NZ Herald Archive

  • Sue Kedgley

    Protest photo punishment too harsh? - by Sue Kedgley



    What was the Speaker thinking about when he came down so heavily on the NZ Herald, just before the election, for publishing a photo on its website of a highly unusual event in Parliament. I wonder whether he had thought through the implications for democracy of preventing one of the major newspapers in New Zealand [...] read more
    October 10, 2011 11:16 am - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Greens’ concern over Parliamentary urgency gains widespread support - by frog



    Last year, around the time the shameful Hobbit Bill was being rammed through Parliament in two days and without Select Committee scrutiny, Russel Norman posted here and here about his increasing concern over the National-led Government’s use of Parliamentary urgency to bypass normal Parliamentary process: The problem with urgency is that it often means that laws [...] read more
    April 20, 2011 9:07 am - 16 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Rudman’s Dalai Lama piece a tad lame - by Keith Locke



    I was a little disappointed to read Brian Rudman’s column this week in the New Zealand Herald about the upcoming visit of the Dalai Lama. In Mr Rudman’s opinion our Prime Minister shouldn’t meet with the Dalai Lama when it could upset the Chinese Government. read more
    November 26, 2009 5:42 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    Launch of anti-MMP moves selectively leaked - by frog



    According to NZ Herald Columnist Fran O’Sullivan the issue of a referendum on MMP was discussed at cabinet on Monday 31 August 2009.   Yesterday Ms O’Sullivan informed Newstalk ZB drive time host Larry Williams of how this information was conveyed to her – presumably by Mr Key – and how the parliamentary press gallery was [...] read more
    September 8, 2009 6:35 pm - 47 Comments
  • frog

    Greens And Granny Herald Subs Stop Potential Port Sale - by frog



    Image crafted by Lyndon Hood ***** This morning I just about choked on my breakfast of lilies and insects as I was reading the New Zealand Herald (online version). The Herald had an article implying that the Ports Of Auckland chairman Gary Judd thought now – as in right in the middle of an economic [...] read more
    March 11, 2009 6:13 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    Has Murray Banned Aid? - by frog



    Image crafted by Lyndon Hood *****I’m keen to see whether the kiwi media will be knocking at Foreign Minister Murray McCully’s door and ask him what on earth he is up to with his shake-up of New Zealand’s aid to some of the poorest people in our region. I nearly tripped over ‘his Muzzness’ as [...] read more
    March 10, 2009 4:24 pm - 11 Comments