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Kiwiblog – where even “terrorists” debate the issues!
I was amused to get a call on Friday from the Herald on Sunday informing me that one of the Urewera 17, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, had previously posted on my blog in relation to how sovereignity...
View ArticleRickards resigns
At long last, it is over. Clint Rickards has resigned from the NZ Police. The disciplinary tribunal was to be in February. Rickards presumably realised it was almost inevitable he would not win, or at...
View ArticleBunkle to seek diversion
Former Alliance Cabinet Minister Phillida Bunkle is expected to seek diversion in relation to her shoplifting charges. Seems reasonable. It was only $22, but you do wonder what the hell was she doing....
View ArticlePolice “terror” evidence online
I thought this might happen. Someone has put online a copy of the 155 page Police file on the “terror” suspects as a pdf. The website it is on appears to be a group called the NZ Civil Liberties Union...
View ArticleGraeme Burton
The coroner’s hearing into Graeme Burton’s murder of Karl Kuchenbecker has made it very clear how flawed the parole system is. Burton was the last person in the world who should have been paroled. He...
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Refugee Numbers
No Right Turn compares our refugee numbers with Australia and finds that they take in far more per capita than NZ. He says that the Immigration Service is in denial with their claim NZ has a high...
View ArticleGST on Fruit and Veges
Some Massey University researchers are calling for GST to be dropped on fruit and vegetables. As a general principle I am against any further exemptions to GST. We have a relatively simple indirect...
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The VC theft
Words almost fail me. The theft of nine VCs including the almost unique medal and bar awarded to Charles Upham is a despicable crime. If they catch the thieves, I say put them into the safe keeping of...
View ArticleThanks Lord Ashcroft
A big thanks to Michael, Lord Ashcroft for his very generous $200,000 reward for information leading to the return of the stolen military medals. It will be a tragedy if they are never found. Tags: New...
View ArticleAnother private prosecution
I heard on the radio that Graham McCready has said he is likely to drop his private prosecution of Trevor Mallard as he believes the dock appearance has damaged him enough. In the same week, another...
View ArticleCharity Auction
Sell me Free has a kids xmas charity auction. You can bid for the stuff below, and the money goes to charity. Closes 19 December. 81 auctions in total. 9 Pacific Island holidays 9 domestic airfares 17...
View ArticleAnother body snatching case
It’s sad that there has been another body snatching case. Losing a family member is tough enough without having to put up with battles over the corpse. The wishes of the deceased (who nominates a...
View ArticleDrink Driving Blitz
The SST reports on a drink driving blitz on Friday night which tested 52,000 vehicles and 335 drivers face prosecution. I was one of those tested, on the on ramp to the Wellington motorway, driving...
View ArticlePublic Address Word of the Year
Public Address have announced their word of the year as “Te Qaeda”. The first use of it, according to Google, was by Seamonkey Madness at 4.08 pm on the day of the raids. The overall top ten are: 1....
View ArticleThe Innocence Project
Poneke (who is becoming a must read) has a very informative post about how Phil Goff’s promised inquiry into the Peter Ellis case was nobbled. And yes the Val Sim he refers to is the same one who said...
View ArticleACC set to sue Affco for gang shooting in car park
NZPA reports that ACC won’t back down with Affco: ACC and Affco became involved in a long-running battle after Joel Storey, 23, was left paralysed from the waist down from what appeared to be a gang...
View ArticleA second e-mail from the Gourmet Food Store
The Southland Times has a story on the e-mail from Margaret McHugh of the Gourmet Food Company to a staffer at Ray White. Well a second e-mail has just hit the inboxes – involving a different customer,...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II
I may be a Republican but it doesn’t mean I don’t admire the superb service the Queen has given over her lifetime, and she is now Britain’s oldest monarch. I was surprised to read that she is only the...
View ArticleMargaret McHugh on the attack
Not only is Margaret McHugh unapologetic for her e-mails to customers, she has lodged 242 complaints with companies whose staff e-mailed her in response to the viral e-mail. This fits the earlier...
View ArticleThe new road safety proposals
Just before Christmas, the Government announced some proposals for improving road safety. There’s a lot of them, so worth going through in detail: to extend from six to twelve months the minimum time...
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