The credibility cut
John Key has a problem. In four long years National has failed to meet almost every economic target it has set for itself. New Zealand’s economy is shattered. Unemployment is up sharply. 1,000 Kiwis...
View ArticleSpin, damned spin, and Steven Joyce
In response to parliamentary oral question 7 today, economic development Minister Steven Joyce tried to deflect today’s announced cut to New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) 2012 growth...
View Article26 more days to Save TVNZ 7
Last week, Danya Levy in the DomPost reported that: Labour is accusing former broadcasting minister Jonathan Coleman of deliberately misleading the public over the audience size of the...
View ArticleAsking the questions
You might remember a couple of months ago there was a flurry of public scrutiny on the National Government’s stonewalling on what it knew about the Chinese company Huawei’s involvement in the roll-out...
View ArticleNanny Phobia Costing Lives
National’s irrational fear of being tagged with the ‘Nanny State’ label they successfully over-hyped against Labour has just jumped the shark. 3 News reported tonight that optics man Steven Joyce...
View ArticleIn the public interest
Auckland’s integrated ticketing saga might seem like just another IT boondoggle with delays and cost blow outs. But when the progress of Auckland’s public transport system is at stake, not to mention...
View ArticleSchool staff stress = non-compliance
Hundreds if not thousands of schools up and down the country will have fallen foul of a Ministry of Education requirement for them to submit school charters by last Friday. The reason? Novopay! In most...
View ArticleNewsflash – there’s a Novopay backlog!
At long last the government have finally gotten something to do with Novopay right. Yesterday on Q+A Steven Joyce announced that he is beefing up the Novopay Backlog Clearance Unit (BCU). This is...
View ArticleTell us it’s Dunne and dusted now Peter
United Future leader and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne’s belated recognition that he holds a casting vote in John Key and Steven Joyce’s shonkey SkyCity convention centre deal is welcome. The question...
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Novopay shambles continues
Two months after Steven Joyce was brought in to fix the failing Novopay system, the problems are getting worse not better. Over the weekend we found out that hundreds of teachers have been...
View ArticleWhat Chorus and the Govt knew
The debacle surrounding the government’s flagship ultrafast broadband programme and the roll out by Chorus rumbles on. The government’s heavy-handed response to a well-signalled decision by the...
View ArticleHow independent will Amy Adam’s Chorus probe be?
Today Labour said that an international expert should be brought in to conduct the independent assessment of Chorus’ financial position, to counter ANY hint of undue influence or cronyism. This...
View ArticleJohn Key’s backtrack and Steven Joyce’s chickens
The government is furiously backtracking on pretty much all the positions it’s taken on the Chorus issue all year. John Key on TVNZ Breakfast this morning said : “we were never going to use legislation...
View ArticleUnanswered questions about Chorus
Update: You can put any of these questions to Amy Adams tomorrow live between 12.30 and 1.30pm on NBR’s live chat As the Chorus debacle rolls on and the government’s role in its instability remains...
View ArticleBeyond Chorus to the bigger picture #1
Who would have thought when John Key made his grand statement during the 2008 election campaign that under a National Government 75% of New Zealanders will get ultrafast broadband in their homes within...
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