No Right Turn

Who will fund the dream of rebuilding Syria back to its former glory? The untold story of the deaths at Hajj

Housing New Zealand was established to end homelessness in New Zealand by the provision of affordable state homes for all who need them. Ins...

This is awkward. One of the councillors who consistently votes for the Ruataniwha dam has had a serious and undeclared conflict of interest ...

How do we separate the truth from the lies when reporting war crimes? Palestinian killers wanted to provoke Israel’s new Defence Minister i...

In 2004, Britain kidnapped Sami al-Saadi in Hong Kong and illegally rendered him to Libya . The same year, they helped the CIA do the same t...

A Treasury newsletter pointed me at Deloitte's State of the State report on "social investment for our future". It attempts ...

The Government introduced a new Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 2) today which makes various tweaks to the rules around local ...

If a US court acknowledges the Armenian genocide, the Government must follow suit

You are being watched. The government has a secret system which contains records of everything you have ever done. Where you went to school....

Yesterday we learned that Capital Coast DHB was torturing an autistic man, keeping him locked in a "seclusion unit" for five years...

The government released a defence white paper today , basicly a long-term plan for the NZDF. Or, in English, their shopping list. So what do...

National's latest "success story"? Homelessness in Auckland has more than doubled in the past three years : The homeless popu...

Today is a member's day, and its likely to be a slog. Sue Moroney's Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leav...

Stuff this morning has an article containing the usual whining from business about how they need migrants because they "can't g...

Back in March, I OIA'd State Service Minister Paula Bennett about the Open Government Partnership, which exposed that she simply wasn...

Hager Book: Brash assisted to power by business lobby , New Zealand Herald , 24 November 2006: Hager also details attendees at National Par...

After the Chilcot report, we'll hear the New Testament – the gospel according to Saint Tony Of course Germany refused to deny the Armen...

The Herald this morning has an appalling story about Capital Coast DHB's treatment of an autistic man. They're torturing him, keepi...

Nothing from me today, as I'm off to Wellington for general geekiness. Normal bloggage will resume on Tuesday.

Yesterday we learned that some of National's charter schools were not all they're cracked up to be, with two violating contractual l...