Kia ora Paul- is 'this arrangement' the Authors' Fund?

The Authors Fund. Don't want you to feel in any way uncomfortable. Just curious.

I am an established writer. I've brought a lot of business into Aotearoa-NZ. I earn less than the average wage and I resent bureaucrats & academics using what I do, and have done, to live fatly whilst me & mine – dont.

Can you elaborate Islander – I know nothing about this…

And given the depth of hatred there still is for her in the UK, she would probably be wise to take precautions to prevent people from taking their revenge after she's dead.

Wisdom's hardly an option for Maggie any more. While she's occasionally wheeled out so that young fogies may…

As for Thatcher, I stand by every word of that. She's a criminal, who deserves to be reviled, not honoured with a state funeral when she dies. And given the depth of hatred there still is…

[Now if someone would like to explain to me why rape under the Crimes Act 1961 isn't one of the specifies sexual offences ineligible for clean-slating, I'd be a ver happy man]

To hazard a guess: teenagers. Which seems fair enough, when you think about it.

Meanwhile, I'm more interested…

by any political party's policies so far-

an example: in 2006 anonymous people within Creative NZ decided
that illustrators should have the same funding rights as writers: the net result was writers' payments fron the AUTHORS fund were…

It's about vision for me and what has happened with arts in NZ over the last 10 years is a great thing. We have discovered an identity in film, music, theatre and art, and this has helped NZ build on the standard sport identity.

Um, Luke, I don't know if…

As a history teacher I find the nzhistory.net site a hugely valuable resource for me and my students. Is this a 'core' role or not? From my point of view this is core to C&H and should be…

That's only of significance for private-sector employment. Police and NZSIS checks return everything, and everything is considered. It also doesn't apply for international travel.

Man, now you tell me. I clean slated my convictions when I travelled to the US two years ago.

And, probably will again next time I…

It was probably more an intellectual exercise than anything else for him.

This is where a lot of highly-tech-savvy teens get into trouble. They do it "because they can", and without a full understanding of the consequences. Whether it's from straight naivete or, as seems to have been the case…

Wrt Owen Walker, it's meant to be about reform. Yes he needs to be responsible for the results of his actions but this is an 18-year-old man who has enormous potential, given the right direction and signals.

I think it's fairly self-evident that he didn't really comprehend the extent of…

He could work for the police with a conviction, but he'd be very unlikely to become a police officer. A non-sworn staff member – which would be a lot of the IT security people – he could have become, but they'd have to work around the conviction. Not difficult to…

I presume his crime wasn't eligible for the 'clean slate' legislation.

No – it would have been eligible.

You are entitled to clean slate your convictions 7 years after your last conviction if you have never received a custodial sentence, never had a conviction for a specified (sexual) offence, and…

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Maybe it's time for some of the old battles to be re-fought, before the basic principles of a free, pluralistic society are lost to the mob? Mind, it makes for nice easy headline politics for the right.

Sigh... Which explains why the Criminal Procedure Bill passed its third reading 108-11.…

A conviction would make working for the Police an impossibility

He could work for the police with a conviction, but he'd be very unlikely to become a police officer. A non-sworn staff member – which would be a lot of the IT security people – he could have become, but…

Maybe National should change its slogan to "vote for change! Elect the status quo!" ?

Gee, Idiot/Savant, maybe you should change your slogan to 'The End Is Nigh-ish'? :)

Finlayson has definitely been making encouraging noises. Those with plenty of free time should read his inaugural arts speech from last yea

Although I fear our views diverge on a number of social issues, Finlayson is probably my favourite National MP. He's intelligent and he knows what he's talking about.…

I certainly disagree with Russell that a discharge without conviction was appropriate. This should be used for extremely minor offences and I think the sad message sent by the Judge is cyber crime isn't real crime.

