On the government’s lead in the polls, and Labour’s response
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com Now that National have gained – according to the latest TV3 poll anyway – a further huge lead in […]
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On legal aid, and the definitive account of the Hobbit saga
For a party that made the Nanny State such a big part of its 2008 election campaign, today’s cutbacks to legal aid are merely National’s […]
On the nation’s gift of a plastic waka to Ngati Whatua
Wayne Youle, ‘Often Liked, Occasionally Beaten’, 2004. From the 2006 exhibition Plastic Māori – A Tradition Of Innovation There’s a something wrong with putting the […]
Gordon Campbell on the new rules for Christchurch’s Earthquake Recovery
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com Last year, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee was endowed with god-like powers to over-ride existing law by the […]
Gordon Campbell on Earthquake Welfare and Libya
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com The decision to phase out the government’s support package for Christchurch business seems to have been plucked from the […]
On the intervention in Libya
Click for big version Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com Was the intervention in Libya justified – and if so, does that mean the invasion […]
Failure to Launch
The government hopes that voters won’t notice its failure to provide jobs for the young
Away Games
The challenges (and consolations) of trying to play cricket in America
From Wanganui to Washington
Free speech can be hard to defend – with a Bill of Rights OR with a written Constitution
Larceny, Lace and the Legislature
Does the public realise it is funding the racier reading habits of its MPs?
Library Carnage in David Cameron’s Big Society
Observations on free market fundamentalism, by the author of the His Dark Materials series
From The Hood : You Have Been Mooned
The Lunacy of Earthquake Satire
Left Coasting : On Edge
Earthquakes, insurance and building codes – home, and away
Getting Under Sail
Tripping on the Third World, a book excerpt
Classics : The Indian in the Cupboard (1981)
Indians are people, too
Milestone Movies : Black Swan (2010)
In giving your life to art, the dying is the easy part
The Complicatist : Look Ma, No Words
Doing it lyrically, but without lyrics
Cartoon Alley : Reviews and commentary #21… Tim Bollinger
Comix Reviews (Part 1) Tim Bollinger : A brief history of the New Zealand graphic novel, Ant Sang – ‘Shaolin Burning’, Garo
Cartoon Alley : Reviews and commentary #22… Tim Bollinger
Comix Reviews (Part 1) Tim Bollinger : ‘Vampires’ by Osamu Tezuka – French edition, Joe Daly
Cartoon Alley : Reviews and commentary #23… Gordon Campbell
My Favourite Cartoons (this month) by Gordon Campbell
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 20, February 2011 * * * * *
The February 2011 Edition of Werewolf
On Japan’s nuclear crisis, and more welfare rumblings
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com The nuclear crisis in Japan is a textbook example of why government regulation is essential for public safety. According […]
On Pike River, shifting RWC games, Libya
Nearly four months after the Pike River disaster, the mine’s unpaid contractors are still waiting for the promised government support package to be unveiled. The […]
On the Simon Power resignation
2009 image: werewolf » Doing the Transtasman tango Reportedly, the decision by Justice Minister Simon Power to quit politics at the next election has stunned […]
On Bill English’s attempt to politicize the earthquake response, plus the Rugby World Cup
Images: People Gather at Parliament for Moment of Silence Much of the inspirational rhetoric surrounding the Christchurch earthquake has had a genuine “We’re all in […]
On New Zealand’s links with Muammar Ghaddafi
As Libya’s dictator Muammar Ghadaffi continues to murder and terrorise his people in an attempt to cling onto power, surely Education Minister Anne Tolley will […]
On the Welfare Working Group final report
Bureaucrats and academics tend to enjoy playing God with the lives of the vulnerable – but evidently, even the Welfare Working Group members couldn’t agree […]
Gordon Campbell on the prelude to the welfare reform package
At his post-Cabinet press conference yesterday PM John Key identified the root cause of the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Libya in terms that […]
On taxing purchases from Amazon, and Egypt
The current problems facing the retail book trade – and music stores – in New Zealand will increase the pressure on Revenue Minister Peter Dunne […]
Ten Myths About Welfare
The politics behind the government’s welfare reform process