Mouldy Kiwi Homes: A John Key Lesson On Responsibility

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Transparency International Flags Warning Over NZ’s #DirtyPolitics Debacle, Corruption Taints NZ Reputation

Transparency report highlights our dirty politics “A new report by Transparency International has called for “serious and urgent action” to protect government integrity and highlights the dirty politics played by National, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Maryan Street says. “This latest report highlighted concerns about appointments to boards and high level public sector positions, a decline…

“The Big List of John Key’s Lies”

HT to the reader who sent us the link to this thread on r/NewZealand. Mr Key has a reputation for amnesia when asked hard questions. His failure to remember his position on the apartheid sanction-busting Springbok tour of New Zealand in 1981 caused him to be ‘forgotten’ by the world’s media during the Nelson Mandela remembrance…

Zealand’s Corrupt Politicians and #DirtyPolitics – The Best Tweets

Error NZ – do you wish to restart? #election2014 #dirtypolitics #NewZealand pic.twitter.com/Glv2JMhmdq — SaveOurSchoolsNZ (@Dianne_Khan) August 20, 2014 It’s been over a week since Nicky Hager’s book Dirty Politics hit the bookshelves and interest in its contents shows no sign of abating. Amid all the scandal, some lovely news. #DirtyPolitics book sales hit 15,000! Next…