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…

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…

More Reaction to Dirty Politics by Nicky Hager – New Zealand’s ‘Non-Fictional House of Cards’

What a great day for cartoonists #hagerbook – CARTOON in today’s @nzhpolitics pic.twitter.com/Qmajl4hrKN — Rod Emmerson (@rodemmerson) August 13, 2014 We’d like to assure our readers that E2NZ.org is free from political interference of any kind and we never communicate with our sources by email, unlike some other New Zealand blogs that have grown bloated…

Beer Cans Could Be Missiles During World Cup Matches

Back in May of last year we blogged about the rather dumb decision to serve beer only in cans at some rugby world cup stadia (including Eden Park) despite submissions from the police that cans could be used as missiles. To have installed beer lines and provide plastic cups in the multi-million dollar venues would’ve…