http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for John Armstrong en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:02 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/headlines.cfm?a_id=3 Has New Zealand sold out to Japan by backing a compromise proposal before the International Whaling Commission which would reopen the door to commercial slaughter of whales, albeit in limited numbers? The answer is an emphatic... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10631021&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:18 +1200 Axe the tax? Labour would if it could. But it can't. So maybe the tax will stay. Maybe it won't. Who knows. Labour isn't saying. And it won't be saying for quite a while yet. Confusing? Not really. Labour's campaign to halt... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10630147&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 SATURDAY The delegates seem to be getting older; the venues are definitely getting smaller. Act is having a bit of a mid-life crisis. The young activists who were once a major presence at the party's annual conferences appear... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10630146&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Former Treasury secretary Graham Scott has warned that further rises in GST risk straining the political consensus that the indirect tax apply to all goods and services without exemption. Dr Scott, who was a senior Treasury official... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10629557&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Many voters are "not only venal, but ignorant", according to former National Party leader Don Brash. The former Reserve Bank Governor made the remark at Act's annual conference at the weekend in his capacity as chairman of the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10629168&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The more times you read it, the more obvious it becomes that Heather Roy's speech to Act's weekend conference was not one you would hear from a loyal deputy. And that's putting it mildly. It is astonishing in itself that Act's... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10629150&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 As far as personal torment goes, Rodney Hide at times cuts a tragic figure of almost Shakespearian proportions. Never more so than last year when Act's leader was forced to make an abject public apology for being less than frugal... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10628714&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 MONDAY Most prime ministers have watersheds in their careers; John Key has waterbeds. A week after bizarrely describing the Maori Party's Whanau Ora programme as being a bit like a waterbed - "if you push down on one side, it's... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10628709&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 For Phil Heatley's sake, let's hope the plonk was a pretty special drop. Using his taxpayer-funded credit card to buy a couple of bottles of wine during the Saturday night knees-up at last year's National Party conference could literally... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10628569&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:22:55 +1200 Phil Heatley's political future now hangs on an Audit Office investigation finding him to have been foolish with his ministerial expenses rather than trying to rip off the taxpayer. However, his chances of returning to the Cabinet... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10628592&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:00:20 +1200 Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Fiji's military leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, have agreed "in principle" to meet next month amid further signs that renewed dialogue between Wellington and Suva is starting to bear significant... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-armstrong/news/article.cfm?a_id=3&objectid=10628125&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:00:20 +1200