Is $10k worth of damage "real crime"? I'd be amazed if there aren't people…

DPF's mob have built the disbanding of the Serious Fraud Office into their standard paranoia model of political interpretation –

So I am REALLY looking forward how they digest this...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4618310a6045.html

Oh come one. That is really unfair The former member of the DHB is a friend of the former…

It would be useful if people differentiate between what Kiwiblog says (which most would take as a reference to what I say) and what Kiwiblog commenters say.

David, generally you take a predictably moderate position on many issues but, somehow, many of your commenters are extreme, abusive and intolerant (left…

http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/07/dissenting_views.html –

So I am REALLY looking forward how they digest this...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4618310a6045.html

the same ones piling in on the autistic 18 year-old.

I guess for many of these people (DPF's commentors) a computer is their only friend in the world – so they get pretty upset about one being "violated".

A National-led government would not have an opinion on the matter.

So basically, it would be up to the management to decide how they want to run things. For me that's the problem with the SOE model, at its worst. TVNZ isn't owned by its managers. It's owned by the…

To be fair, only a few are calling for Veitch to be left alone, the majority of the commenters have been just as vehement as here in their condemnation.

True, but as Shep pointed out, some of the people who made fairly obscene comments about Veitch (or, more precisely, his…

Just to set the scene Kiwiblog are bagging the Judge for letting the bright kid go & work for the Police , while calling for a guy who broke a womens back to be left alone.

To be fair, only a few are calling for Veitch to be left alone, the…

As with all issues on Kiwiblog, commenters have a variety of views on the issue.

"Helen Clark should be shot!"

"Impaled!"

"Boiled in oil!"

"All three!"

"No, just voted out of office ..."

"You bloody lefty!!"

However on Tony Veitch, I have never ever called…

But that's the kind of site DPF chooses to run. Let him wallow in it.

I don't know about that, he simply shrugs his sholders and pretends he's got no responsibility for the comments... I reckon you are personally responsible for the company you keep (and more so for the…

Chris Finlayson ... is keeping everything: even the often-pilloried (but in reality, tightly-accounted and effective) PACE scheme.

I'm really glad to hear this. I was on the dole in 2002 – 2003 and spent the first year on the regular dole, which included compulsory attendance on the spirit-crushing, soul-destroying WorkTrack…

Just to set the scene Kiwiblog are bagging the Judge for letting the bright kid go & work for the Police , while calling for a guy who broke a womens back to be left alone.

I noticed that. Some of the comments about Walker are sick too. That's an autistic…

I asked Coleman if he'd like to add the words "at current levels" and he agreed that he would.

Sorry to reintroduce ambiguity but does that mean the current level is all Nat Rad (or TV) will be getting next year – and the year after – and the…

http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=10935

Of special interest: a kind of mea culpa about National failing to do enough for the arts in the 90s, and a concession that too much of…

-- but it does not say it would do so at current levels. In the absence of such an assurance, a suspicious person might fear budget cuts.

I asked Coleman if he'd like to add the words "at current levels" and he agreed that he would.

Ah, just to be…

Maybe National should change its slogan to "vote for change! Elect the status quo!" ?

Well it worked for Labor in Australia. It was Howard or Rudd but little significant difference in policies.

But seriously, National does seem to want to minimise the differences between itself and Labour and why…

Maybe National should change its slogan to "vote for change! Elect the status quo!" ?

In light of the gnashing of teeth and anti-National discourse that flies around here, I find this opinion du jour very amusing.

Not such an issue if they get in is it?

Christ when did…

The absence of dollar numbers means, of course, that the Herald can leave these promises out of its "Porkometer". So we'll be getting all we have now, but for free.

(Finance spokesman Bill English was not available for comment).

I'm excited already!

"vote for change! Elect the status quo!"

Shades of the House Republicans' "rebranding" slogan, as revealed on the Daily Show recently: "The Change You Deserve". Erm, what?

1. Keep what the government has done.

2. In some areas, do more.

This translates as:

1. Spend the same

2. ... and some more.

The absence of dollar numbers means, of…