The topic of smacking is again in the headlines and I am trying to figure out why a particular political party is still pushing this issue. In response to someone who potentially will be in parliament at the end of this year stating that he breaks the law because he thinks the law is ‘silly‘…
DetailsSo Mayor Len Brown has royally stuffed up and lost the confidence of his council and says he has to now do a “good deal of work to regain their trust and rebuild our working relationships in the interests of Auckland.” Len Brown was in a meeting where there was “full, frank and robust discussion”…
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Colin Craig just spent an hour on Radiolive with Wallace Chapman. It was very entertaining and it was great to hear Craig’s comments and interactions with the listeners. It is an interesting time in the media as they are all over the Conservative Party story and links to National. I wonder, as did a caller…
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This video is powerful, disturbing, uncomfortable and I think a must watch for everyone who wants to learn a bit more about how a minority might feel. The teacher is Jane Elliot. Jane is also a diversity trainer who developed the Angry Eyes Exercise otherwise known as the “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” exercise to teach students…
Details12 months ago the Conservative party sent a newsletter out to residents of John Key’s Helensville electorate citing a local’s opinion that John Key was ‘too gay for Helensville’. The political posturing around the Conservatives and National at the moment is interesting but it seems that while Mr. Craig may endorse the view that Mr.…
DetailsIt’s always interesting when websites have permanent titles for sections without thinking about the story might follow. Example, “You might like Justin Bieber bottled on stage” Actually that’s something I kind of would like… Sadly thought TVNZ has considered Justin Bieber being ‘bottled’ as being hit on the hip by an empty plastic container…as opposed…
DetailsA very strange occurrence happened at about 2.20pm this afternoon on Radiolive. The normal political panel was happening with Matthew Hooton and Matt McCarten being left and right guests on Willie and JTs show when Hooton began what appeared to be a calculated attack on the hosts for their much controversial comments about the Roastbusters…
DetailsWinston Peters has been pointing the bone at the National Government over the Aratere Ferry in a tweet this morning that follows several months of blaming National for the poor performance of this marine vessel Winston Peter was in Government alongside the National Party in 1998 when the Aratere was purchased from Spain, in fact…
DetailsFirst let me state that this post in no way supports the alleged actions of the group that has labelled themselves the Roastbusters, what this posts objective is to demonstrate to all New Zealanders the folly of convicting these guys before due process has occurred, and in fact the danger of not getting a conviction…
DetailsI have been reading with great interest the conversations over the last few days about whether Len Brown’s affair should impact his political career. That is an interesting question but what we need politicians to know is that what happens ‘behind closed doors’ does actually matter. Here’s why. Politicians ‘sell’ an image, people vote on…
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