A total beatup on One News last night
I don’t think I have seen a bigger beatup than what One News led with last night. It was puerile and almost offensive as they demanded two National MPs bow down and answer questions on their personal...
View ArticleBack Benches
I popped into the Backbencher last night to observe the live filming of the first episode of a new TVNZ 7 show – Back Benches. It will be on every Wednesday at around 9 pm, and features Wallace Chapman...
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Blog Comments on National’s Fibre to the Home Plan
It has been interesting to see the various posts and press releases on National’s Fibre proposal. I’ll try and cover most of them: Phil at Whoar labels it as “what could well be an election winning...
View ArticleDrinnan on Broadcasting Ministers
John Drinnan in his media column look at the last four Broadcasting Ministers. First he looks at TVNZ’s game playing: Television New Zealand is trying to outbid TV3 for rights to Fox Television...
View ArticleLabour’s tunnel
Maurice Williamson is pointing at political infleunce in the decision to approve the $1.89 billion Waterview tunnels in Auckland. He claims it is not possibly to do with current funding, and the...
View ArticleFair Go on Wheel Clamping
Whale Oil has this clip from Fair Go, highlighting some very bad behaviour in relations to wheel clamping. It’s a very good example of third termitis. Instead of any empathy or firm commitment to deal...
View ArticleNational’s Infrastructure Forum
The Infrastructure Forum has just started. I’m only half taking it in, as was a pretty late night out with the Young Nationals celebrating the All Blacks massive victory. Got absolutely soaked to the...
View ArticleTolls for new roads
Maurice Williamson on Agenda yesterday confirmed that National would look to speed up construction of new roads with private-public partnerships and tolls. The party’s transport spokesman, Maurice...
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The TVNZ 7 Internet Debate
One of the little projects I have had a bit to do with is helping arrange a partnership between TVNZ7 and InternetNZ for the 2008 Internet Election Debate. InternetNZ ran an online debate on ICT...
View ArticleProgress on copyright
I blogged last week on the new copyright law, and how the provision about ISPs having to terminate Internet access for repeat infringers was causing huge problems. The good news is the Government seems...
View ArticleSome may be surprised
Was on Larry Williams just before six pm. Larry was defending recent utterances from National MPs, and I was criticising them! The point I tried to make is it is not just about whether something is...
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The Auckland Seats
Starting at the top, the three northern seats of East Coast Bays, North Shore and Northcote were solid blue. Their party votes went up 9%, 4% and 11% respectively. In East Coast Bays almost three...
View ArticleLaws and Mair both happy!
The Herald reports: The decision to allow the spelling of Wanganui with or without the “h” has been welcomed by both sides in what has, at times, been an acrimonious debate. Mayor Michael Laws hailed...
View ArticleAn MP told a joke – shock horror
Stuff reports: Building Minister Maurice Williamson cracked jokes about Muslims at an awards ceremony – just days before he accused Kiwis of racism over foreign ownership. So what. First of all learn...
View ArticleMuch ado about nothing
Hamish Rutherford reports at Stuff: Maurice Williamson is under pressure to stand down as Building and Construction Minister, because of his role as a director of a company associated with collapsed...
View ArticleShould Maurice run for Mayor?
Whale asks whether Maurice Williamson should run for Mayor of Auckland? As Building and Construction Minister, Maurice would be a very credible candidate standing on policies to make Auckland a more...
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Stealing the limelight!
The Herald reports: Clips of Mr Williamson’s speech have had 1.5 million views on YouTube, and there were now versions with Spanish and Chinese subtitles. It was tweeted about by celebrities including...
View ArticleMaurice for Mayor
The Herald reports: The political right is already hailing the prospect of Maurice Williamson as Mayor of Auckland as a potential “circuit breaker” for local government in the Super City after the...
View ArticleHerald attacking Maurice before he even decides!
The Herald must be very worried by the thought of Maurice winning, to devote an editorial to trying to scare him off. They say: The policies and planks of Mayor Len Brown should be subjected to the...
View ArticleWilliamson and Liu
The Herald reports: A National Party Minister contacted a top ranking police officer after a wealthy businessman with close ties to him was arrested on domestic violence charges. The Prime Minister’s...
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