Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Inside the Shrine https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312028#post312028 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312028#post312028 Oh, he is. But a very specific kind of Yellow Peril. I wonder, does he mean to suggest that Collins and Williamson would never have gotten into trouble had they not been corrupted by Chinese people? Seems to me China is merely an incidental detail and the corruption would've happened… ]]> Sat, 03 May 2014 01:46:40 +1200 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312025#post312025 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312025#post312025 Reading this:

It has happened before in these islands: the slow but inexorable eclipse of one culture by another. The process begins with the deliberate co-option and corruption of local elites. With their connivance, land and resources are progressively alienated by impossibly wealthy newcomers to the point where the economic,…

]]> Fri, 02 May 2014 22:48:37 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312004#post312004 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312004#post312004 It’s a tough decision for Key. She’s got powerful friends in caucus and cabinet; she’s been a major player in this govt. Quite the opposite of Williamson.

Collins is politically too big to fail for them.

]]> Fri, 02 May 2014 16:46:24 +1200 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312000#post312000 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=312000#post312000 It appears that Milk is not the only thing Oravida gets across the boarders.
Seems they like our Swamp Kauri too.
Swamp kauri can be exported without Ministry of Forestry (MAF) approval if it is a finished or manufactured product; or a personal effect.

Whole or sawn salvaged swamp…

]]> Fri, 02 May 2014 16:27:48 +1200 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=311998#post311998 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=311998#post311998 Collins must be looking very shaky now documents show just how planned the ‘private dinner’ with the Orivda boss and a Chinese official was. (MFAT briefings probably don’t cover table manners :))
It’s a tough decision for Key. She’s got powerful friends in caucus and cabinet; she’s been a major…

]]> Fri, 02 May 2014 15:48:35 +1200 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308364#post308364 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308364#post308364 A very good argument for lowering the voting age.

"Like." Though, unfortunately, I have opinionated twins.

]]> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:39:15 +1300 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308353#post308353 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308353#post308353 Bomber invited my son to write a blog post, so he did. Then showed me.

A very good argument for lowering the voting age.

]]> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:45:46 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308352#post308352 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308352#post308352 This piece is the nearest to the election I can find so, given I'm a stage-mama now, here's some blatant nepotism. Bomber invited my son to write a blog post, so he did. Then showed me.

http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/03/22/guest-blog-finn-jackson-teenage-lobotomy/

]]> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:29:31 +1300 Kevin McCready https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308322#post308322 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308322#post308322 Congrats to the Ms TV3 Newsreader for her Mandarin pronunciation. Patrick really needs some lessons.
http://kmccready.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/mandarin-pronunciation-tips-she-spends-cents-on-cheap-jam/

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:01:56 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308316#post308316 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308316#post308316 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:57:33 +1300 Andrew Geddis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308314#post308314 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308314#post308314 Key: “I can tell you I was bought"

If there’s a sentence that should never pass through a politician’s lips, that would have to be it. Seriously.

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:53:44 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308312#post308312 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308312#post308312 In the words of Sir Joh, “don’t you worry about that!”
That'd be the Sir Joh who described dealing with the media as "feeding the chooks".

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:36:26 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308305#post308305 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308305#post308305 endorse your product ]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:49:58 +1300 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308284#post308284 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308284#post308284 I'm kind of gob smacked by today's Key announcement that he's wangled NZ products (in particular mussels) to appear on Alibaba ....

Which would be an a hollow victory indeed given what we now know about the struggles that NZ produce faces at the border.

I look forward with interest…

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:02:42 +1300 Richard Aston https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308283#post308283 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308283#post308283 Key: “I can tell you I was bought”

Confession?

No. Freudian slip

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:01:16 +1300 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308280#post308280 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308280#post308280 But he’s got such a nice smile.

Less and less on show however...

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:38:04 +1300 Matthew Poole https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308278#post308278 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308278#post308278 Surely, finally, Key’s faulty memory line will not be believed?

But he's got such a nice smile.

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:10:20 +1300 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308274#post308274 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308274#post308274 Key’s response to Gower – um yes, it was a National Party fundraiser, but he couldn’t be “sure” whether he was “right or wrong” when he had previously said it was a charity event – is remarkable.

Surely, finally, Key's faulty memory line will not be believed? Claiming it was…

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:55:00 +1300 Gary Young https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308270#post308270 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308270#post308270 I can't decide who's being played here, Key or us

Sadly, it's almost certainly both

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:20:44 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308263#post308263 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308263#post308263 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:52:26 +1300 Steve Curtis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308262#post308262 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308262#post308262 So the National party Chairman Goodfellow is having 'bilateral' meetings in NZ with Shanghai local government leaders on business opportunities ?

So that explains why Goodfellow bought one of the ex ministerial BMWs and has been seen with NZ flags on the bonnet.

Its the old story – "Dont you…

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:31:26 +1300 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308260#post308260 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308260#post308260 Key: "I can tell you I was bought"

Confession?

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:23:37 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308259#post308259 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308259#post308259 Given that political parties cannot be charities, it's quite naff to call a party fund-raising event a charity fund-raiser.

Lying?

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:11:18 +1300 Matthew Poole https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308257#post308257 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308257#post308257 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:01:44 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308254#post308254 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308254#post308254 Doesn't Key try to do the brushoff answer pretty much every time he opens his mouth? What's maddening is how effective his 'nothing to see here, folks' approach continues to be. I get the feeling he could be filmed murdering a child and when later questioned about it, he'd just… ]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:44:43 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308253#post308253 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308253#post308253 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11223343&ref=NZH_Tw ]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:43:32 +1300 Jim Welch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308252#post308252 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308252#post308252 Any time Key tries to do the brushoff answer, you know he's hiding stuff.

Doesn't Key try to do the brushoff answer pretty much every time he opens his mouth? What's maddening is how effective his 'nothing to see here, folks' approach continues to be. I get the feeling he…

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:34:55 +1300 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308251#post308251 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308251#post308251 The other possiblity, of course, is that it does work like that now.

this is what worries me the most – not every company that might be so close to the govt and its ministers may have such a obvious warning sign as a spouse involved in the plot...

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:28:16 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308250#post308250 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308250#post308250 Good god! Gower is finally showing some signs of becoming a journalist (although the story was as much about him as it was about Oravida, but it's a start...)

Any time Key tries to do the brushoff answer, you know he's hiding stuff.

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:26:35 +1300 Lyndon Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308248#post308248 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308248#post308248 Oravida (English) news page yesterday. Something less than half of the stories involve Government MPs but I was most struck by a couple that make much of the National Party chariman. As per "During the visit, Mayor Li, Yaoxin met with… ]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:24:24 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308247#post308247 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-inside-the-shrine/?p=308247#post308247 Discussion from blog post.

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