In which your esteemed author tells you who the Labour leader must be, explains why the Government had to appeal the "Quake Outcasts" case, warns you that your right to wear silly lapel pins on election day is under threat, and calls on David Farrar to save Great Britain.
Read MoreChristchurch earthquake
GDP growth: Further nonsense from government Ministers
The government makes plenty of excuses for New Zealand’s poor recent GDP growth. Unfortunately for its excuses, data exist.
Read MoreAchieving a Sustainable City
Healthy, energy-efficient buildings are a key component in creating a healthy community and sustainable city. They are very easy to achieve through the use of the readily available, well proven and inexpensive Passive House standard
Read MoreAn offer you can't refuse
Residents of Christchurch's Red Zone now have two offers they can choose from. But they really do have to choose one or the other.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday June 14
Syrian forces bombard northern town, refugees flee to Turkey; Should Obama have told Assad to resign?; Aftershocks rock Christchurch prompting evacuations; Afghan Taliban struggling as fighting season begins; Turkish PM wins third term; North And South Sudan talk peace; and more
Read MoreEugenie Sage, speaking truth to power
Sacked ECan regional councillor and life-long conservationist Eugenie Sage talks about ECan, doing conservation better, and her aspirations to and for Parliament, as the Green Party's Selwyn candidate
Read MoreQuakes & Hades: What John Key and Ken Ring share
The Budget - zero or otherwise- has suddenly become even more important than ever, as the government tries to borrow without incurring debt and cut spending without taking money from the economy
Read MoreJust like the pictures, the quake debate goes on
A Pundit debate about media ethics winds up on telly... So is my argument "spurious"? Has the media overstepped in reporting the Christchurch quake? Some new thoughts...
Read MoreFarrar and Cactus appoint themselves taste police
How soon is too soon to ask the government how it intends to pay for rebuilding Christchurch? A spat has broken out on the blogs about where politics starts and stops, but who's kidding whom?
Read MoreReluctant Keynesians shaken into spending - again
The earthquake will ask some tough questions of all politicians this year - What will they cut? How much can they borrow? Either way, the government's austerity plans are on hold
Read MoreKia kaha, Christchurch
Outside Wellington railway station this morning is a love note to Christchurch. I thought that Christchurch needed to see it.
Read MoreAuckland CCO appointments - an invitation to corrupt
Rodney Hide's recent appointments ensure the new CCOs will be wide open to suspicions of corruption, justified or not
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