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COMMENT: The closer we get to this election the less able I am to differentiate between the leading parties. They seem...
So here we are again at yet another crossroad on our Covid path. A six-month journey that so far that feels more like a...
Last night I watched the Sunday programme which concentrated on Covid 19 in Australia and New Zealand. I wondered beforehand...
The plunging of New Zealand into heightened alert levels has been extremely disappointing. Not just because I had tickets...
It was good to hear Judith Collins on air with Kerre McIvor this morning. There is no doubt she is an experienced and confident...
Well here we are in August already. Six weeks after the solstice and so apparently we are in the deepest depths of winter We’ve...
COMMENT: I’ve never been a fan of polls. I find them to be very unhelpful for democracy. Actually they’re worse than that. ...
Judith Collins’ first weekend in charge of the National Party has passed and she has faced the weekend media. And shock...
With my new working life I now get to do news and talkback just one day a week on a Monday. This gives me a terrific chance...
Here we are on Day 1 of the July School holidays and, of course, the weather is atrocious in many places and will be all...
Is anyone really surprised that Paula Bennett has zipped it sweetie and ridden into the sunset? After all, the horse she...
My heart goes out to the rest of the country who, day after day and year after year, hear about the problems of our largest...
Three strikes and you’re out they say. But in government, you can go out in one strike. If you have two strikes against...
So finally we have a number. 2159 quarantiners left their Covid quarantine between June 9th and 16th. No-one is quite...
It appears that trying to figure what’s really happening in our quarantining system is like trying to herd cats. There’s...
What a disheartening and disappointing week that was, eh? Particularly so after the crescendo which was the return of Super...
So if we don’t go to Level 1 at 3 this afternoon, there will be a riot. There are some who are good little scouts who believe...
COMMENT: The events in America this past week shows you how slim the thread is that holds together a decent society. It...
COMMENT In the hazy lazy days of the lockdown I found myself in front of a supermarket magazine stand. Sadly I was looking...
COMMENT: Never waste a good crisis. You’re probably sick of hearing that little truism which has been bandied about willy...
COMMENT: Well I almost had a normal weekend. My farmers market was open but hardly anyone turned up but that’s fine because...
For all those still confused – it is Muller as in mulled wine. All day long I’ve heard radio hosts and talkback callers...
I have to say right now that I really dislike leadership challenges and leadership spills in politics. I know there’s a...
The devil they say is always in the details and it’s fair to say details have been missing in the fight for our survival...
