Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: The elephant in Room 903 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Euan Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371951#post371951 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371951#post371951 Tue, 04 Apr 2017 16:37:22 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371935#post371935 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371935#post371935 A most appropriate response from Nicky Hager on RNZ.

Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has accused Prime Minister Bill English of joining "a seven-year cover-up" by refusing to hold an inquiry into a 2010 raid in Afghanistan.
... Mr Hager said it was "a joke" for Mr English to trust the…

]]> Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:45:28 +1200 Katharine Moody https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371933#post371933 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371933#post371933 the schoolfriend's brother (but hey, Chch ambition)

Who was recommended by the SCC after a thoroughly above board recruitment process, otherwise referred to as a shoulder tap;

http://www.newshub.co.nz/politics/key-admits-fletcher-shouldertap-2013040312

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:19:54 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371927#post371927 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371927#post371927 the Curia tealeaves

tidy turn o phrase #onya

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:31:03 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371926#post371926 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371926#post371926 replaced by one of John Key's schoolfriends

the schoolfriend's brother (but hey, Chch ambition)

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:24:28 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371925#post371925 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371925#post371925 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Mateparae initially appointed head of the security services soon after the raid, then replaced by one of John Key's schoolfriends a short time later?

yup, that sounds right

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:59:04 +1200 Martin Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371924#post371924 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371924#post371924 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:42:41 +1200 Nick Russell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371923#post371923 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371923#post371923 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:08:38 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371920#post371920 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371920#post371920 English's comments today have out-satired Steven Price. Breathtaking cynicism, as if taken from a script rejected by The Thick of It or Yes, Minister for being too unsubtle for laughs.

The depressing aspect of all this is that (short-term, at least) his calculation is probably right. He can play "won't…

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:41:09 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371919#post371919 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371919#post371919 It could be quite embarrassing given the oddly sudden (or so it seemed at the time) appointment of Sir Jerry Mateparae as Governor General.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Mateparae initially appointed head of the security services soon after the raid, then replaced by one of John Key's…

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:34:09 +1200 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371918#post371918 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371918#post371918 Was this because some top Nats were likely to be implicated?

It could be quite embarrassing given the oddly sudden (or so it seemed at the time) appointment of Sir Jerry Mateparae as Governor General.

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:12:31 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371915#post371915 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371915#post371915 Bill English has just stated that there is "no basis for an inquiry." Was this because some top Nats were likely to be implicated? Or is this just the predetermination of a closed mind?

English said Keating was independent, as he was not involved in the operation.

Uh huh. Sure, Bill.…

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:42:53 +1200 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371913#post371913 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371913#post371913 https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/elephunk-in-my-soup-1984 ]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:11:26 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371910#post371910 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371910#post371910 'Blind Man Squad' to determine the true nature of an elephant! ]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:34:20 +1200 Ianmac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371907#post371907 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371907#post371907 Brilliant Steven. But the PM dislikes satire especially when directed at him. If you see a dark car parked in your street at night with plates "DF Coverup/cleanup" be prepared.
The PM did say this morning that an announcement will be made soon, as soon as David collates the poll…

]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:09:03 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371906#post371906 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-elephant-in-room-903/?p=371906#post371906 Discussion from blog post.

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