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Gordon Campbell The wrangle between the government and insurance industry over third party motor vehicle insurance reflects a wider problem for the Clark government – […]

Images Kevin List The interesting thing about Mr. Common Sense & Reliable is the body of evidence that indicates he is neither. I’m not talking […]

By Gordon Campbell ***** Almost every other day, the US presidential race – and the place the Iraq war plays within it – manages to […]

Working With David by Michael Bassett – Hodder Moa Images Kevin List from Working with David’s launch at the National Library Wellington Michael Bassett signs […]

Click for big version Few Labour voters may realise the full extent of what the Clark government has in mind – or has allowed to […]

As predicted on Scoop last Friday. former Green Party MP Mike Ward has done a U-turn, and will now step aside to enable Greens co- […]

As predicted on Scoop last Friday. former Green Party MP Mike Ward has done a U-turn, and will now step aside to enable Greens co- […]

On compassionate grounds, the apology extended to the troops who fought in Vietnam was justified – so long as it was not extended or regarded […]

By Gordon CampbellWhat does this sound like? A tiny group of politicians develop policy and hide it from the rest of their colleagues – all […]

Images Kevin List Click for big version*****Labour can argue loud and long all it likes about its sundry achievements during its eight and half years […]

Words Gordon Campbell – Images Kevin List Finance Minister Michael Cullen*****In better times, this cannily structured Budget would have been a circuit breaker for Labour […]

Words Gordon Campbell – Images Kevin List Finance Minister Michael Cullen*****In better times, this cannily structured Budget would have been a circuit breaker for Labour […]

By Gordon Campbell Exxon-Mobil are the elephant in the room that the Government refuses to confront, as it throws open the ecologically vulnerable Great South […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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? Further FTA Analysis By Gordon Campbell The China FTA photo ops are over. Parliament now […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Gordon CampbellInteresting headline in the NZ Herald this morning about the Waihopai spy base invasion : “ Spy Base Priest’s History of Trouble…” In […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

To date, media coverage of the Iraq war has barely touched on its startling new phase – namely, the convergence of interests between Iran and […]

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 […]