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    Beach cricket - by frog



    Dr Cullen’s beach cricket analogy is an interesting one. He told the Labour Party conference over the weekend that Helen Clark and the Labour Party have been batting so long that the New Zealand public thinks that even though she and they are doing a good job it would be only fair if someone else [...] read more
    April 14, 2008 10:46 am - 38 Comments
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    Ra Ra Rasputin - by frog



    One of the National Party’s independent media commentators, Richard Long, is in the Dominion Post this morning comparing Winston Peters’ ability to survive to that of Rasputin. Let’s hope that’s the only quality he shares with the Russian mystic. However, it was interesting to note that Long was suggesting a possible parliament after the election [...] read more
    March 18, 2008 2:36 pm - 1 Comment
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    Did the Greens and Maori Party talk at Waitangi? - by frog



    The media jumped the gun a bit over Jeanette’s comments at Waitangi on the possibility of the Greens and Maori Party working more closely together during and/or after the election.  Nothing has been agreed and the two parties are only talking.  But, as I noted last year, there is an obvious synergy between the two [...] read more
    February 7, 2008 12:06 pm - 90 Comments
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    Pre Christmas polls - by frog



    The splash of voter intention polls over the weekend indicate that we might have one of two elections next year.  We could have a 2005 election, where the two largest parties battle out for supremacy to the exclusion of any nuance or debate in the campaign.  Or we could have a 2002 election where one [...] read more
    December 17, 2007 8:39 am - 34 Comments
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    Maori Party voters should think Green - by frog



    Three weeks ago Prof. Whatarangi Winiata gave a speech to the Maori Party Hui a Tau outlining the important independent voice that the Maori Party has bought to parliament. There is no doubting as he asserts that the Maori Party does represent an important and previously unrepresented voice in parliament. So much so, that its [...] read more
    November 12, 2007 12:19 pm - 65 Comments
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