ANZAC Day 2008
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Nationhood | No Comments »What an incredible day. I started ANZAC Day with the Dawn Service in Upper Hutt. After that I headed to the Taita RSA, the Stokes Valley RSA and then finally rounded off the day with a quick visit to the ...
The Weekend Opinion Polls
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Election 08 | No Comments »If you're like me, you will have been amused to see TV1 and TV3 releasing political opinion polls over the weekend that painted a vastly different picture of the public mood. TV3's poll indicated that Labour had narrowed the gap ...
Public transport is the way to go
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Public Transport | 1 Comment »Public transport will be one of the major issues I campaign on in the lead-up to this year's general election. As a regular user of our trains and buses, I'm well aware of the strengths and limitations of our current ...
Unemployment in the Hutt Valley
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Labour's Achievements, Local Issues | No Comments »I think this graph speaks for itself really! But if you want to read more, check out my media release on the issue.
The Labour Party is in good shape
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Labour Policy, Labour's Achievements, National Party | No Comments »The Labour Party's pre-election congress over the weekend was fantastic. Despite the odd protester making a bit of noise outside, the mood was energetic and optimistic. Helen Clark, Michael Cullen and Mike Williams all gave good speeches, as did CTU ...
Transport for London Awareness Test
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in About Me, Environment | 1 Comment »If you've been following anything to do with my campaign, you'll be aware that I'm a mad keen cyclist and try to take the sustainable option whenever I can. Wellington is a great city to bike around, we've got a ...
Labour’s Renewal Continues
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Labour's Achievements | No Comments »The New Zealand Herald has a story this morning on the renewal taking place in Labour's ranks. There is a cut-down version of it on their website. They report that the Secretary of the Council of Trade Unions, Carol Beaumont, is ...
Peter Brown is just plain wrong
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Election 08, Race Relations | No Comments »I was simply appalled by the latest diatribe from New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown about immigration. Mr Brown claims that the latest population projections from Statistics New Zealand show that the number of New Zealanders of Asian descent will ...
National thinks Superannuation is an “Election bribe”
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Labour's Achievements, National Party, Retirement | No Comments »There was a very revealling interchange yesterday during Question Time in parliament between Michael Cullen and senior National MP Nick Smith. Dr Cullen was answering a question on why the government hadn't scheduled tax cuts earlier. He was outlining areas ...
National Slippery on Climate Change
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Environment, National Party | No Comments »The National Party's strategy of telling different people what they want to hear has been getting more and more transparent in recent days. Last night One News ran a story in which it revealled that both Lockwood Smith and Maurice ...