Thanks, Trevor, for inspiring not one, but two neologisms: mall·ar·dy [mal-ar-dee] noun, plural -dies. 1. a disorder in which the sufferer has a propensity to damage his/her own team by random acts of stupidity. 2. a pathological desire to ride a bicycle while trying to blog. See quackers Quack·ers [kwak-ers] informal 1. a packet of thin, crisp upper-class biscuits. 2. an extreme lack of social [...]

PRESS RELEASE New Zealand Troll Watch is extremely pleased to announce that we have confirmation of a rare type of blogging Troll for the first time in New Zealand. The Political Blogging Troll (Tosserium Cryptomentis venialis) is extremely rare and was thought to exist only in the US. Its natural habitat is parliamentary and congress [...]

No one has said that living on the minimum wage was fun or comfortable. The 25c per hour increase that the National Government has approved will not change that. It barely keeps pace with inflation. But that is not the point of the minimum wage. It is the minimum. It is not meant to be [...]

There is a lot of buzz in the newspapers and the blogosphere about the minimum wage and the rather absurd proposal that it be elevated from $12.50 to $15.00 – a 20% increase. Essentially the minimum wage is a pay rise forced upon employers by government, rather than negotiated between employees and employers. As such, [...]

Well, maybe not. It seems like it is suddenly going to get a whole lot more expensive. Trevor Mallard seems to think that the government is fear-mongering. He, along with Brian Fallow and Rod Oram, seem to think that the ACC blowout is merely an accounting problem, a combination of accounting standards and poor investment [...]

I see I’m not the only one who thinks that the sentencing of the “exorcist” killers of Janet Moses was far too lenient. Prominent defence lawyer Barry Hart, who was not involved in the case, said the sentences seemed too lenient and liberal. “It’s doesn’t matter how you look at it, the sentences are really [...]

This quote from Trevor Mallard on the motel owner who banned an entire town from staying at his motel. “It’s stupid and very, very unfair. It shows the sort of blind prejudice I thought we didn’t have in New Zealand anymore. I’m not surprised the [owner's] Australian.” Question: Do you think all politicians have this [...]

Anyone noticed that Trevor Mallard (never the most stable of MPs) seems to be getting increasingly irrational of late? What rational Labour MP would subject himself to the vagaries of the Kiwiblog comments section? (Sorry, Dave, your posts are good, but some of your commentators are nuts!) I mean, yes, the Standard, by all means. A labour [...]