Poll “not quite the bounce Labour hoped for”
At the end of Q & A this morning Michael Parkin revealed a little about a One News/Colmar Brunton due out tonight. He said there’s a few surprising numbers but significantly it was “maybe not quite...
View ArticleKey on Labour’s Chinese attack and property buying
John Key is back from holiday and one of the first things media asked him about was Labour’s attack on Chinese property speculators. Key suggested Labour was “desperate”, “knew it was misleading” and...
View ArticleNg’s response to Salmond
In response Rob Salmond’s A week on from the housing controversy where he tries to defend his and Phil Twyford’s use of property sales data and also refers to people who have bee very critical. After...
View ArticleLittle buckles under pressure as he and Twyford keep digging
Andrew Little threw a bit of a hissy fit when Patrick Gower questioned him on “cooked up data”. Video and a short report from 3 News: Video: Andrew Little snaps over Chinese buyer data questions The...
View ArticleLittle on immigration – transcript
There’s been a lot of discussion on whether Andrew Little was led by journalists on immigration questions and whether he was unfairly quoted. Here’s a transcript of the stand-up that was reported on....
View ArticleChoosing a pig-like mayor?
Chinese born former Labour MP Raymond Huo (2008-2014) tweeted: @RaymondHuo Is this real? “Not afraid of divine opponents but a mayor like a pig. Choose wisely…” (Not a verbatim translation) Keith Ng...
View ArticleDiversity and Chinese Language Week
This week is ‘New Zealand Chinese Language Week’: New Zealand Chinese Language Week (16-22 October) is a Kiwi-led initiative aimed at encouraging New Zealanders to discover Chinese language and...
View ArticleGreens struggling in Government
I suspected that Greens were naive about the responsibilities and requirements of being in government, and this is being proven by an outpouring of green angst over the granting of water bottling...
View ArticleForeign buyer rules relaxed
Prior to getting into Government Labour talked up the effect of foreign buyers on the New Zealand housing market, and copped a lot of criticism for their ‘Chinese sounding names’ claims. They were also...
View ArticleBracken – from god-laden anthem to racist poem
Thomas Bracken wrote the words that have become the lyrics of New Zealand’s second national anthem, which is laden with references to God and Lord’. “Our anthem is so focused on religion it’s not...
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