When it comes to our homelessness crisis, you can come up with constructive ideas or, it seems, you can blame those living in their cars for bringing it on themselves
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Even a judge of the District Court sometimes must have to stand naked
A simple message to the Herald on Sunday - there is nothing wrong with being naked. Even if you are a Judge.
Read MoreCri du cœur
The point of Dirty Politics isn't (just) about what happens in September. Or, what Danyl Mclauchlan said, with more quotes.
Read MoreIf it is so wrong, Rodney, fix it yourself
Rodney Hide thinks some MP should bravely do a pointless thing that he himself is not quite courageous enough to try.
Read MoreThese are not the droids you are looking for
Rodney Hide wisely has left Parliament behind him. But that doesn't mean he gets to pretend that he never was in Parliament.
Read MoreDear Don – An Open Letter
The world has changed dramatically since 2005. The Don Brash prescription for change has not. But his venom is now directed at National under Key and English instead of Labour under Clark and Cullen
Read MoreIs Brash really the saviour of the right?
Don Brash will get ACT above 10 percent, re-energising the right of New Zealand politics - or so the story goes. Some aren't so sure, including some in National
Read MoreIt's the sound of the New Man, running down your back
Is Don Brash on a Hide-ing to nothing? Or just Hide-bound?
Rodney Hide and Don Brash want to lead ACT. That much we know; the rest is cloudy. So let's look at some of the core questions, battles and potential strategies...
Read MoreWho was wise this week?
The summer surge of politics continued this week with more big calls being made, especially by National, Labour and the Maori Party. But what do they mean? And where do they lead?
Read More2010: Minor government parties pay the price
What was 2010 like for the smaller parties propping up this government? Not a lot of fun, really. Big holes were exposed in ACT, the Maori Party and United Future, which raise even bigger questions
Read MoreGovernment stuck in the (foreshore) sand. Again
As ACT and the Maori Party kick sand in each other's face over an amendment that changes nothing, we get a good look at the politics of perception and National's misery in trying to hold its coalition partners together
Read MoreIt's not discrimination if it happens to them
Te Papa took a beating for suggesting Maori cultural values are a reason to treat genders differently. So what happens when Parliament legislates that Maori must be treated differently?
Read MoreACT exiting, stage right? Or will the Nats decide 'they're worth it'?
It's been easy to be a right-wing politician in New Zealand the past couple of years. It looks like it's about to get a lot trickier, as Garrett goes
Read MoreDavid Garrett and ACT: it's about forgiveness, even if you don't love me anymore
Prisoners used to get just the Bible to read in their cells. David Garrett might want to take a look at the parable of the unforgiving servant himself, as he looks for a way out of this week's mess... and what it all means for ACT
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
Read MoreRoy leaves her garden to sow seeds of trouble, while Hide kicks-off Election 2011
Heather Roy's return to parliament this week was a bit rich – Katherine Rich, that is. By following the former National MP's example, Roy has bought herself some time, but is it borrowed? And will the right-wing parties can together or divide?
Read MoreIs Rodney Hide a Bully?
A short history of the ‘primitive combat' that is practiced internally by the ACT Caucus.
Read MoreHide, Roy & ACT: Two strikes down, one to go (if Epsom allows)
The party that introduced the three strikes law is itself one strike away from permanent political imprisonment. Its fate now lies in the hands of others, as it looks more like a party of past
Read MoreJust who are you calling powerful, Mr Hide?
Have politicians forgotten just who really holds the power in a democracy?
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