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
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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