Archive for April, 2008

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    Waihopai’s only got one ball



    Did anyone else see the photo below this morning and start humming this song? Hat tip/photo credit: The Standard read more
    April 30, 2008 4:07 pm - 84 Comments
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    When blogs get bored…



    …they post a clip from Stephen Colbert. This one is on biofuels: Hat tip:Ecorazzi read more
    April 30, 2008 2:10 pm - No Comments
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    Jeanette invests in stamps



    I’ve just spotted two letters in the papers today from a J Fitzsimons. First this one in the Independent Financial Review where she notes that her Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act which passed in 2000 is now saving 19 petajoules of energy each year: Then this one in The Press where she again clarifies that [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 1:39 pm - 6 Comments
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    Key puts another coin in the fuse box



    National Party leader John Key called yesterday for the scrapping or the delay of all the climate related fuel taxes on the agenda for the next year, citing rising fuel costs as the reason. At first glance there appears to be some logic in his argument, until you look at it fully. What he is arguing [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 11:24 am - 48 Comments
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    NZ cows eat … palm oil?



    For those of you who have followed the farming practices in the USA, and in particular the stories about cattle that are made to eat feed supplements rather than their genetic preference for grass, may have taken some comfort that New Zealand cows are renowned for being grass fed. Except, as it turns out, they are [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 10:51 am - 6 Comments
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    Kennedy Graham



    I see Kiwiblogblog readers are having a very affirmative discussion about one of the Greens’ up and coming new candidates. read more
    April 30, 2008 10:49 am - 1 Comment
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    ComCom vs Woolies court case continues



    As I hoped the Court of Appeal case between the Commerce Commission and Woolworths finally started to generate some comment about what was best for consumers rather than shareholders. Currently Woolworths and Foodstuffs own about 99 percent of New Zealand’s grocery market.  The Commerce Commission lawyers’ opening evidence was covered on Radio New Zealand this [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 10:16 am - No Comments
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    Fonterra goes to Chile



    Greens do tend to go on rather a lot about their criticisms of the whole ‘infinite growth in a finite world’ concept.  The reason they do this I think is frustration that the effects of continuing to grow when you have nowhere to grow into are so blindingly obvious.  It’s a baking soda and vinegar [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 9:33 am - 4 Comments
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    Budget choices



    John Armstrong is calling Cullen’s budget in a few weeks a potential circuit breaker to restore Labour’s fortunes after a string of bad polls. I think Labour probably has three strategic choices if it is going to break any circuits: It can entrench its legacy with a ‘steady as she goes’ lead in to the election [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 9:00 am - 39 Comments
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    A Japanese bike stacking robot



    If only we had the need for one of these cool things in Parliament! Sadly there isn’t quite the demand for a multi-story bicycle stacking robot yet. Hat tip: George Darroch read more
    April 29, 2008 12:17 pm - 3 Comments
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