The Hive

A couple of readers have asked us to nominate the post that had the biggest impact. There were several but we were proud of this one from 18 December 2007 - Peter Dunne changed his position on th...

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The Hive was established in late November 2007 as a reaction to the proposed passage of bad legislation – the Electoral Finance Act. The collaborators had several other goals: To experiment wit...

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There have been Ministers outside Cabinet for many years. We thought the objection three years ago was the notion of "Minister outside Government" - specifically Minister of Foreign Affairs outsi...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/not-sure-dom-post-has-this-correct.html

If true this will be aa good appointment. It will be interesting to contrast Heather Roy's performance with that of her predecessor - Judith Tizard.

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But we hope that Goff will adopt a similar attitude to the Emissions Trading Scheme. Yes, we know several of our regular comments contributors - including Mr Anonymous will be quick to say we don...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/goff-comments-on-efa-welcome.html

Further big falls overnight in the US. Asia has been falling the last couple of days. This from CNN: Wall Street markets dipped sharply Wednesday weighed down by losses in Europe and Asia and r...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/just-in-case-you-thought-markets-had.html

We are pleased that John Key is planning to take personal responsibility for our major export industry - tourism and that national is continuing to strive to boost export performance. In a speech...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/groser-reiterates-tough-export-goal.html

From Le Figaro - in honour of Armstice Day . Sarko's boldness continues to amaze us............... LES FUSILLÉS DE 1917 «NE S'ÉTAIENT PAS DÉSHONORÉS» C'est le fort de Douaumont, haut...

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Some reassuring words from the Reserve Bank New Zealand's financial and payments systems have held up well in the face of extreme disorder within the international financial markets, Governor Al...

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The Press reports that Lockwood Smith is being considered for the speaker role. We recommended this before the election. Controversial National MP Lockwood Smith is a frontrunner to become Parli...

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Fran O'Sullivan has a good overview of the challenges facing John Key at this year's APEC meeting in Peru. We agree with Fran's points about the importance of this meeting for Key at this difficu...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/fran-reviews-apec.html

Today's Dominion Post mentions the possibility. Certainly the rumour has been around for a while. This would allow the possibility for Andrew Little to gain some profile by contesting the electio...

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We enjoyed this very much . Well done Phil and Annette!!

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A number of you are inetersted in this topic today so we repeat the D-G's bio. Key details in bold. We understand that there has been a roll over. It is the terms of this roll over that are inter...

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This made us feel ill . From The NZ Herald Labour and New Zealand First got $100,000 donations from fishing and racing industry heavyweights the Vela brothers in the 10 days before the election....

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This is so like 1984. The end of a totally domineering regime. Generational shift, and an economic crisis to boot. What is different is Helen Clark. She did the honourable thing for her party an...

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It looks as though the right wing faction of the Labour are about to clean up the top jobs with news that a Goff/King ticket looks likely to be unopposed . Hardly generational change but the two ...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/shift-to-right-continues.html

We congratulate the Australian taxpayers for their generosity. The auto industry would not have been our preferred charity, now would we have allocated such a large sum, but what the hell. Rudd w...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/rudd-pumps-62-billion-of-australian.html

A reader just forwarded this article from The Australian . Carbon crash hits Europe's emission trading scheme Carl Mortished November 06, 2008 WHILE you were distracted by crashing banks and cla...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/carbon-price-collapse-is-ets-best-way.html

W are largely happy with National's 10 point plan for immediate action, but we hope repeal of the Electoral Finance Act is not overlooked.... NATIONAL'S PLAN 1. Meet leaders of Act, United Futur...

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Dave Brash, David Parker's right hand man on the design of the Emissions Trading Scheme has resigned from MfE and has joined the New Zealand Transport Authority as Group Manager Partnerships and ...

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A little snippet from the Dominion Post Australia's federal opposition says new Zealand's strong policy on climate change was a driving fcator behind Labour's loss. The coalition's infrastructur...

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From Tracy Watkins on the front page of The Dominion Post: Mr Key, 47, made it clear a top international posting was Miss Clark's if she wanted it, saying there was a precedent and that her inte...

http://wellingtonhive.blogspot.com/2008/11/key-confirms-offer-of-top-international.html

Not available again today in Wellington!!!! There used to be no troubles getting the hard copy Herald in Wellington CBD by 0730. Now you are lucky to have it by 1030. Luckily today, the Dominio...

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The Green co-leaders have just been doing an interview with the Herald's Audrey Young. Agent 69 says they look very sad. So they should. They are the big losers. By foolishly tying themselves to ...

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