EFB for Dummies

I have just posted a new page on the EFB.  It basically a dictionary of all the terms that, for those new to the whole political debate, require further definition.  I have taken the information from various government websites and the www.elections.org.nz site.  It is only as up to date as the source sites.
It is [...]

Bell Gully stand firm

In a brilliant piece in the Dominion Post today Bell Gully partner Roger Partridge and solicitor Jesse Wilson re-state their opinion that
‘ we…consider the bill’s interference with political expression cannot be justified in a free and democratic society, and is insconsistent wil the rights protected by the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990′
They also [...]

The “owning” class?

Dear me, Mr Trotter has, well, flumoxed me.  Apparently we have a (new?) class system in NZ and the bad people are the “Owning” class; this according to his column in today’s Dominion.
Where does this deep hatred of people who have worked hard to gain a couple of assets come from?  Does Mr Trotter not own [...]

“An odious piece of lawmaking”

Go Louis; our HB Today Editor has spoken out loud and strong. It is Pierard at hi bilious best.
20.11.2007

Louis PierardWHEN the present Government departs office, it will do so with the martyr’s sigh that it has been profoundly misunderstood. There will be no recriminations and there will be no insightful reflections. There will be just [...]

Purpose of the EFB

The Electoral Finance Bill states its purpose as…
(a) maintain public and political confidence in the administration of elections; and
I think the HUGE public outpouring on this clearly indicates that there is NO public confidence in the administration of elections under this bill.
(b)promote participation by the public in parliamentary democracy; and
Yeah Right! We are curtailed at [...]

EFB amendments – Action Needed NOW!

For information on the amendments, which by all accounts have actually made it worse, please go to www.kiwiblog.co.nz or www.killthebill.co.nz 
Auckland protested last Saturday and 2000 people turned up.
Wellington (and a girl from HB) will be protesting this Wednesday
Assemble in Civic Square at 12.00.
These protests, plus the one planned for Christchurch, may just make it the biggest [...]

Wellington Protest

I am going to  theWellington protest.  If anyone needs a lift from HB or anywhere in between (masterton, caterton etc etc etc) please get in contact with me.

Shafted by a Telco cont’d

 I have previously blogged …
http://maidennz.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/shafted-by-a-telco-once-again/
about how the screen on my son’s phone broke just three days after he bought it; and that I suspected that we would get taken for a ride….I was right.
Earlier this week I got a phonecall saying they had checked the phone and the screen was broken
“Well done Einstein you’ve just [...]

This will be illegal next year…

Let the games begin…

Comments and suppostions are starting to surface regarding the possible changes to the EFB
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10476180
 However the Law Society, whom I presume have their noses in the same trough are still calling for it to be thrown out.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10476179
DPF has provided some timelines for the show down.
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2007/11/electoral_finance_bill_timeline.html#comments
Apparently there is a protest march in Auckland this weekend end, while [...]