Archive for December, 2010

  • frog

    General debate, December 5, 2010 - by frog



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    December 5, 2010 7:31 am - 40 Comments
  • frog

    Don’t be so self-deprecating, Idiot/Savant - by frog



    Idiot/Savant from NoRightTurn blogged today in response to his nomination for Amnesty International’s  Aotearoa NZ’s Human Rights Defender Award saying: While I’m flattered, its clear from the list that I do not belong on it. The other nominees are doing real work which changes the world for the better. All I do is mouth off on [...] read more
    December 3, 2010 8:29 pm - 1 Comment
  • David Clendon

    No time to take in the view on Waterview - by David Clendon



    Things are not looking good for the Environmental Protection Authority. We supported the bill that will properly create the agency but with considerable reservations, and already it is clear that community groups wanting to participate in EPA processes are being hamstrung by the impossibly short time frames allowed to submitters. Here’s a bit of a [...] read more
    December 3, 2010 1:46 pm - 1 Comment
  • Gareth Hughes

    A new Green baby - by Gareth Hughes



    Amidst the tragedy of the last few weeks I have been blessed by the miracle of new life. Two weeks ago, my wife Meghan gave birth at home to a gorgeous baby girl, Zoe Elizabeth. She’s my second (and last!) child and I’m stoked that she’s happy and healthy, as is mum. Like the Chinese [...] read more
    December 3, 2010 1:32 pm - 9 Comments
  • frog

    For Andrew Little and all EPMU staff and members - by frog



    For Andrew Little and all EPMU staff and members Kia Ora Koutou, On behalf of all the MPs, members and staff of the Green Party we want to extend our deepest sympathy and our solidarity to you all. Words are inadequate to express our immense feelings of horror, devastation and helplessness in the face of [...] read more
    December 2, 2010 9:33 am - 7 Comments
  • frog

    NZ Youth Delegation: Our best reps at Cancun - by frog



    I’ve been meaning to blog on the Cop16 UN Climate Change Conference that kicked off in Cancun yesterday, but there hasn’t been much news forthcoming other than the traffic jams that kept delegates and foreign dignitaries trapped in buses for hours yesterday. Luckily, New Zealand has some very inspiring and intelligent representatives in Cancun as [...] read more
    December 1, 2010 6:58 pm - 3 Comments
  • frog

    Horizontal becomes vertical in climate change debate - by frog



    This is amusing. National Party blogmeister David Farrar called out Labour MP Charles Chauvel for this Red Alert post, in which Chauvel says: “My aunts’ home in Tahiti, 6m from the high tide line, is no less likely to be washed away by rising sea levels than it was last year.” The problem for Farrar is that Chauvel was obviously talking about 6m horizontally, not vertically! read more
    December 1, 2010 6:02 pm - 3 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Welfare Working Group: Submit, submit, submit - by Catherine Delahunty



    It’s great to see the lively discussion continuing on my post last week about the future directions of welfare policy. There is a view being circulated by some that the Government’s Welfare Working Group’s Options Paper doesn’t deserve much attention; that it follows the Brash 2025 Taskforce formula of misrepresenting the issue as some massive [...] read more
    December 1, 2010 4:28 pm - 122 Comments
  • frog

    General debate, December 1, 2010 - by frog



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    December 1, 2010 2:28 pm - 21 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    “The Morning Star” of West Papua - by Catherine Delahunty



    Today, December 1 is the day that people from all over the world show solidarity with West Papua. The much loved and contested symbol of West Papuan rights is the flag “The Morning Star” which will be flown in many places today. Keith Locke was at the flag raising in Auckland, while Russel Norman represented us [...] read more
    December 1, 2010 1:41 pm - 2 Comments
  • David Clendon

    How will/should Auckland grow? - by David Clendon



    The question of how Auckland should grow is one that you can expect to hear an increasing amount about over the next year as the Auckland Council develops their spatial plan. The government has already made their position pretty clear – both through the release of their new document “Building Competitive Cities” and through Steven Joyce’s [...] read more
    December 1, 2010 8:30 am - 46 Comments
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