Course not, it'd be renamed after someone more appropriate. possibly a famous old boy. Or maybe after a famous local – pick a famous Westie to name a school after...
My pick – The Sheldon Woolridge School Of Rock

As a born and bred Westie let me suggest "Lion Red…

No need for the ratepayers, or government,…

So then Rutherford College in West Auckland would simply become "College" ?

I suspect changing all those signs and letterheads would be way too expensive for a school these days.

They'll just be henceforth known as named after Ken Rutherford, NZ cricket batsman and captain who's on field performances never…

So then Rutherford College in West Auckland would simply become "College" ?

Course not, it'd be renamed after someone more appropriate. possibly a famous old boy. Or maybe after a famous local – pick a famous Westie to name a school after...
My pick – The Sheldon Woolridge School Of…

Hmm, yes think my sarcasm went unnoticed in suggesting Hager should be invoiced for the CCS. Besides wouldn't be much point in disowning Rutherford, most people probably think he's Australian...

DoC have installed CCS cameras in the few remaining natuve stands left. That must've been expensive, maybe someone should invoice Nicky Hager?

I saw that and couldn't help but chuckle; unintended consequences and all that.

And we should disown Ernest Rutherford for his role in Hiroshima.

Anybody see Mr Brown on morning TV today just before 8? I did cos I slept in and my 10 week old was trying to tell me something but I…

Woah! I want some of the drugs that Craig is on. He put 'critical acuity' and 'mainstream media' in the same sentence!

Just to back up myself here. The front cover of today's Otago Daily Times:

http://www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2006,11,29,1,00102,5ca41c08cde67f6781bf069ba8fe2be3&sect=0

Or on stuff:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3881855a10,00.html

Yes, we have icebergs off the coast, and people…

"Oooh Craig. Did you hear the rumours? CIS is about to…

Have a good one.

Also the late ed. of One news tonight ran a story on how illegal milling of native rakai is getting so bad that DoC have installed CCS cameras in…

Acknowledgments
...Steven Price for legal advice, Anna Rogers as editor, Anna Rogers as Editor, Peter Dorn...

Kinda…

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10412818

To start, the liberal press and the Labour Party immediately condemned him as a racist – this despite the fact his second wife of 15 years was Chinese.

Thats fantastic 'logic' there... roughly the same as concluding that all men who…

*sigh* Well, if you're a manic-depressive with high blood pressure and tediously regular migraines you may well be. (Some Swiss drug company is doing very…

Found this rather interesting political obituary for DB in yesterdays Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20825340-7583,00.html

a quote from said text:
"Perhaps, though, he'd (Brash) simply had enough of the political spotlight. Certainly he intends to stay on past the next election and will almost certainly be the next finance minister should National win."…

No, James, but I suspect you don't get the serious point behind Sudney Smith's tart witticism, "I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so."

He quotes the one word (“striking”) from an NBR column in…

Found this rather interesting political obituary for DB in yesterdays Australian.
Who would have know what greatness we had in our midst, what fools we all are ;-)

James Allan feels no need to actually verify what he says. Take this:

While Labour's been in government, New Zealand's growth has…

http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/beech/papers/secrets.htm

1) PRINZ did not find that Hager's claims in the book were incorrect, rather that their actions didn't breach industry codes. This says more about the weakness of PRINZ, and the strength…

I struggled with whether to put in some sort of disclaimer when I posted but decided against because my effort was really to provide background to Hager writing the book. Since you raise it, when it comes to Shandwick's work for Timberlands I can only vouch for any…

Hager's response:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0105/S00067.htm

Shandwick's response:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0105/S00065.htm

I think we can agree that the whole thing was a mess on the part of PRINZ, especially if, as Hager maintains, three quarters of his complaint was legalled out on a technicality…

we should have a measure of care for the people living around Eden Park because, they're like y'know, humans and all...

Yep, but there are a whole lot of humans who live quite happily in noisier, shadier environments than Eden Park could ever be, and who don't feel like spoiling…

Who would have know what greatness we had in our midst, what fools we all are ;-)

They won, you lost, eat that.

I have happilly eaten it. So has the Government, from what I read. Given the $250 million shortfall in Eden park funding surely it would have been remiss of them *not* to look at alternatives, and quickly.

As an Auckland ratepayer it is now…

Do you also put your fingers in your ears and chant "na, na, na" when anyone mentions it?

But I was even more puzzled by Mr Key's mention of his 'values' speech, and the emphasis given when he said, "which I've written myself".

I really don't…

Yes, Don, just as I think a 'considerable segment'…

I attempted to make it clear that my criticisms weren't of Hager's book on Brash and National – I've only flicked through it and the letter was the view of my more eloquent father – rather Hager's credibility given that following a drawn-out process of independent review in 2000…

Weill, not wanting to get into a furious comparison of column inches I guess the proposal you've been…

Shandwick is a dreadful outfit. I first encountered them during stories I did for Computerworld on the Mondex e-cash shemozzle that the major New Zealand banks bought into.…

Russell – do you think that the fact hager got 2 out of 3 things wrong with regards to hard news is any indication that there might be other errors in the book? Or do you think those were the only ones.

That was why I made a point of…

On Hager – and in offering the letter below I'm not saying his book isn't illuminating in a number of regards ...

Which it is. I'm already noticing points where he bridges gaps with possibly unwarranted speculation, and I'm wondering how many lurid ways he'll find to describe…

Russell – do you think that the fact hager got 2 out of 3 things wrong with regards to hard news is any indication that there might be other errors in the book? Or do you think those were the only ones.

The errors were understandable. Several of us are…

Aucklanders were smart enough to realise they would end up paying the $1.5bn plus it would cost.

eden park trust has 2…

In other words, the honourable PR company hasn't had a chance to cook those ingredients ice and package them so…

The irony is that Mallard and co saw no problem with steamrolling a massive project

…

Speaking of letters, has anyone read Hone Harawira's open letter of farewell to Dr Brash?

[[…

On Hager – and in offering the letter below I'm not saying his book isn't illuminating in a number of regards – I rather liked the summing up of his modis operandi penned by…

The focus now is on paying for the $385 million Eden Park upgrade, particularly after Mr Mallard did a u-turn on introducing bed and departure taxes to take the load off Auckland ratepayers, who are already facing big rates rises.

Is that $385 million a firm, blowout-proof figure? Could…

And perhaps RB knows this too and his currently having a laugh at my expense for having taken the time to explain it? If so, I'm only too happy to have fallen for it.

No, I was genuinely puzzled. Perhaps you're right, but it sounded bloody odd.

As opposed to the waterfront stadium where nobody had a clue how far shy it was of being paid for and the MO boiled down to 'trust us, and we'll sort out the budget later'? Sorry, Russell, but let's leave the badly repressed petulence to Trevor Mallard.

Aw, c'mon Craig.…

"Unfortunately," as I heard it, referred to Key not being prepared to discuss what he'd be…

How did they get to be…

People have a right to their opinion, and a right to express it.…

it's nearly a quarter of a billion dollars shy of being paid for

how much to do the temporary seating and bill a decent chunk of it to the promoters?

As opposed to the waterfront stadium where nobody had a clue how far shy it was…

Business Roundtable, a pro-business pressure group.

As a businessman and part owner and director of a medium sized operation let me assure you that I have never considered the BRT to be "pro-business". In New…