Hone Harawira is seeking judicial recount of votes that he doesn't think will change the result in Te Tai Tokerau, and which won't be able to look at the problems he claims existed with voting in that seat. This seems ... misguided.
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The Key to a 4th term
An emphatic win for National raises a whole series of questions, especially for a left-wing struggling to understand middle New Zealand... and then there's Dotcom
Read MoreIdeas, ethics & drugs - why you need to keep asking
Ask and you will receive... Maybe. Eventually. In an election campaign getting a straight answer can be like pulling teeth
Read MoreThe trouble with Kelvin Davis
Reports of Labour's Kelvin Davis 'going rogue' have been exaggerated
Read MoreMuch to fight for in the Maori seats
Deals on the left... Candidates dipping into their own pockets... culture versus class... there are high stakes at play in the Maori electorates this year
Read MoreSay no to the Cup of Te
No way should Labour do a 'Cup of Te' deal.
Labour should stand up for its own strong values.
Read MoreThe Left starts to fracture - and thats a good thing
I'm picking that Laila Harre's appointment as leader of the Internet Party will be good for Internet-Mana, but the impact on this year's election will be determined by the relationship with Labour. If Internet-Mana do well this year, though, there might be an important shake-up that will strengthen the broad left in the longer term.
Read MorePower acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
The MANA Movement and the Internet Party have discovered they both have a lot in common. Each very much wants to get as many of its MPs into Parliament as it can.
Read MoreChildren's Commissioner fronts for Nats on food in schools: Corporate agenda rules
Food in schools – Russell Wills now Key’s puppet – targeting, corporatisation and the charity model rule
Read MoreMMP changes -- shake off the coat-tail and lower your threshold
What oh what will the Electoral Commission recommend in its review of MMP? And will MPs be willing to play ball?
Read MoreClever politics leave voters in a vacuum
Fear and greed may be the motivating emotions in the market place, but information is the life-blood of democracy. The voters of 2011 need a transfusion before they visit the polling booth on Saturday.
Read MoreThe battle for the north – Hone's close call
Hone Harawira hung onto Te Tai Tokerau in the June by-election after he left the Maori Party. But things have changed since then, which means Mana can take nothing for granted
Read MoreWhat if Hone had crossed his fingers?
The Speaker says Hone Harawira has to say the magic words that make you an MP in the right way, and he only gets one chance to do it each time. Is this taking legal formalism just a bit too seriously?
Read MoreHello and Goodbye: Why Hone's win is the beginning of the end
Hone Harawira is back in parliament, but his rebirth looks to spell the end for the Maori Party's dream of a united Maori voice. For all the talk of conciliation, the more likely outcome is a battle to the death
Read MoreWhat Hone could have said instead
Hone Harawira's comments on Bin Laden's death were dumb. But they could have been smart.
Read MoreHow much democracy is "enough" democracy?
Is Hone Harawira's decision to force a by election a cynical abuse of public money or a noble commitment to accountability? Yes.
Read MoreTurning the political landscape Green
The seismic shifts round Parliament this week present both risks and an opportunity for the Greens
Read MoreKyrie, eleison
There isn't much I can say about Christchurch's pain that we don't all know already. So this is a post about something a lot less important - politics.
Read MoreGoodby patience... and goodbye Hone Harawira?
Rush, rush rush... if only the protagonists in the Maori Party squabble could taiho they may find a way to reconcile. But the political timetable is pushing them towards division
Read MoreAnd now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong
"Day after day, day after day, we stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean." Could this be Hone Harawira's parliamentary fate?
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