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14/08/10

Sir Ronald Trotter

08/08/10

Hone Harawira's rant on Racial Marriage

04/04/10

Theresa Gattung and Telecom

29/03/10

Lindsay Mitchell on bleeding heart, Tapu Misa

09/03/10

The Herald does it AGAIN

05/03/10

Lindsay Mitchell on Welfare reform

03/03/10

The Herald and Constitutional Propriety

17/02/10

The Government and Non-governmental agencies

12/02/10

Roger Kerr on youth unemployment

23/09/09

The Ups and Downs of Local Government Reform

17/09/09

Being a Liberal in New Zealand Politics

05/09/09

Dedicated Maori Seats in Auckland?

16/04/09

Reactions to the Plan for Auckland

15/04/09

The Left's Dirty Tricks

01/04/09

The Report of the Auckland Royal Commission

13/03/09

What to do with the Royal Commission's Report?

12/03/09

The Collapse of the New Zealand Herald

11/03/09

Wall Street Journal on John Key
What to do with the Royal Commission's Report? 13/03/2009
THE ROYAL COMMISSION


The Herald’s Auckland City Reporter has an article in this morning’s paper wanting the immediate release of the Royal Commission’s report before the government has had time to consider it.

Why, pray, would any self-respecting minister release the report sight unseen to a reporter whom the Herald’s own editor admitted only two days ago “misinterprets” information? It is in the public interest that the Royal Commission report is accurately reported to the people of Auckland. It must not be the victim of some drive-by shooting from Bernard Orsman. I trust that Minister of Local Government, Rodney Hide, resists the Herald’s call, at least until that paper cleans up its act.