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Archive for March, 2012

Silliest statement by an Attorney-General ever?

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

On Sunday, former Police Minister Annette King told TVNZ’s Q and A that the Labour government ministers had merely been briefed on Operation 8, and at the last minute at that; that they were given assurances by Solicitor-General David Collins that the process was correct; and that they were dismayed by the way the police conducted […]

Cairns v Modi judgment

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Is here.

Doesn’t sound like a fair go to me

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

So the head of TVOne and Two, Jeff Latch, asks for a powwow with Fair Go staff. Labour broadcasting spokesperson Clare Curran asks whether, at that meeting, he asked them to go easy on TVNZ’s advertisers. Here’s his response: “The key points I made at that meeting was that the heart of Fair Go for the past 20 odd years […]