Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Keir Leslie,
do any other Westminster-style parliaments have MMP?
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to BenWilson,
Looking forward to seeing @farmgeek again at Foo today
you lucky bugger
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Hard News: Media Mathematics, in reply to Ben McNicoll,
I feel like we’re frogs that have been sitting in a pot of slowly boiling cluelessness.
nice
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Hard News: Media Mathematics, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
But, hell, why should he have to try harder - and do better - when he has zero competition?
professional pride, ethics, and regulated standards?
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Hard News: Media Mathematics, in reply to Lew Stoddart,
Thanks. Imagine the influence on parliamentary discourse if everyone had to ask only "if yes, why yes" questions.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Joe Wylie,
crumbs
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Hard News: Media Mathematics, in reply to Tristan,
if so why so?
question for parliamentary junkies: why do Questions always say "if not, why not" rather than this positive construction?
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Hard News: Media Mathematics, in reply to Kumara Republic,
the latest from John Drinnan
And some more detail further down under the heading "CHURCH AND STATE" about NZ on Air's involvement in political documentaries.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Kumara Republic,
I believe it's more pragmatic - what you do with the power you have when others won't toe the line.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
I countered that we (as in Auckland) were independent from Wellington (the Govt), and could shape our program however we liked.
Not so much, with Joyce's deliberate shifting of responsibility from Auckland Council's transport committee to Auckland Transport's appointed board and bound by Ministry/NZTA national priorities.
Auckland is even more under the thumb than the rest of the country. The Mayor and others like yourself are forced to conduct a delicate dance of persuasion rather than getting on with what experts recommend and Aucklanders elected the Council to do.