Should we accept Mike Hosking’s attempt at voter suppression on Seven Sharp?
Last night, Mike Hosking told the country that New Zealanders who had not enrolled by yesterday couldn’t vote.
This is 1000% bullshit.
New Zealand Politics
-
-
Ohariu u-turn – Latest Green Party meltdown
I’m voting Greens because I stand with Metiria and because they are the only Party who are actually promising to do something about poverty in this country. Labour are too gutless and spineless to increase welfare, the Greens have the courage to do that.
Unfortunately I’m not sure the Greens will be able to get to the finish line without self-mutilating themselves into oblivion.
-
GUEST BLOG: Damon Rusden – Campaign Diary Part 2
“Today I went to Greenmeadows primary school and went along with a support teacher to see what they do and need.
-
A f**king idiot calling a f**king idiot a f**king idiot is irony cubed
Where do I even begin with this one?
-
New war crime allegations by NZDF must be investigated
Tying the dead of our enemies onto the front of tanks and unloading them in front of villagers in an attempt to shock them is desecrating corpses, and the desecration of the war dead is a war crime…
-
Bill English had bad acne as a teenager – he understands pain
As National strategists desperately scramble to make Bill English seem as empathetic as Jacinda Ardern, Bill’s opened up about his pain.
-
The only reason farmers suddenly care about the water is because they know Labour will win
The only reason the bloody corporate farmers who are intensifying dairy suddenly care about the water is because they sense the outrage from voters at the way they have stolen and polluted our water ways while giving us expensive product because they charge us what they can get off shore.
-
Watch for the ‘no policy’ sexist attack on Jacinda by the right in the election
Jacinda’s popularity is based on hope, emotional intelligence, compassion based reasoning and the ability to connect personally and empathetically to voters. Painting her as emotional and flakey with no policy as Matthew Hooton did when she won the leadership is a sexist wishful fantasy on behalf of the right, and it should be shown the contempt it deserves at the ballot box next month.
-
GUEST BLOG: Dr Liz Gordon – No hope for equality for women in next Parliament
Women holding out for gender equality in Parliament after this election are likely to be disappointed. The main mechanism for achieving gender equity within parties is the party list, and most of the parties that will do well in 2017 are far from gender equal. There are currently 38 women in parliament, and the outlook for doing much better is poor.
-
Maori TV Leaders Debate – What new poll means, Hone Harawira + Gareth Morgan shine
If there is a desire for change within the Maori electorate as strong as it is forming within the General electorate we need to start thinking about a Labour + Green Government because if this Maori support joins middle class support joins workers, women, beneficiaries and most importantly young voters, Labour will have a shot at a 40+ result now.