by Cimino | 25 Sep 2009 | Cartoons, MMP
Only half know what they are doing. That’s in general elections, where the turnout puts local government elections to shame—in spite of voters needing to travel no further than the mailbox. And not only do a mere 52%post the 2003 election understand ‘which of the two...
by Jim Dollimore | 28 Aug 2009 | Local
Letter It would be bad news indeed for the Mahurangi and it’s action plan if Mahurangi became part of the cash-strapped Kaipara District. I think we need to respond to Mike Lee’s call and make submissions urgently. Editor’s note This being the second...
by Cimino | 12 Nov 2007 | Campaign Finance Reform
Jefferson’s words thrill radical youth eternal: That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is in the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing...
by Cimino | 10 Nov 2007 | STV
With the third excruciating reversal of fortunes, Wayne Walker is once again a Rodney District councillor. On election night Walker was provisionally ahead of running mate, runner up Colin MacGillivray, by four votes. However, the position changed the following...
by Cimino | 4 Nov 2007 | STV
First-time visitors often overshoot the turnoff into Ngārewa Drive. It is not because the road to the Mahurangi Regional Parkspecifically, Mahurangi Regional Park – West—Ngārewa Drive—is poorly sign-posted, indeed there are now three major elements to the signposting:...
by Cimino | 4 Nov 2007 | MMP
Updated 16 November 2011 The member of Parliament’s ‘What’s to fix with mmp’ wasn’t rhetorical, and consequently the editor was somewhat taken aback. It was a sharp reminder that opinion on mixed-member proportional is, mixed. That it is either a huge improvement on...
