Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. John Key spinning obfuscatory defence lines, Bridges warning.
Read MoreNorthland by-election
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy
Repeat after me: the public service is not a political party's election policy research unit, the public service is not a political party's election policy research unit, the public service is not a political party's election policy research unit.
Read MoreFilling the void left by Winston (until he comes back again)
What happens when (or if) Winston quits Parliament before he is declared the member for Northland? Nothing very much at all.
Read MoreFortune cookies for all parties in Northland
The loudest message went to National. The loudest clap was for Winston (not NZ First). But each party can take fortune cookies from the result in Northland this weekend.
First National. The secret of John Key's Teflon popularity; 'don’t be what we know you really are - Tories.' When National inhabits the centre ground, and behaves like a Labour-lite government, they're hard to beat.
After the rain has fallen: What does Northland mean?
Is the Northland by-election pothole just a flat tyre for National or is it a sign this political vehicle is running out of gas? Here are two things to keep an eye on once Winston's tempest has passed
Read MoreTime To Rejoyce? A Northland perspective
A denizen of the Far North observes who got things right – and who got things very wrong – in the by-election
Read MoreA post-Northland mea culpa
Goddam it - Winston Peters went and made a complete fool out of me. Did he have to do it so publicly?
Read MoreThe Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Perhaps New Zealand’s acceptance of the TPPA will depend upon the outcome of the Northland by-election
Read MoreProcess, not pork the problem for National
Matthew Hooton’s jihad against Imam Steven Joyce and his pork-barrel Muldonism is legendary.
But in his desperation to find National party flag-bearers to fight the pork-pushers, he’s picked the wrong martyr.
Read MoreRegional Development Policy?
The Northland by-election demonstrates we do not have a regional development policy. Should we? What might it look like?
Read MoreHow National is gift-wrapping Northland for Winston
National really is pulling out all the stops in Northland... they could hardly be doing more to help Winston Peters win
Read MoreOh go up to the king, and the sky is falling in
Even if National loses the Northland by-election (which I don't think it will), things won't change quite as much as voters are being told they will. So why all the forecasts of pestilence, blasting, mildew and locusts if Winston Peters wins?
Read MoreIf we're gonna go that way you're gonna need a bigger knife
David Seymour says he may take Winston Peters to court if he wins the Northland by-election. He doesn't really mean it.
Read MoreTo call each thing by its right name
Why did Mark Osborne get to tell Northland it was going to get ten new bridges that it might want, but doesn't appear to need? And why am I paying for him getting to do so?
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