An interesting tweet was drawn to my attention this morning. Now, my personal view is that this is a pretty cheap shot, and using the hashtag labourabuseskids is pretty reprehensible. The tweet that brought it to my attention came… Continue Reading
Today Tau Henare announced, via Twitter, that he was going to retire. Tau has had a political career that has covered two decades. I have already profiled Tau as a Twitter user. However his announcement today has revealed some interesting… Continue Reading
This morning Stuff carried an interesting article entitled ‘It’s the digital election race’. It starts off with the following opening paragraphs. However we feel about German internet mogul Kim Dotcom, he has changed the way New Zealand voters engage with politics.… Continue Reading
This weeks Twitter stats are: Most Tweets: National: Judith Collins (173), Tau Henare (155) Labour: Clare Curran (112), Grant Robertson (42) Greens: Russel Norman (136), Kevin Hague (81) New Zealand First: Asenati Taylor (19) Other: Peter Dunne (49) Most… Continue Reading
So today, the Minister of Social Development, Paula Bennett, announced a saving of $10.5mil by WINZ through the stopping of payments to people on benefits who were travelling overseas. The details of the announcement are here. But the key point… Continue Reading
