Media Archive

  • Catherine Delahunty

    “Reshaping” the Ministry of Education



    I’m not a morning person at the best of times, and trying to understand what the Minister of Education was saying on “Morning Report” today about cuts to the Ministry of Education cuts was a true challenge. Is this an opposition beat up? Is the Minister directing the Ministry to cut administration services? Is it a [...] read more
    March 11, 2010 11:02 am - 7 Comments
  • frog

    No global warming since 1995. Really?



    Here is a great summary of the danger of scientific reporting by the press, based on a recent example. The Daily Mail story mentioned in the video, and the BBC transcript. Compare for yourself I could link to a few blogs that blindly ran with the Daily Mail take on things, but that would be [...] read more
    February 23, 2010 9:26 am - 75 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    No boat ride for me and John



    My Dirty Rivers Rafting Tour is going so well that I invited the PM to join me. Since the launch on the Hutt River in late January, I have visited the Waihou in Waikato and the Taumarere in Northland, attracting some good local interest and starting some great conversations with locals about the state of their [...] read more
    February 16, 2010 5:09 pm - 17 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    New Conservation Minister off to a bad start with DOC review



    The Press this morning carried the news that new Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson has ordered a review into the advocacy role of her department. The story is not online for some reason, so I’ve reproduced the first few paragraphs below: Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson has ordered an investigation into her department’s advocacy role – a move [...] read more
    February 9, 2010 2:38 pm - 60 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    An open letter to Hillary Clinton



    Dear Secretary Clinton, The Green Party welcomes you to New Zealand. We are pleased that your administration is engaging with world problems in a more consultative and multilateral way than was the case with the previous Bush administration. We welcome the new direction President Obama has taken on nuclear disarmament, recognising that we need a world free of [...] read more
    January 14, 2010 11:21 am - 25 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Head of State opinion piece kicks off debate



    I received a good New Year present from the Dominion Post when they published my opinion piece on the Head of State Referenda Bill under the title “Hands up for a president of Aotearoa”. This has kicked off the debate I had hoped around my Head of State private members bill, which enables Kiwis to choose between keeping the monarch or moving towards a democratically selected head of state. read more
    January 6, 2010 2:49 pm - 165 Comments
  • frog

    John Key to BBC or not to BBC?



    Rumours in Copenhagen are that John Key has been bumped from the BBC’s Copenhagen debate tomorrow, billed as the ‘greatest debate on Earth.’ If so, he’s missed out on what Climate Change Minister Nick Smith has called a ‘huge honour:’ “Basically, what you’re looking for is a non-European developed country that’s seen to be constructive.” If there has [...] read more
    December 16, 2009 1:56 pm - 9 Comments
  • frog

    Have your say on factory farm proposals



    The “battery cows” story rolls on this morning. The Greens have prepared a guide to making a submission against the consent applications, which close on 18 December. Read the submission guide here and have your say. read more
    December 8, 2009 11:59 am - 33 Comments
  • frog

    Come to Copenhagen, John!



    US President Barack Obama is going to Copenhagen next month. The more time goes by, the more John Key is sticking out like a sore thumb with his refusal to attend. Jeanette and Kennedy will be there for the NZ Greens – and as Russel cheekily suggested, they’re happy to help John Key find accommodation if he’s stuck at such late notice! read more
    November 26, 2009 4:54 pm - 26 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    The world catches on to New Zealand’s shameless greenwash



    It looks like the rest of the world is catching on to New Zealand’s dirty little secret: we trade off our “clean green” “100% pure” image, when in fact our environmental record has been anything but. I guess we were hoping our export partners and potential tourists wouldn’t notice, but it just got pointed out in [...] read more
    November 13, 2009 10:48 am - 91 Comments
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