La Moyenne Bourgeoisie desire a different kind of buzz, It intrigues me how some "houses" in the "central city" of Auckland suffer from the…

We can only imagine the response had he actually done such a ridiculous thing.

I don't think people would care so much what a newspaper…

I note that Stuff has a screen shot of the email which ends:
"I pray that you will commit suicide, you filthy child molesting fag."
which is a bit different to their headline:
"Pastor told gay Christian: Go…

In addition to hiding the mayoral sex dungeon. Is that what they refer to as "nailing it"? Or is that used to talk about something else to do with…

fixed for you

As opposed to the "casual meatings" that el Granny would have us believe will be going on in Len's sex dungeon?

Based on the total lack of contrition for Wine-bottle-that-didn’t-exist Gate, I don’t think such a story exists. The editorial staff would probably offer trite platitudes in the…

You believe correctly. Having been there in a former employment life, I can attest to the opulent nature of its (former) fit-out. Not to mention the sweeping harbour views all the way north-to-south. Oh and the…

It took a major scandal like Hackgate to get to that point in Britain, and even then it's still largely business as usual. The News…

plenty of alternatives... we're at one now... for those looking

Big media is what it is, sad and morally bankrupt, and this won't change its only going to get worse cause truth is a virtue big business and those in power cannot…

I'd buy one of those, except urine never did anything to deserve such a horrible diss. :)

I'd consider making a line…

That would be nice, Sam. But remember when the British press were piously intoning they were going to clean up their act after Diana died? I sincerely take no pleasure in saying this, but I think the only things…

And that might mean something like a Chasers or Borat-grade hoax.

No, the problem is the Herald does far too much "moralising" without drawing that tiresome distinction between editorial opinion and hard news.

Hobson's Choice is a very Kiwi tradition...

:- )

nah, dangle a lambburger and he'd scamper right back.

in far too short a supply inside their newsrooms nowadays, perhaps.

And also, boycotts are much more effective against radio and TV…

The editor – not a newbie intern, but the fricking editor – says, of Auckland councillors on Twitter:

“Maybe they’d all attend more if they had their own hidden rooms to muck about in.”

So, just to clarify this extraordinary mindset, when asked about councillors’ attendance…

Because, I suspect, there are those in the journalist pool who would really like to create New Zealand's version of the Fox News Network.

I was fairly sure there were three. Also, John Key has had a secret tunnel built from Premier House to the nearby US embassy. They did this at the same time as painting the gates grey.

Based the work…

Because a lot of good, important journalism comes with it. Fisher, Nippert and others. Excellent magazine writing by the likes of Alan Perrott, etc. As vexing as it might be, the Herald is probably…

Hmmm, so people really do just sit back and accept shoddy journalism because there's nothing else? Why, though? Even if there is no easily accessible mainstream source of unbiased, rigorously researched, properly edited news, wouldn't…

It's had a monopoly on the AKL market since the Auckland Star folded in 1991. The ComCom needs to sharpen its claws. Yesterday.

The Herald. Gutter journalism since I don't know about a year ago. Before Granny was a Tory from on high, now she's down and dirty.

The TU should stump up the funds.

Smartpipe!

http://youtu.be/DJklHwoYgBQ

Those fly ones are just wrong, yo.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/news-cartoons/news/article.cfm?c_id=500814&objectid=11367770

It's still there.

I look forward to Jordan Williams' furious press release demanding an amendment to the Local Government Act mandating the removal of work-shy…

Meanwhile, just to further cheapen the whole thing but t's pretty hard to take any of it seriously, my favourite…

After binge watching both seasons of Orphan Black, I endorse this proposal. But only if one of Niall’s clones does something hideously unpleasant to Shayne Currie with a glue gun, a pencil, the power of science and a…

A modest revenue-gathering suggestion for NZME: Set up a widget to direct all Cameron Brewer and Jordan Williams' press releases straight to the Herald's advertising department, and charge…

So what would it take to placate these sensitive souls? A downloadable app linked to a kind of home detention bracelet tailored to fit…

I’m more concerned about the only daily newspaper in Auckland’s insensitivity to basic journalistic norms that were dunned into my head at journalism school…

LOL.

They’re not secret rooms. They’re behind a door, like most ensuites are.

Auckland should demand the Mayor use the toilet in clear view of the ratepaying public. Think he's pissing away your money? Take a look.

Perhaps the Herald should run a pipe from the…

"Brown's Vanity Show ... On the Rates!".

