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Tweet of the Day - 18 May 2013 18 May 2013 | 01:53 am
We've blogged before about the Richie Benaud parody account on Twitter @RichieBenaud_ ; it's absolutely marvellous. To set the scene, there's been a most entertaining spat on Twitter tonight between A...
Is the tide turning against Len Brown? 18 May 2013 | 12:12 am
Throughout the last three years, Len Brown has generally had an ally in Herald Auckland issues columnist Brian Rudman. Until this morning, that is ; check this out: On Tuesday, Auckland Council issued...
Is CPAG a charity or political? 17 May 2013 | 10:53 pm
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) retained its status as a charity recently whilst Family First lost its. We have no problem with the Family First decision; the line between lobbying and politicki...
An early return to surplus? 17 May 2013 | 09:11 pm
John Key threw out an interesting morsel for Auckland business leaders. Once they had got past a small group of protesters, some of whom are alleged to have spat at guests at the function, the busines...
Tweet of the Day - 17 May 2013 16 May 2013 | 11:48 pm
New Zealand has had a pretty satisfactory first day of the test match at Lord's. Bowling first after England won the toss and elected to bat on a slow pitch, New Zealand put the brakes on the England ...
Actions have consequences 16 May 2013 | 09:47 pm
The Dom-Post has an update on the curious case of the MFAT leaker ; check this out: The person suspected of leaking confidential Cabinet papers about restructuring at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a...
There's no problem if you pay... 16 May 2013 | 08:40 pm
Bill English announced new measures yesterday to crack down on people who default on their student loans. Predictably, the usual suspects are unimpressed ; the Herald reports: The Government's move to...
Budget Photo of the Day 16 May 2013 | 07:09 pm
John Key was pretty dismissive of Labour and the Greens during his speech in the Budget Debate yesterday. Before a point-by-point dismantling of the Labour/Green argument that National is governing fo...
Test Match Special 16 May 2013 | 10:52 am
UPDATE: England wins the toss and will bat. Doug Bracewell has drawn the short straw for New Zealand, which fields the same playing eleven for the fourth successive match; some sort of recent record, ...
Budget 2013, live from the couch 16 May 2013 | 07:06 am
Here's the 2013 Budget, as it unfolds... 2.03pm - Bill English is in business.. 2.05pm - The copies of the Budget documents delivered to party leaders, Bill English starts the Budget speech. He begins...
