be the new template for our China FTA?
Should Norway be the new template for our China FTA? Further FTA Analysis By Gordon Campbell The China FTA photo ops are over. Parliament now […]
Gordon Campbell: Back on Track
Scoop image – Lyndon Hood*****Today’s $665 million buy-back of the rail network from the Australian firm Toll Holdings is a genuine cause for celebration. For […]
Gordon Campbell interviews Rodney Hide
Images Kevin List Click for big version*****Act Party leader Rodney Hide has always been something of a poltergeist rattling around on the centre right of […]
Waihopai and the Troublesome Priest
By Gordon CampbellInteresting headline in the NZ Herald this morning about the Waihopai spy base invasion : “ Spy Base Priest’s History of Trouble…” In […]
System stacked against Baldock petition
By Gordon CampbellScoop Image – Lyndon Hood***** Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock made a good point on RNZ this morning about the unfair hurdles facing anyone […]
WTF: On The Listener, past and present
Scoop Image – Lyndon Hood*****“It’s clear that [Pamela] Stirling’s approach to the eco-column – like her approach to the Listener – has been a lot […]
US Expert Finds Fishhooks in China/NZ Trade Deal
While media coverage of the China-NZ Free Trade Agreement has focused almost entirely on the possible dollar gains, scant attention has been paid to the […]
Gordon Campbell: The Broadband Bonanza
John Key’s $1.5 billion boost for broadband is his first major policy announcement that isn’t an endorsement of existing Labour practice ( interest free student […]
The Americans find a new buddy: Iran
To date, media coverage of the Iraq war has barely touched on its startling new phase – namely, the convergence of interests between Iran and […]
For relatives, the rules could be relative
Good point here from National Party immigration spokesperson Lockwood Smith, who says the Immigration Service flap involving chief executive Mary-Anne Thompson will do nothing to […]
Clinton's Last Stand
By Gordon Campbell Official headshot of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton *****OK, in the Pennsylvania vote, Hillary Clinton should still get home by between 5 and […]
Clinton’s Last Stand
By Gordon Campbell Official headshot of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton *****OK, in the Pennsylvania vote, Hillary Clinton should still get home by between 5 and […]
Gordon Campbell Interviews Tariana Turia
Under MMP, small parties are assumed to be niche players with clearly defined identities – but even in a small caucus of MPs, a diversity […]
TV3 Poll 20/04/08 – Lab 38 Nat 48
3 News Opinion Poll Results April 10th -16th 2008
ONE News Colmar Brunton poll: – Nat 54 Lab 35
Poll conducted evenings on 12-17 April 2008:
WTF – Week of April 21
News to bemuse from the last week in politics…
Gordon Campbell: Fight For Your Right To PRT
Click to enlarge Image By Lyndon Hood *****Helen Clark successfully kept New Zealand out of Iraq, but her policy in Afghanistan – the other front […]
Beijing Ka-Ching! An Analysis of the FTA
Beijing Ka-Ching! An Analysis of the FTA By Gordon Campbell Image by Lyndon Hood***** Politically, the NZ/China Free Trade Agreement has joined the National Party, […]
Looking For Labour's Laggards
So, in the wake of Labour’s latest Electoral Finance Act fiasco, party president Mike Williams has been told to stick to his core business – […]
Looking For Labour’s Laggards
So, in the wake of Labour’s latest Electoral Finance Act fiasco, party president Mike Williams has been told to stick to his core business – […]