Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to James W,
The Press Council is toothless, relying on a fast-disappearing principle of reputation to maintain its role as arbiter.
Same principle as corporate regulation, then. Honour of gentlemen, what.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Stephen Judd,
I wonder if Leask saw the Fairfax story and took a paraphrase too far.
The word "say" does seem to imply active rather than passive involvement. Damned typewriters, eh.
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Legal Beagle: Coalition of Losers, in reply to Sacha,
without consulting the co-managing iwi
Separate story in the Press about that, complete with cutesy quote marks.
Official documents, released to The Press, reveal that Ngai Tahu contacted DOC in September to ask why it was not consulted.
DOC staff replied "no concession had been processed or issued" and Clark's application would be sent to the tribe for comment.
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman last week said the Government "lied" to Ngai Tahu by suggesting the decision had not been made.
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Legal Beagle: Coalition of Losers, in reply to Matthew Poole,
In the absence of a law (easily repealed under urgency!) to restrict the use of urgency
It's difficult to legislate against immoral leadership. Yet another prime example from the current lot are revelations of Ministerial interference in DoC renewing grazing permits to pollute Lake Ellesmere - without consulting the co-managing iwi. But then, rules are for other people, eh.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Danny Boyle’s Inception
Tired late-night slip of the tongue, apparently. And a big difference between a mistake and a fabrication.
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
Nathan Field seems to not realise
much
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My thanks to Simon and John for joining the conversation. Really quite disturbing that any newspaper could think it's OK to fabricate details like that.
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to BenWilson,
just stopping before you get to the grounds
caffeinus interuptus
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to mobsta,
NZ does have a strong coffee culture, but that doesn’t mean that people don’t mind fast-coffee which is OK.
Agreed. Starbucks just seems the worst of all worlds – indifferent service, weak product, poor value and inflated sense of its own significance. I recall their head honcho grandly sweeping into town some years back to dispense judgement about our plainly inferior local offerings. Plonker.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Steven Price,
The standard suppression order does include a ban on any details likely to identify the defendant. This would be the bit that often gets flouted.
Including by smartarses like whaleblubber who thumbed his nose at this latest suppression as if he’d never been pinged so publicly for the same offense. Speaking of childish.