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  • giovanni tiso,

    Jamil? No way! I went to university with that guy.

    (I know, I know, welcome to New Zealand, Giovanni. I still get stupidly excited about this sort of thing.)

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    A would-be Prime Minister must expect scrutiny of every word.

    Certainly Mr. Bingham, and one would think that a credible news organisation would man up and own it when they get punked. Sorry for harking back to my old bete noir -- the Operation Leaf scam -- but Cate Brett would have salvaged at least a fig-leaf of credibility if she'd just fronted up and said, "I was had, end of story."

    Yes, the financial probity of anyone in public life is a legitimate matter of public interest. So is a spin-free explanation about why and how the New Zealand Herald splashed a so-called 'neutron bomb' that fell apart within hours.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Whoops,

    Who paid for Dunne's coffee when he met with Key recently?

    If JK applies the same threshold as he did with Winston... it might have been $3.80 wasted...

    here • Since Apr 2007 • 105 posts Report Reply

  • Rich of Observationz,

    Maybe APN will go bust and Auckland will be the first city without a newspaper. Personally, given we have the Internet for news, that'd be no bad thing.

    Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    BTW, I don't want to sound like I'm pissing on Bingham -- he's a solid but unexceptional reporter, and bout the only person I feel any sympathy for whatsoever in this mess.

    And am I the only person who thinks that if positions were reverse, and John Key was left holding the dud neutron bomb, he would have gotten a rougher, more sceptical and persistent reception from the press corps than Clark did this weekend?

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Litterick,

    Now would be a good time to introduce laws prohibiting cross-media ownership

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1000 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    If JK applies the same threshold as he did with Winston...

    Well, for that to kick in we'd need at least another nine months of evasions, flip-flops, strategic memory lapses (and conveniently discovered documents) and a couple of rounds of accusing Audrey Young of being a forger.

    I'd also ask Phil Kitchen whether Dunne has been calling him a pathological liar and threatening to bring a defamation suit over the last couple of days.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Peter Darlington,

    PS: Some applause, please for the New Zealand U17 women's football team, who have participated in two wonderfully watchable matches in the past week. They lost both, ending any hope of advancing in the tournament,...

    There was more sweet midfield work by that U17 side in their two games than you'll see in half a dozen Phoenix matches. This created a load of chances for them and it was just a shame they didn't have more fire power up front to put a few away. Even one decent goal scorer and they'd be heading reasonably confidently into the quarter finals.

    Nelson • Since Nov 2006 • 949 posts Report Reply

  • Whoops,

    Well, for that to kick in we'd need at least another nine months...

    True.

    ... Mind you, it would seem there'd be little/no loss for Helen to come out swinging and declare she wouldn't have Dunne in gvt as John has done with Winston.

    here • Since Apr 2007 • 105 posts Report Reply

  • LegBreak,

    There was more sweet midfield work by that U17 side in their two games than you'll see in half a dozen Phoenix matches

    Like he said.

    The reason we can hold our heads high on this is that, from TV coverage anyway, we would appear to be one of the few sides not cheating in the Age Eligibility Department.

    I’m looking at you Germany…

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report Reply

  • Don Christie,

    Lessig questions - what role do you have in advising the Obama policy team?

    Are there likely to be any changes in approach to Copyright and patent issues in the event that Obama wins the election on Tuesday?

    What implications would this have for the USA's stance on FTA negotiations?

    I really wish I could be in Auckland for Lessig's talk tonight. If you are close by...go.

    Please send him the regards of Don Christie and many many others :-)

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report Reply

  • Rich of Observationz,

    one of the few sides not cheating in the Age Eligibility Department.

    How can they cheat? I'd imagine FIFA want to see birth certificates when they register players.

    Or do you just mean the German girls look old? That's a bit ungentlemanly?

    Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply

  • Gareth Ward,

    Well, for that to kick in we'd need... strategic memory lapses (and conveniently discovered documents) and a couple of rounds of accusing Audrey Young of being a forger.

    Mr Dunne said yesterday he could not recall putting out a press release calling for a change to the UN fish stocks legislation,

    neither could he recall ever speaking to Mr Meurant about fishing legislation.

    He accused the newspaper of beating up the story.

    =P
    The timing and content of these document leaks is really interesting - lead in with Winston, get the hacks frothing at the awful indignity of it all and then pop in with "oh yeah, Dracula was in the thick of it too". Maybe there was dodge going on (frankly I wouldn't outright believe it off the back of that story) but the game behind all this is even more interesting...

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report Reply

  • Peter Martin,

    And whatever way it goes, I think we're due some strong public inquiry on lobbying practices in the racing and fishing industries, no matter who it embarrasses.

    A strong inquiry into ALL lobbying practices would be in order. Some nice ,bright sunlight on these back room activites would benefit all round.

    But I think the 'embarrassment' would put paid to any such antiseptic activity.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report Reply

  • Don Christie,

    but the game behind all this is even more interesting...

    Damn straight, chuck in the Bob Jones "independent" interest and this definitely has the makings of something beyond face value.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report Reply

  • Hadyn Green,

    PS: Some applause, please for the New Zealand U17 women's football team, who have participated in two wonderfully watchable matches in the past week. They lost both, ending any hope of advancing in the tournament,...

    While they can't continue, they aren't finished yet. There is still one last game against Colombia tomorrow night at the Caketin

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2090 posts Report Reply

  • LegBreak,

    Looking at it from a pure sporting contest point of view; no need to be gentlemanly.

    The Germans simply look bigger in all departments. Bigger, faster, stronger, broader, taller etc…

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    Damn straight, chuck in the Bob Jones "independent" interest and this definitely has the makings of something beyond face value.

    And then we get the Stoned Teenager Caught Shoving A Sparker Up The Cat's Bum Defence: "But everyone does it, why do you haaaaate me!" {Stifled sob, then flounces out of the room, pausing only to slam the door}

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Harris,

    "Leave Bob aloooooooone!"

    Waikanae • Since Jul 2008 • 1343 posts Report Reply

  • Don Christie,

    A propos of nothing on this thread. This is what a good Republican looks like:

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F,

    "Leave Bob aloooooooone!"

    Things I didn't need to be reminded of #38779...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Curiously, this is one Phil Kitchin lead story that David Farrar appears to have forgotten to accord full-noise exposure to. Or, actually, blog about at all ...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Gareth Ward,

    Not quite true Russell - it's just conspicuously different in length and tone to anything on Peters:
    http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/11/dunne_also_implicated_in_meurant_papers.html

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report Reply

  • Graeme Edgeler,

    this is one Phil Kitchin lead story that David Farrar appears to have forgotten to ... blog about at all ...

    And except for this post you'd be right.

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 3215 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Not quite true Russell - it's just conspicuously different in length and tone to anything on Peters:

    Ah, thanks ...

    If Labour doesn't form a government, it can certainly spend the next three years demanding inquiries and quoting the racing chapter in the Hollow Men ...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

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