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Yeah right — Penny Simmonds supports how the boss rolls
The new government has had its first "Tui moment".
mike.houlahan@odt.co.nz
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New Dunedin Green MP’s journey to Parliament
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New Dunedin Green MP’s journey to Parliament
From political refugee to future member of Parliament, Francisco Hernandez has been on a quite a journey, Mike Houlahan reports.
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Leaders asking us to take the Aukus 2 model for a test drive
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Leaders asking us to take the Aukus 2 model for a test drive
Parliament is in recess and the Prime Minister is sunning himself in Asia — which he may be very grateful for given the heat his government is feeling about its long-promised plans to pare back the public service.
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Son fought to stay with his family and farm
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Son fought to stay with his family and farm
War has deprived thousands of southern families of loved ones, but not every war story involves a battlefield. Mike Houlahan explores the story of Otago farmer Frederick Hugh Russell.
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Southern Say: Simmonds dispenses with rights Bill
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Southern Say: Simmonds dispenses with rights Bill
The James Shaw farewell tour kicked into high gear this week, as Parliament debated - and rejected - his New Zealand Bill of Rights (Right to Sustainable Environment) Amendment Bill at first reading.
Review: Enthusiasm emerges in rock recollections
Review: Enthusiasm emerges in rock recollections
Thurston Moore, co-founder of US so-hip-it-hurts band Sonic Youth, would be ashamed of me.
Review: Taking stock of how fear has driven us
Review: Taking stock of how fear has driven us
Of the thousands of quotes about fear, perhaps the most famous is US President Franklin Roosevelt’s immortal line that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".
MP demands government fulfil hospital promise
MP demands government fulfil hospital promise
Taieri Green list MP Scott Willis has demanded that the government commit to building the new Dunedin hospital, as promised.
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Acting regionally but with the broader electoral map in mind
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Acting regionally but with the broader electoral map in mind
In November 2019, two weary years after he became the minister for regional economic development, Shane Jones came to Dunedin and dished out $60 million of tax payers’ money on a variety of projects.
Obituary: revered teacher, prized singer
Obituary: revered teacher, prized singer
Bruce McMillan was first and foremost a teacher, but he also made a significant contribution to the musical life of Dunedin.
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Taieri MP’s exercise in trivialities
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Taieri MP’s exercise in trivialities
The voters of Taieri got their money’s worth out of local MP Ingrid Leary this week, at least in terms of time taken up speaking in Parliament.
Obituary: revered performer and teacher
Obituary: revered performer and teacher
As a performer and educator, Honor McKellar has left a remarkable musical legacy in New Zealand.
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Debacle for Simmonds avoidable
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Debacle for Simmonds avoidable
It is something which befalls every new government, and every new Cabinet minister lives in dread it will be them — being the first minister on whose watch something goes catastrophically wrong.
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Robertson reflects on political career
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Robertson reflects on political career
Former deputy prime minister Grant Robertson is on his way home to Dunedin.
Robertson calls for tax reform in final speech
Robertson calls for tax reform in final speech
South Dunedin’s favourite son Grant Robertson said farewell to Parliament last night with a thoughtful speech which took his audience from Carisbrook to Hillside and back again.
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Bill greeted with both glee and dismay
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Bill greeted with both glee and dismay
It would be fair to say that most MPs were very tired last Thursday, as the final pieces of the government’s 100-day action plan slumped into place.
Foulkes accepts defeat after receiving no votes
Foulkes accepts defeat after receiving no votes
Green Party aspirant Alex Foulkes is the founder of the Otago Whisky Society, and he may have needed a stiff dram after the results for the Green Party leadership were announced yesterday.
100-day milestone/millstone in past
100-day milestone/millstone in past
There has been an incredible amount of politics to digest in the past three weeks: quite apart from it being a lengthy sitting block for MPs, they have done roughly twice as much work as normal due...
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Radich’s ‘love letter’ fires up Labour MPs
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Radich’s ‘love letter’ fires up Labour MPs
The late, great former St Kilda MP Michael Cullen was noted for his wit and oratorical skill, but every so often his rhetoric dropped below his normally impeccably high standards.
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Robertson to walk fine line in new uni role
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Robertson to walk fine line in new uni role
Grant Robertson likes a challenge, and few are much harder than the one he is about to face, turning around the University of Otago, an institution seemingly ploughing head-first towards a field of...