Tag Archives: Nicky Hager

Do you smell what I smell ?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by admin

The NZ Herald heavily promoted news story repeated in the Northern Advocate reads rather like a copy&paste job from a press release : Former National MP Mike Sabin has been appointed chief executive of Peppers Carrington Estate, a five-star, 1000-hectare resort … Continue reading →

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Weapons of Mass-Surveillance

Posted on April 9, 2015 by admin

Once upon a time a little country in the South Pacific outpost of a great empire woke up and started to have a discussion about it’s place in the world. This was a serious discussion and became part of the national … Continue reading →

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Sky City and the magic potion, which lets JK get away with it

Posted on February 11, 2015 by admin

The “free” Sky City Convention Centre has always been a bum deal. The old casino rule applies : The house always wins. That how the roulette wheel or the poky machines are programmed. The initial deal was packaged as “We … Continue reading →

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No prophet is accepted in her own country

Posted on January 31, 2015 by admin

Booker Price winner Eleanor Catton has done us all a favour with her criticism of New Zealand’s “neoliberal, profit-obsessed, very shallow, very money-hungry politicians who do not care about culture. They care about short-term gains. They would destroy the planet in order to … Continue reading →

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Rod Oram : Defend the right to debate

Posted on October 19, 2014 by admin

If you haven’t read Rod Oram’s latest column yet please do ! It hasn’t stopped to amaze me how brilliantly the government spin worked in the lead-up to the recent election. It had almost an Orwellian quality of turning the meaning of … Continue reading →

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Nicky Hager Raid: It doesn’t smell – it stinks

Posted on October 10, 2014 by admin

The media reaction to the police raid on Nicky Hager’s house was predictable. See for instance the NZ Herald editorial on Friday 10 October. It is too close to home for them as well and they are right to be … Continue reading →

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