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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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… […]
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 […]
National Everybody in the country gets cash New Zealand itself will be listed on the NZX and all New Zealanders will be enrolled automatically as shareholders. Added salt in the […]