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Today’s Fairfax Media poll brings the theory that Labour was turning its fortunes around into serious question. I enjoyed this quote from the Dominion Post:
Prime Minister Helen Clark, who is in South Korea, could not be contacted for comment.
I guess she hasn’t given it much thought , eh?
The Greens are continuing along in or around […]

Gordon Campbell’s interview of Russel on Scoop’s Election 08 yesterday is a fascinatingly read.  Campbell, with his background in the Green Party’s parliamentary team, knew the tough questions to ask and seemed determined that his interview could not be perceived as a patsy, or lacking journalistic credibility. 
The first half of the interview deals with a […]

The big media story from the Green’s party list announcement yesterday turned out to be Kennedy Graham.  The Herald opened with:
Ken Graham wears a subdued grey suit, loves opera, is a Fulbright scholar and prominent international lawyer, and speaks in a cultured accent courtesy of a career as a diplomat in Europe.
Dr Kennedy Graham is […]

Lyndon Hood’s answers to frequently asked questions about the Emissions Trading Scheme is a beaut:
If New Zealand wants to maintain its edge as a clean, green nation, we urgently need to pretend as hard as we can to take decisive action on climate change.
I suspect he was inspired by John Armstrong on Saturday:
The result is […]

Dene Mackensie has a go this morning at speculating on the election date in the Otago Daily Times [off line].  He suggests that there will be a 1 October introduction of tax cuts from the government.  This means it will want an election at least four weeks after that to ensure everybody has had a […]

Campbell Live gave a big plug tonight to this new blog/portal The Wire and its daddy, Slam X Hype. The first sign of middle age is when you notice that not a single blogger on the new site is older than you are, and you’re not that old. (really) A few random reads of posts […]

I hadn’t seen this story until an obviously scandalised No Minister drew it to my attention.  Apparently Parliament could be getting flashing green women to replace the green men on pedestrian lights that let us walk across the street at the right time.  I love the picture in the paper (below) - I reckon it […]

Such is the title of a NIWA press release just out. (not online yet) They are reacting publicly to their inclusion in the Heartland Institute’s list of 500 scientists with doubts about climate change and global warming.
The Heartland Institute has named five New Zealanders in a list of 500 scientists whose published research is alleged […]

Check out Breakfast’s Paul Henry displaying two different interviewing styles this morning -  first John Key, then Russel Norman.  I guess you could at least say he has a range of journalistic skills.
Sadly TVNZ’s internet footage has cut short the clip of Russel’s interview, omitting the bit where Henry’s colleague Pippa Wetzell hints that Henry, […]

DeSmogBlog has published a rapidly growing list of outraged climate scientists - all of whom were listed on the Heartland Institute’s “500 Scientists with Documented Doubts” statement after the climate change deniers conference in New York last March. Here are just three of the quotes on offer:
I am horrified to find my name on such […]