This was written before the election outcome is known. It looks at the part of the executive which is not elected: the public servants and advisors.
Read MoreGeoffrey Palmer
Wait or go? The big choice for the substitute Prime Minister with a tail wind
Despite the polls, an English win at next year's election would be an historic achievement. Which makes the choice of when to go to the country, so very important
Read MoreGovernment or playground bully?
Increasingly, our Government is behaving like a playground bully. If Ministers will not restrain themselves from abuses of power, others need to stand up and speak out
Read MoreKicking the tyres from beneath New Zealand
Government's gathering pace, in a way that ought to give us all serious pause - because it rips apart more than our constitutional fabric.
Read MoreThe anti-whaling ship of fools
Shame on Labour spokesperson Chris Carter and partisan blog The Standard for using anti-whaling diplomacy for short-term political gain
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