Big News
Blog URL http://big-news.blogspot.com
Located Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand
Tags politics, New Zealand, Maori, parliament, current events, news, opinion, commentary, christian
News views and commentary on politics and current events from New Zealand and around the world
Latest Blog Posts
- on Nov 22, 2009 in democracy
We want democracyOn Saturday, several thousand people marched in Auckland, many chanting "we want democracy". This implies we don't have democracy. I`ll be posting on this sometime this week. But for now, consider this: What is the democracy that...
- on Nov 20, 2009 in journalism
Are blogs "journalism"?As a former journalist, I think I know what journalism is. I have reported on candidates over three elections. I don't consider this blog to be journalism due to the fact that I don't often interview people and report on what t...
- on Nov 20, 2009 in emissions trading scheme Maori
Maori seats and ETSCould someone explain how the Maori seats are seen by National as special treatment, whereas horsetrading over the Emissions Trading Scheme with the holders of most of the Maori seats in a willingness to disproportionately benefit...
- on Nov 19, 2009 in Wellington City Council
Submitting to Wellington City Council's district plan: The rubbish treatment ratepayers getAs many know, I live in the Wellington region and the Wellington City Council is making changes to the District Plan, and have been asking for submissions. Th...
- on Nov 17, 2009 in referenda Larry Baldock
A veto request to be ignored The Legislation Advisory Committee has advised Mary Harris, the Clerk of the House to veto Larry Baldock's petition question which aims to bind citizens initiated referenda, because it would contradict the fundamental...
- on Nov 17, 2009 in Beenie Man
Beenie Man apologises for.. well, nothing reallyBeenie Man is not happy for being withdrawn from the Big Day Out. He has issued this statement: I sincerely made a promise to renounce violence towards others and went ahead to sign the Reggae Compassio...
- on Nov 15, 2009 in All Whites
I can see Capetown now Bahrain has goneWell, wasn't that a fantastic match last night. I was able to watch it live on the Internet. The last time we qualified for the World Cup, goal-scorer Rory Fallon was not even born and his dad was the assist...