"This is yet more proof of the mayor's inflated ego, wanting to be on display" said Councillor Speeddial ..."

etc, etc.

Nothing stops those…

In which case, Jim, I would be genuinely outraged at such an egregious waste…

Oh, the still-unackowledged involvement of journalists in #dirtypolitics, NZ's embarrasment of a response to climate change, chronic poverty, child abuse, economic under-development.

Being overseas, I don't really know the general sentiment in NZ when it comes to things like this.

(Also, sorry for asking basically the same question as I…

It's also slightly less utilitarian.

Nah, you'd have saved it up and then sold it to the Herald. It's what a "second-rate, creepy mayor like Brown" deserves, right?

Basically your point is that we…

But it *is* a door.

OK, lets assume it’s a non-issue to Brown or his comms team. And let’s also assume it’s a non-issue to middle NZers. Why would the Herald publish a beat up without…

Saw the piece under discussion here and dismissed it as what has now become the usual Herald tripe. And the Collins crap....and as for Michele Hewiston's 'interview' with Millie…

It seems common enough, but even if it wasn’t, __what on earth is there about it…

Amongst these photos, you will find one of the bookcase door that leads to the toilets at C1. That's even a public access area, which the mayor's dressing room is NOT.

Also, I…

What should have been done, by whom?

I'm pretty sure the Herald could twist anything you suggest , but would be happy to be wrong. Enlighten us.

I cannot remember the last time I saw or encountered a bookcase-merged-door interior design of a bathroom. Is…

#JustAskingQuestions

They're not secret rooms. They're behind a door, like most ensuites are. The designers…

A phone call to the Herald: "Hi, here are some things you might deliberately misreport, this is just a heads-up so you won't ... " ?

In short, get real.

copyrighted material

"All decisions relating to what facilities were included as part of the move were made by Auckland Council, not the mayoral office, and all costs were part of that Auckland Council budget.

Apparently so — and not for the first time, Russell seems to have committed more journalism in ten half-awake Sunday morning minutes than The Horsepiss on Sunday managed all week.

If the Farrar Front is going to be quoted in the media, couldn't the journos at least read a couple of paragraphs and then ask questions ?

"Why do you call it a lair? In what…

Does this idiot have any idea what a proper bed of nails costs?

And published almost verbatim on the NZ Herald website ... .

The tl;dr – "See! This really was an important story!! It's sparked a serious debate about local politician accountability!!!"

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TIME FOR AUCKLAND RATEPAYERS TO HAVE A RECALL OPTION
7 DECEMBER 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Taxpayers' Union is calling on the Government to give local communities the ability to petition for recall elections, after Len…

It is a door. Just one with bookshelves on it, that add extra storage space in what appears to be (from the NZ Herald's schematic diagram) a pretty small office and also (from an aesthetic point of view) doesn't break up the…

Also, it has to have a discreet entrance. What use is a sex dungeon if you have to enter it through the front door of the Mayor's office?…

I would have thought blackout blinds are useful for doing TV interviews in the office, when they want to control the lighting.

Next week's issue: "Mayor's Rubber Revelation!" (a condom machine has been installed in a pub, somewhere on Queen St, a…

And take away the sleazy, nudge-nudge, wink-wink scare quotes any decent home furnishing store should have a wide range of blackout drapery readily available. They're not only great for blocking out light and noise, but the…

Hating on The Listener is so 2008.

How about if Len gets advice on how to prepare a leg of lamb for Korean bbq in his hidden $10,000 bathroom? Does that get us past New Year?

ensuite as....

I bet Obama hides his gay lovers in there.

Len probably doesn't even have any gay…

Auckland local body politics + outrage at the Herald + home renovations? I'd say Russell has hit the trifecta here ... .

No, it really doesn’t if you’re hiring professionals who will go to some effort to make sure the work…

If you are building a new bathroom in a converted space, with waterproof membranes, redirected plumbing, electrical, tiles, bog, basin etc, and finished to a high standard ( it…

Is there a Mayoral Election any time soon? I noticed Banks getting Kudos in the Herald over the last couple of weeks. That would explain this smear of Len.…

Thanks for that ;) Maybe Len Brown will join in.

You go with some jumped up Grey Lynn tiling procedure, you wear the results.

I was hoping someone would say that. New Zealanders and their renovations – this could be the most contributed to thread in the history of PAS.

Money and attention? Yes, of course.

With tiled walls too.