Saturday, February 27, 2010

Note to NZEI: the public isn't listening

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A recent opinion poll, conducted for the New Zealand Herald , indicated that 73 percent of people with school-age children supported nationa...

Labour and ACC

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THE OUTCRY from Labour in Parliament this week when the government made modest adjustments to ACC was predictable. But what was National exp...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Clark is exposed as a sore loser

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Helen Clark will have burned off a lot of public goodwill with her sour-grapes sniping at the National government. She certainly deserves to...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Sound and fury, signifying nothing

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(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , February 17.) The Hollywood hype machine is shifting into overdrive as Academy A...
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Friday, February 19, 2010

A lot of smoke, but no sign of fire

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I admit I’m often mystified by politics and the process of government. Take the present fuss over Radio New Zealand funding. If I thought th...
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The day everyone's been waiting for - when HR managers revert to being personnel officers

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(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , February 16.) THE CURMUDGEON has a theory that every decade can be defined by...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Er, where's the story?

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I often scratch my head over the news judgment of the major TV channels, but last night’s lead item on One News was especially perplexing. A...
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