New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paul Holmes' facile take on the Hanover/Allied deal would've gladdened the hearts of shark advisers everywhere. With his gleeful admission of financial ignorance, Holmes puts himself forward to join that well-established line of...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
I hope I am not the only one who found his eyes rolling round in his head trying to understand the ins and outs of what Allied Farmers are proposing for Hanover Finance.Allied Farmers, a $12 million company that reported a $34...
EdTechPost (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
This past weekend I joined about 100 others for the first Wordcamp Victoria, a celebration and exploration of all things Wordpress. Hats off to Paul Holmes and the other volunteers for organizing a fine gathering. Now I am not a great joiner at the best of times, and when it comes to “camp” style gatherings I [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The thing about the whole Hone Harawira business is the double standard. If a European Member of Parliament had railed against Maori motherf*****s raping the country through the centuries, the reaction would have been volcanic, not...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
The thing about the whole Hone Harawira business is the double standard. If a European Member of Parliament had railed against Maori motherf*****s raping the country through the centuries, the reaction would have been volcanic, not...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Police are defending their handling of the case against Millie Elder after her lawyer said police were seeking "good publicity" by bringing charges.The estranged daughter of broadcaster Paul Holmes was facing charges of possessing...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
This morning the Human Rights Commission kindly posted what action was taken following Paul Holmes’ “racial slur” of then Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Anan – back in 2003. To put it neatly, Joris “informally mediated” (his words) the following to occur: 1. Paul Holmes and the station would write a personal letter of apology to [...]
Dare to Know (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
News of the inaugural meeting of a new All Party Parliamentary Group on Home Education has reached us via Graham Stuart's Twitter. We are not sure of all of the names of those on the group, but believe it includes the following: Conservative Graham Stuart (Chair) Michael Gove Mark Field Oliver Heald Andrew Selous Anne Milton Graham Brady Alistair Burt Stephen Crabb Robert Goodwill Julie Kirkbride Peter...
Big News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Racism is a lawful freedom of expression According to Race Relations commissioner Joris de Bres, the Human Rights Commission [pdf], racism is a lawful freedom of expression under some circumstances, and Hone Harawira was within his rights to be racially offensive, because his comments were not insulting, abusive, or likely to bring contempt to any group. This is despite quite a few people considering...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Well, Rodney Hide might have said that John Key doesn't do anything, and I'm sure that is not right judging from Key's gratifying speech last month on tackling the "P" problem in New Zealand, which was clearly his own initiative.To...
IP Lab Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
The great author Witi Ihimaera has admitted to plagiarism. There is probably no greater sin an author can commit. The world comes down heavily on plagiarism. It is cheating. It is theft of intellectual property.What's more, Ihimaera... (source: New Zealand Herald) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Transform Drug Policy Foundation (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
PRESS NOTICE: from the Parliamentary Drugs and Alcohol Treatment and Harm Reduction Group Chair: Lord David Ramsbotham Secretary: Mike Wood MP Vice Chairs: David Burrowes MP, Paul Flynn MP, Paul Holmes MP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MPs table motion calling for drugs policy based on scientific evidence MPs from the Cross-Party Group on Drugs and Alcohol Treatment and Harm Reduction (DATHR) have today tabled...
No Right Turn (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Yesterday morning, Police Minister Judith Collins fronted up on Q&A to answer questions about new police powers and specifically the police's new asset seizure unit . Paul Holmes pressed her on civil liberties, pointing out that the asset forfeiture regime was the end of "innocent until proven guilty". The Minister's response? It's fantastic isn't it? Yes, Really . We have a fascist as...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
A couple of times this year I have been asked to speak to high school students. For what it is worth, here is what I tell them about life as I have found it so far.Schools are wonderful places of learning and caring and friendships....
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
A couple of times this year I have been asked to speak to high school students. For what it is worth, here is what I tell them about life as I have found it so far.Schools are wonderful places of learning and caring and friendships....
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