The Prime Minister, John Key, labelled as "hysterical" the news coverage at the beginning of this week that quoted Forest and Bird revealing Government intentions for mining sensitive Crown land. He and his Government claimed there were no such intentions; there could not be, they argued, because a review of relevant land was still going on. Within… More
4:00AM Saturday March 20, 2010
For the majority of his multi-decorated All Blacks career, Richie McCaw has played with the No7 on his jersey. He has added to the conveyer belt of New Zealanders who brought distinction to those openside flanker duties and has lifted the standards… More
The sense of desperation over Martin Johnson's team to face France in Paris on the final weekend of the Six Nations underlines the mess in which English rugby finds itself. A whole season has been wasted by England because they are no nearer finding… More
4:00AM Saturday March 20, 2010
New Zealand must do two things if the first test is not to slip completely out of their grasp before the third day starts tomorrow. They have to win the morning session today; then they need to bat long and hard in their first innings. That means… More
Four names: Charlie Sifford, Lee Elder, Calvin Peete and Tiger Woods. Sifford won two US PGA Tour titles in 1967 and 1969; six years ago he was the first African-American inducted to the world golf Hall of Fame. He was never invited to the Masters. Elder… More
4:00AM Saturday March 20, 2010
With a couple of hours to kill in Wellington on Monday I tossed up between the spy dome trial and Te Papa. Since it was a sunny afternoon and Te Papa offered a longer walk along Wellington's new waterfront I went there. Wrong decision. Had I looked… More
4:00AM Saturday March 20, 2010
Prominent Aucklanders are tossing up whether they should raise a pot of money to back a new woman candidate for the Auckland Super City mayoralty. What's inspired these mainly male businesspeople to consider whether a woman might make a better stalking… More
Juliet asks Romeo: "What's in a name? That what we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." They find out the hard way that there's a lot in a name. He's a Montague and she's a Capulet and never the twain shall meet. Their surnames… More
4:00AM Saturday March 20, 2010
Hysterical? Who's being hysterical? Not the media, Prime Minister. If anyone is suffering from a slight touch of hysteria it is your Government. As much as one can tell, it appears to be engaged in a frantic rewrite of a long-awaited discussion paper… More
4:00AM Saturday March 20, 2010
The demise of Strategic Finance demonstrates once again that investors have been badly let down by our securities laws, regulators, directors, management, the accounting profession and investment advisory industry. The failure of successive Governments… More
3:59AM Saturday March 20, 2010
Rumblings arising from the wholesale collapse of finance companies continue unabated. This week, it was Capital + Merchant and Strategic Finance dominating the headlines. In the case of the former, which has been in receivership for more than… More
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