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Phil Twyford, Woody Guthrie and asset sales

Labour MP has posted a tribute to Wood Guthrie at Red Alert: Happy birthday Woody Woodrow Wilson Guthrie would have turned 100 today. Woody is one of my heroes. He pretty much invented 20th century...

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Twyford and Curran on Kiwirail

KiwiRail obtained a High Court interim injunction preventing media organisations from publishing the contents of a leaked internal report. Another High Court hearing in Wellington upheld the interim...

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Labour’s promise to reopen Gisborne-Napier rail line

Labour’s Phil Twyford has issued a statement on the Gisborne-Napier rail line that has been cut off by a major slip. Labour pledges to re-open rail line Labour in government will re-open the...

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Phil Twyford responds on Gisborne-Napier rail

It’s good that some MPs respond to requests for clarification as Phil Twyford has done here. 1.       We are pretty confident a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis would justify keeping the line open...

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Labour on drilling – Yeah, Yeah-Nah, Nah

There has been many confusing messages from Labour on oil drilling, ranging from Yeah! to Nah! with a number of “yeah, nah” in between. Another Labour statement on oil drilling yesterday, yet another...

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Labour’s alarming ignorance about their CGT

Labour have been embarrassed by their lack of detailed knowledge of one of their flagship election policies, Capital Gains Tax. This blew up in Tuesday’s leader’s debate and “David Cunliffe was...

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Phil Twyford – sexist action?

In Question time in Parliament today Labour MP Phil Twyford got catty when questioning Paula Bennett, as reported in Beehive Live. Hamish Rutherford@oneforthedr Phil Twyford mimics cat swiping at Paula...

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Twyford’s statements versus Labour policy

The Nation has advised (@TheNationTV3): @PeteDGeorge only confirmed existing policy. And the release involved leader’s office. Interesting that “the release” involved Little’s office, but Twyford spoke...

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Twyford and Little hammered from all sides

Andrew Little has endorsed the awful data analysis of Auckland house sales that was promoted by Phil Twyford over the weekend. He has modified Twyfords statements that Labour would ban foreign buyers....

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Leaked property data a breach of privacy?

Labour won’t say if the leaked prioperty data they used was obtained legitimately, but claim it was leaked by a whistle blower. Newstalk ZB’s political editor on Twitter: Felix Marwick @felixmarwick...

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Barfoot and Thompson sack leaker, Twyford ‘disappointed’

Barfoot and Thompson have identified the person who leaked sales data and have sacked them. Not surprisingly it was against company rules. Stuff: Barfoot & Thompson fires employee who leaked sales...

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“Dad, why don’t Kiwis like us Chinese?”

Shane Te Pou wants an apology from from Andrew Little and Phil Twyford. He feels embarrassed for the Labour Party and sad for his boy who is part Maori, part Chinese and asked “Dad, why don’t Kiwis...

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Twyford, NZ Herald, TV3 and Chinese surnames

On Thursday Cameron Slater made serious accusations of collusion of media with Labour, even story creation, against Herald on Sunday and The Nation/Mediaworks inSOMEONE ISN’T TELLING THE TRUTH AND MY...

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Who’s buying Auckland property?

Labour have been widely criticised for their highly questionable use of very limited data and the conclusions they promoted, absent any facts. And they are ignoring the wider issues of housing in...

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Orewa versus Twyford’s bull in a China shock

Don Brash’s Orewa speech on 27 January 2004: The Orewa Speech was a speech delivered by the then-leader of the New Zealand National Party Don Brash to the Orewa Rotary Club on 27 January 2004. It...

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Labour’s official response on foreign buyers

There’s been a lot said via media interviews by Phil Twyford and Andrew Little about Chinese profiling used to highlight the (unknown) level of foreign purchasers in the Auckland property market. This...

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Little buckles under pressure as he and Twyford keep digging

Andrew Little threw a bit of a hissy fit when Patrick Gower questioned him on “cooked up data”. Video and a short report from 3 News: Video: Andrew Little snaps over Chinese buyer data questions The...

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Where are the journalists going?

There are continuing concerns about journalists being gradually culled from major media organisations. NZ herald is one of the latest to show some the door. This exchange on Twitter commented on some...

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Twyford shoots defiance in the foot

Duncan Garner’s two part piece on Simon Lusk exposed a murky political player who is best known for his links with National and some National MPs, and his collusiion with and payments Cameron Slater...

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Labour, protest, trade

Labour mostly kept a distance from the TPPA protests in Auckland yesterday. They have also tried to keep a distance between anti-TPPA and anti-trade. But not everyone in Labour is on the same page....

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