Shots Fired
Adrienne Truscott (2013 Edinburgh Fringe Panel prizewinner) “I would’ve said [Tony] Abbott, because his tone-deafness makes it so easy, and after the George Bush years an American could basically recycle […]
Chuckles the Finance Minister
Bill English Despite politics closely resembling an episode of The Walking Dead, watching Bill English unleash his anti-charisma on New Zealand is still compulsive viewing for his statistics, policies and, […]
About James Nokise
Cricket World Cup special
Cricket and politics have many things in common — the highest form of each is both exhilarating to fans and excruciating to everyone else, and New Zealand bats higher than […]
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Fun from the fringes
David Seymour’s ‘See-Mo’ Moustache For Movember, Seymour grew what could only be described as ‘The Epsom Bandito’. Like a slightly uncool Magnum PI, it was perfect for a man looking […]
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The 2014 FishHead Political Awards
Government MP of the Year John Key ‘King Key’ doesn’t work with a Kiwi accent, but ‘Teflon John’ highlights how nothing stuck pre-election. From sliding polls to election dominance, he rope-a-doped […]
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Out with the old, in view with the new
Hone Harawira How satirists, and the common worker, will miss the great firebrand of Māoridom. Yes, his fatal decision to go full Dotcom proved his undoing, but it’s not his […]
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The Other Election
I strongly suggest you look up Fiji and its coups in order to understand fully the importance of this election. My family has lived in Fiji since 1996. During the […]
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Election 2014
National: 48% Sorry #teamkey, they won’t get 50 percent. But only just. This is National’s election to lose, and John Key doesn’t only hold all the cards — he’s dealing… […]
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What we hear in the shadows
National: Steven, are we sure about #teamkey? It fees like we’ve ripped off Twilight. Gerry, did you see how much money those films made? I wish we had their youth […]
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Behold the dark horses
Nicky Wagner (National, Christchurch Central) Thanks to Maurice Williamson, this previously unheralded MP finds herself Associate Minister of Conservation and Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, finally getting her some traction. Best known […]
