It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.
Isn’t it funny how on Blogger just above the text box is the ‘recover post’ link, this is kind of like a recovery post. So the election is finally over, sort of. And thank god the initial media frenzy around the potential government discussions has calmed down, I think they all finally figured [...]
Radical Youth welcome our new overlords.
The spectacle that was the General election has been and gone, your obedient and doting youth are still as marginalized as ever. While we cannot vote we appreciate the fact that you who are so wise and noble are willing to make decisions for us.
We also like the fact that [...]
So it’s over 100% of votes counted and Labour has the majority. Here comes Helen for her speech…
Yay thank you mainstream New Zealand! (although I would say fuck the mainstream, I’m part of a braided river).
I am a wee bit sad that the Green vote has dropped a bit and the idea of parliament [...]
Yay this is getting better. Did have a few issues with the Greens being below 5% and the gap between the major two parties but went out for a bit and things got a whole lot better!
And the one big surprise? Rodney’s actually kicking ass!
And Blumsky has conceded. yay!
And we are now watching [...]
Tonight I will be reporting from the Green Party election party at Thistle Hall Cuba Street Wellington.
We’ve been setting up here all afternoon and the place looks great! I certainly think no matter what happens in the polls we’ll be rocking here tonight.
So we’re currently on 4.7% and smiling. There’s a few people [...]
Tomorrow the people of Aotearoa will go to the polls to decide the fate of the nation for the next three years and in some policy areas, beyond that. This campaign has been the closest in my memory and probably the dirtiest. It has been long and gruelling and very tiring. But [...]
I’m sure you’re all aware of the smear leaflet (if not, check out frog)
I must congratulate Jeanette on her handling of this one. The Green reaction definitely shows a political maturing. In 1999 and 2002 there were a number of leaflets distributed about the Greens. My personal favourite was the leaflet distributed [...]
That was me going a bit busy for a while. So time for an update.
Isn’t the weather lovely!
Last weekend I went to the Radio NZ minor party leaders debate at Circa Theatre in Wellington. And I must say what a refreshing debate it was! They were such a polite bunch of well-mannered [...]
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