Archive for February 26th, 2008

The Owen Glenn affair

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The Greens have not commented on the Owen Glenn saga, but contrary to allegations from Kiwiblog not because we are covering for Labour or scared of offending the Prime Minister. As we’ve often said, when it comes to policy and philosophy National has far more in common with Labour than the Greens do. […]

Unscrew America

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Catchy title, no? What I really wanted to share was a link to unscrewamerica, a wonderful site that teaches about the wonders (and risks) of Compact Fluorescent Lights, or CFLs. It also has a section on LED lighting.
Before you yawn and click away, follow the link. It is such a clever and cool interface that […]

Hopes for romance on the bus

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

As you probably guessed I didn’t get up the courage to do anything about my crush on Valentines Day, which was maybe for the best.  Perhaps instead I need to see if my press gallery intrigue rides the bus.

Replacing Canterbury rivers with cows

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

While the Waipawa River in the Hawke’s Bay quickly disappears because of being over irrigated, it seems Canterbury is exploring ways of irrigating more rivers:
Central Plains Water Trust has applied for a number of resource consents relating to the construction and operation of a large scale irrigation scheme. The applicants propose irrigating 60,000 hectares of […]

China FTA still unseen but ready to sign

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The media is reporting that New Zealand and China will be ready to sign a free trade agreement in April. It seems the Prime Minister and Trade Minister Phil Goff have already booked their tickets to Beijing and packed their ceremonial pens.
There is one particularly interesting quote from the Newsroom story [offline]:
She [the Prime Minister] […]