Jeckle and Hyde Act Party of NZ

Image via WikipediaWell Dr Jeckle has really upset our Mr Hyde. The Jeckle and Hyde Act Party of New Zealand.

Mrs Brash's little boy Don, is looking for more mud to get thrown at him.

But seriously now, Don Brash is not in Parliament and not even a member of the ACT Party of New Zealand, yet he wants to become leader?

So by the same criteria I can take over the Labour Party from Phil Goff. Yeah right!

Neither Don Brash or Rodney Hyde have the interests of Joe and Joanna Bloggs, the average Kiwi couple wth 1.5 Bloggettes on tow, at heart, just those moronic residents of the New Zealand political Right, not the right of New Zealand.

These morons would privatise everything in sight: Would sell off our schools to commercial interests, sell off our public hospitals to the private sector and put our military forces out for tender.

But the one thing they haven't discussed yet: Could Don Brash make it in Dancing with the Stars?  Don doesn't have the surplus body fat that dear old Rodney had when he set out to dance his way to fame. But you never know do you - we may have our very own Fred Astaire. Don has proven he is pretty good at usurping somebody else's partner anyway.

Just thought of something. Don Brash and Donald Trump share the same first name. Don Juan's or Mafia Dons?

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Maori Party leaders ban discussion on Hone Harawira...

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Maori Party leaders ban discussion on Hone Harawira...

Maori Party co-leaders Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples. (Right)
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia says the ban on discussing matters involving MP Hone Harawira comes from their party organisation.

Party president Pem Bird has announced a complete media ban until the disciplinary process for Mr Harawira is complete next week.

Mrs Turia says she's had nothing to do with that process or whether it needs to be open and accountable.

"To be honest with you, I haven't given it any thought given that I haven't been party to any of that process," she said.

Acknowledgements:   Newstalk ZB


So this is what a dead dwarf star looks like?  No wonder Hone Harawira questions his future there?

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Labour announces child poverty plan - what has National got to offer?...

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Labour announces child poverty plan...

A six year initiative to tackle child poverty in New Zealand is being proposed by the Labour Party.

The Labour Party has unveiled plans to cut child poverty.

Deputy Labour Party Leader, Annette King, has told the party conference, child poverty is unfinished business for Labour.

Ms King says they have a six year plan, that puts children at the centre of investment in social service delivery. She told NewstalkZB, "When you're dealing with children, you can't deal with one aspect, we're looking at what you need to do in health, housing and early childhood education."

Annette King isn't saying how much it will cost , but says they have crunched the numbers and will reveal it before the election.

What does the National Party government have to offer?

Acknowledgements: © 2010 NZCity, NewsTalkZB

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Jeckyl and Hide - Rodney and Heather...

Jeckyl and Hide - Rodney and Heather...


ACT MP Heather Roy has defied her leader Rodney Hide and returned to Parliament against his orders.



She was supposed to be off for two weeks considering her future after losing the deputy leadership, but she has returned early, saying she supports Mr Hide and wants to put the events of last week behind her.



Following her very public demotion, she now also gets to sit behind him in Parliament.



"Eighty-six thousand New Zealanders voted for a list that I was high up on, and I have a duty to come back and do my job," says Ms Roy, "and I'm looking forward to it. I'm back."



But there was no display of unity like last week. She faced the media alone while Mr Hide avoided reporters following an appearance in the House.



That could be because he wasn't expecting her back.



"I've let Heather have a break… We said a couple weeks, but we'll se how we go," said Mr Hide.



Regardless, Ms Roy says she wants to move on from the accusations in a leaked dossier in which she described Mr Hide as a bully.



The memo was leaked by her adviser Simon Ewing-Jarvie who has lost his job.



"I was horrified, mortified and extremely angry at him," says Ms Roy. "There was no way I would condone the leaking of documents under any circumstances and I've told him that."



Returning early is an act of defiance from Ms Roy - the party is more divided than ever.



Mr Hide is now talking to her through the media, just releasing a statement which calls on her to front up to the party's other MPs and board to explain the developments of last week.



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NZ Opposition MP's staged walkout in protest against National chairwoman...

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Opposition MPs staged a walkout at a parliamentary committee today in a protest against the undemocratic conduct of the chairwoman, National MP Sandra Goudie.


Labour MPs Clayton Cosgrove, Rick Barker and Carmel Sepuloni and Green MP David Clendon walked out of the law and order select committee.



Mr Cosgrove said the walkout was a protest at Ms Goudie's conduct.



It was the "culmination of 18 months in which she had refused to respect the democratic role of Opposition MPs to ask questions and challenge government departments", he said.



Mr Cosgrove said Ms Goudie should study the way other committee chairs worked, specifically National's Chester Borrows who was "unfailingly polite" and seemed to want Opposition MPs to contribute to the democratic process.



"It's a matter of giving everyone a fair go."



Mr Cosgrove said he would write to Speaker Lockwood Smith about Ms Goudie's undemocratic behaviour.



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The National Government is testing the water to consider asset sales...

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The National Government is testing the water, so to speak, to consider asset sales...


Public's view on partial privatisation of state assets to be assessed; Labour claims Nats testing water for future sale of SOEs; of course, what would you expect?



Labour is suspicious of work being done to assess the public's view on partial privatisation of state assets.



The Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit is undertaking the task at the request of Treasury.



Labour Party Finance spokesman David Cunliffe claims the Government's motivations are clear. He says it is obvious National intends privatising state assets if it is re-elected.



Mr Cunliffe says the Monitoring Unit's actions are a pre-cursor to that.



I wonder if NZ Post and Kiwi Bank are both being considered?








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The NZ National Party show their true colours, tinted with racism...

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The NZ National Party show their true colours, tinted with racism. The Tuhoe claim for the Urewera National Park has been rejected by John Key - might get part management of the lands?

The credibility of the so-called Maori Party has to be questioned too!  How can they continue to prop up these racists in the National Party?

Ngapuhi should also get the message - they will get  nowhere with their inverted racist claims as well.

There is only one nation - New Zealand - and only one New Zealand Government. Its just the National and Act parties which are so rotten!

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