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Public Address 23/05/05 - Strange Things
Monday, 23 May 2005, 11:37 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Planting a book is not like planting a bomb ... Of all obscure experiences nested within other obscure experiences, how fares the finding of a well-thumbed English language paperback of 'The Mind of Adolf Hitler' planted on a random shelf of the ... More >>
Public Address 20/05- Budget Response & Lunch
Friday, 20 May 2005, 11:37 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
First, the government is now officially planning on a mid-September election. Second, this ought to be clear by now: Michael Cullen does not see tax relief as an end in itself, but as an overall policy instrument... More >>
Public Address 19/05/05 - Star Wars And School Day
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 5:41 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The Herald this morning is characterising the shift in tax brackets to be announced in today's Budget as similar to those proposed last year by United Future, which suggests that UF will be stepping up to take credit after the announcement... More >>
Public Address 18/05/05 - Right Hand Of Darkness
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 12:07 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The right hand of darkness | May 18, 2005 05:40 Jolisa Gracewood in New Haven More >>
Public Address 17/05/05 - An Education
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 12:24 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
So, as I figured, the intention of last week's flurry of Parliamentary questions was to push David Benson Pope into a denial in the House - thus radically escalating the seriousness of the matter. And Rodney Hide's apparent backdown was also doubtless ... More >>
Public Address 16/5 - Nightmare On Molesworth St.
Monday, 16 May 2005, 1:55 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The Herald has picked up today on the NBR's speculation about a possible deal to give Winston Peters the job of Prime Minister in a potential coalition with National, with Don Brash shuttling off to run the finances... More >>
Public Address 13/05/05 - Going Nuclear
Friday, 13 May 2005, 12:06 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I wouldn't put too much stock in Rodney Hide's apparent speedy withdrawal of his claims of historical classroom bullying against associate education minister David Benson Pope. I'd say the whole idea was to extract denials on multiple allegations ... More >>
Public Address 12/05/05 - Clear And Present Danger
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 12:36 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
A hoax 111 call yesterday had police, emergency services, the Westpac helicopter and army units mobilised and rushed to an area of native bush 30 kilometre west of Dargaville. The anonymous caller -- who identified himself as Stephen Bainbridge, ... More >>
Public Address 11/05/05 - Top News!
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 11:29 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I have some news: our Great New Zealand Argument feature is to be a book. I signed off the final copy on Monday and it will be out in the first week of July... More >>
Public Address 10/05/05 - Prophecies Of Doone
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 1:03 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Another 30 questions from the Gallery about Doone at the PM's press conference today, sparked by Rodney "Putting-the-Bust-in-Ombudsman" Hide. Clark took a new tack, saying that, "really, who gives a toss about what Doone's exact words were - either way, ... More >>
Public Address 09/05/05 - It's A Gas
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:51 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
It clearly hasn't taken long for Winston Peters to reach the bottom of his barrel of inappropriate Iraqis in our midst. His new target is a legitimate refugee - and by his own account, a whistleblower who fled the regime in fear of his life... More >>
Public Address 06/05/05 - Friday Flash
Friday, 6 May 2005, 12:12 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The abandoned cats story may well do John Tamihere more harm with the public than his various other political calamities. A lot of people see the treatment of animals as a character issue, and their view of Tamihere will not be at all improved by this ... More >>
Public Address 05/05/05 - Oh Bovver
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 2:05 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Go Keith! Keith Ng's student allowances scoop made it to Parliamentary Question Time yesterday, via Nandor Tanczos, who used it as the basis for questions for Trevor Mallard (scroll down to question 9)... More >>
Public Address 04/05/05 - Bad Guys
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 12:58 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
How lucky is Winston Peters? Courtesy of what is obviously a cracking source in Immigration, he cultivates headlines with the claim that a former Iraqi cabinet minister is here on a visitor's permit. Paul Swain orders a search which turns up the former Iraqi ... More >>
Public Address 03/05/05 - Scoops And Blackouts
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 1:04 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
How clever of Metro magazine to stage a major power cut last night as a marketing device for its cover story on Auckland's ailing infrastructure. Or possibly not. Anyway, shortly before 7pm, the lights went out in Pt Chevalier, Grey Lynn, Westmere, ... More >>
Public Address 02/05/05 - Mysteries
Monday, 2 May 2005, 11:32 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Yes, yes, I was so right about Hugo on Shortland Street. Ahh, the fan leans back with feet up and sighs, content in the knowledge that all that couch time wasn't for nothing. Oh, alright, so the video camera was a dead giveaway, as was the fact ... More >>
Public Address 29/04/05 - Absolute Lashings!
Friday, 29 April 2005, 1:36 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The New Zealand branch of the iTunes Music Store isn't too far off launching by the look of what Apple Insider has found this week. It has a shot of an account sign-up page for New Zealand... More >>
Public Address: Department Of Unusual Affairs
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 12:06 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Hands up who knew before this week that former police commissioner Peter Doone was still pursuing legal action over a story run by the Sunday Star Times five years ago? It was revealed yesterday that the action against the paper had been dropped ... More >>
Public Address 27/04/05 - Destiny's Child
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 3:25 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Was chatting with a mate a few days back and we both agreed. The product of the Destiny Church may be a couple of good things. When you see the discussion blogs and the newspapers reporting around election time, there seems to be a bit of a panic on ... More >>
Public Address 26/04/05 - Hot Anzac Biscuits!
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 12:06 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I've been reading Sir Keith Sinclair's A Destiny Apart: New Zealand's Search for National Identity, which makes some fascinating observations about the practice of war remembrance that developed here after World War 1. A conventionally religious ... More >>
