Banks: Interest rates may be cut by more than one percent; Key at odds with other APEC leaders; flooding in the South Island; the most popular Kiwi movie; and more
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Knights & Dames
Jon dispenses with aroha to explore John Key's retrograde plan to restore knighthoods
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday November 24
NZ commits to further trade talks; Education Ministry seeks compensation for leaky schools; $450 million drop in lamb exports; plastics recycling system misleading; get your life insurance from Tony's Tyre Service; and more
Read MoreChange isn't ageist, it's vital
Deborah Hill Cone's attack on my change analysis in today's Herald misses the point entirely, and seems to pine for a little bit of good ol' fashioned sexism and racism
Read MoreThose French farmers are at it again
Stories of the EU "overhauling" its farm subsidies are coming off the wires today. If only they were true
Read MoreIt's a giddy time... for now
National is enjoying the onset of what should be a long honeymoon. Are there any black clouds looming?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday November 21
Stockmarkets fall across Europe, Asia and US; Chinese unemployment rates look "grim"; Peru concludes FTA with China; EU shifts policy on farm subsidies; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday November 21
Stricter bail laws by Christmas, new prison by 2011; families of violent kids to get parenting courses; John Key earns more than Kevin Rudd; new faces in Labour's shadow cabinet; Otago's "all white" cricket promo; and more
Read MoreThe high cost of staying alive
If the government can rush to fund Herceptin, why not Tarceva, a drug for those suffering from more lethal lung cancer? One patient who's paying $2,000 per month just to stay alive speaks out
Read MoreThe big tanks of the US auto industry running on empty
The American auto industry car tsars took their corporate jets to Washington to plead poverty, but the Big Three's warnings of catastrophic job losses haven't convinced senators to ride to their rescue
Read MoreNew Zealand's 'populist chic'
Pundit reader Kate Hannah muses on anti-intellectualism in the United States and New Zealand
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday November 20
Air New Zealand to lay off 200 staff; Key and co to get pay rise; Rickards got $300,000 payout from police; $700 million development shelved; Kiwis 15th happiest in world; and more
Read MoreKey's action plan needs fine tuning
John Key’s first 100 days are starting with a hiss and a roar – but a pause for breath and is in order, especially if he wants to avoid ACT building its influence to his right
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday November 19
$100m oil tanker hijacked by pirates in 92nd attack this year; Chinese government imposes lay-off restriction; British foreign minister meets Syrian leader, fighting flares in Gaza; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday November 19
National cabinet sworn in today; verdicts in Nia Glassie case; housing slump worst on record; John Key reconsiders 'fart tax'; birth rate at highest level since 1962; and more
Read MoreWe don't need all that stuff anyway
The upside of the global recession--and yes, there is one
Read MoreAfghanistan in the media: Pundits on TV
Jihad to continue against "foreign forces" in Afghanistan, as we debate media coverage of our soldiers there on TVNZ 7
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday November 18
G20 leaders promise fiscal action, reject protectionism; Japan declares recession; Western Australia lifts uranium ban; peace talks promised in Congo; and more
Read MoreAsking mean questions about the coalition deals
A bunch of less-loving questions about the new coalition deals, like how badly the Maori Party's mana has been damaged by its deal and whether Sir Roger Douglas will be on the leadership council
Read MoreThe coalition deals - did Pundit pick right?
Herceptin and hunting, trading schemes and taxes... Is the new government's policy platform what we expected before the election?
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