Today I donned my best suit (‘only’ suit), a pressed shirt, and some newly polished shoes, and headed to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. My mission: to hear the mayoral candidates for Wellington espouse their vision for the city. Here are the list of candidates in case you didn’t already know: Ray Ahipene-Mercer Rob Goulden […]
The announcement today that TVNZ has lost $11.1 million as a result of the payouts for redundancies is a bit of a shock. Over 140 redundancies that’s just over $79,000 on average to every person. Quite a tidy sum, more than twice the average wage.While the majority of redundancies were middle management the next biggest […]
A fake motorcade breached the $170 million security in place at the Sydney APEC meeting. The team from the ABC Chasers War on Everything set up a fake three car motorcade and were waved through cordons to get within several metres of President George Bush’s motel. One of the pranksters was even dressed as Osama […]
I watched Hone Harawira describing John Key as a “smiling little snake” on Sunday tonight. Hone accused him of having exactly the same policies as Don Brash when he was leader of the National Party. Of course whoever wins the next election is going to need the Maori Party to govern, unless Mr Key believes […]
John Key – you are a naughty little boy. Duncan Garner – you are a naughty little boy. I’ve just watched TV3’s late news bulletin – the one where journalists with nothing better to do stop politicians and ask them if they’ve ever been to a strip club. Not the most insightful question asked this […]
I’m amazed, and saddened that the leader of the free world – George Bush – would feed the President of France – Nicolas Sarcozy – a hamburger, a hot dog and a piece of blueberry pie. Read a transcript of the interview here. If that is the national food of the USA is it any […]