Here comes the annual Easter trading debate, surrounded by religious mumbo-jumbo and irrational shopping laws. It comes round every year – and it always will, until politicians stop being scared of the religious lobby and confront the issue once and for all.
Not only do we have to fight our way through the piles of [...]
Moves are afoot to curtail Radio New Zealand National’s summer Matinee Idle show.
Following warnings that we are on the verge of a world recession, and a poll showing that a narrow majority of New Zealanders put the economy at the top of their worry list, business and religious leaders want the programme terminated.
There has been [...]
Ancient grumpies can still recall the traumatic day when they discovered the truth about Santa Claus. They will never forget that profound feeling of parental betrayal. For some infants, the shock was so severe that they lost faith in everything, including God, and became life-long atheists.
The children of Levin are the latest victims of similar [...]
So, according to the Dominion Post, New Zealand spies “have won access to a United States Government terrorist database in a deal the Security Intelligence Service says will significantly enhance national security.”
Utter tosh. Which competition on the back of a corn flakes packet did the SIS win to lumber us with this new restriction on [...]
There is an eminent New Zealand financial commentator who, due to his vital work, must regularly use airline travel.
But being acutely aware of what he’s doing to those sweating blood and guts 30,000 feet beneath him, this worthy gentleman also buys carbon credits to offset his pollution. It amounts to roughly ten bucks from [...]
