Ed's View
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An accident waiting to happen
The latest ACC debacle is yet more proof that the previous Labour government had their collective heads firmly in the clouds.After reading that new Labour leader Phil Goff believes National are beating up a crisis to soften up ACC for privatisation, I...
Thu, March 5, 2009, 10:08 am EST -
How many second chances do we have to give?
William Curtis' defiant comments through his lawyer today at his sentencing prove how dysfunctional some people really are.Curtis, the father of convicted child murderers Michael and Wiremu Curtis, is apparently unremorseful about his part in the...
Fri, February 13, 2009, 7:11 pm EST -
It's the end of the world as we know it
If you ever had any doubts that the world is currently balanced on a knife edge then take a look at the news over the past two weeks.Climate change and global warming are now becoming serious issues.That's actually completely wrong of course.They've...
Thu, February 12, 2009, 7:53 am EST -
How does 17.5 years equate to a life?
Sending Wiremu and Michael Curtis to jail for 17.5 years for the murder of little Nia Glassie should send a message to those who think it's OK to beat kids.It should, but will it?More than likely it won't.That's a pretty awful indictment on the state of...
Wed, February 4, 2009, 2:03 pm EST -
A tragedy that will change the shape of NZ?
In the wake of the tragic shooting of an innocent bystander on Auckland's North-Western motorway there were always going to be a lot of heated arguments.What happened is an absolute tragedy. There is no other way to explain it.A family is mourning the...
Wed, January 28, 2009, 4:06 pm EST -
Kiwis need to start listening - Swim Between The Flags
Where do you swim when you go to the beach?Most Kiwis instinctively swim between the flags on a surf lifeguard patrolled beach - don't they?It seems the answer to that is no.More and more Kiwis are dying in the water and it is horrific.We live in a...
Thu, January 15, 2009, 1:21 pm EST -
It's time for action
New Zealand has gone to the dogs.I used this headline earlier in the year in reference to the murder of Austin Hemmings in downtown Auckland and I received a fairly even level of response.Some of you agreed with me whilst others argued that we were much...
Wed, December 24, 2008, 10:09 am EST -
An awful but fearless prediction
As we near Christmas and the New Year holidays I have a fearless prediction to make.Over this holiday period at least one family will have a loved one taken from them by a drunk driver.As terrible as that sounds it is unfortunately true.The number of...
Tue, December 16, 2008, 1:19 pm EST -
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
Living in Auckland you can't help but wonder what goes through people's heads some days.This morning was no different.As I came up to the Harbour Bridge on the motorway - yes dribbling along at about 30 kilometres an hour - I came upon a bloke in his...
Tue, December 2, 2008, 1:19 pm EST -
Will anything change?
Today's guilty verdicts in the Nia Glassie case have obviously sparked off a wave of emotions around the country.But, will this change anything?I hope so, because I'm sick of reading stories about kids being beaten, maimed and killed.And let's be...
Tue, November 18, 2008, 1:53 pm EST -
Nothing normal about this
I have just read the most sickening story of my entire journalism career.It is the last account of a poor little baby killed by a vicious step-father in England.What happened to this tiny little boy - dubbed Baby P - is nothing short of disgusting and...
Mon, November 17, 2008, 3:31 pm EST -
The post-election battle lines are drawn
Over the past few days I've been amazed at how heated politics has become.And I'm not talking about the final days of the election on the campaign trail.I'm talking about the post-election battle being waged over the message boards and in blogs.Who...
Tue, November 11, 2008, 9:34 am EST -
Ban the bangers
I run the risk of being labeled a member of the dreaded fun police with what I'm about to say.But damn the torpedoes, here we go.Fireworks should be banned.I never thought I'd hear those words come out of my mouth either.When I was a kid I loved Guy...
Tue, November 4, 2008, 3:35 pm EST -
Who will get your vote?
Who are you voting for?Sick of being asked that question?Same, but scarily enough I'm no closer to working out who I will vote for this Saturday than I was 6 weeks ago.Why?Because I'm at the point where I'm starting to question whether any of the...
Tue, November 4, 2008, 7:31 am EST -
Enough is enough
What is wrong with some people?That's a question I seem to ask a lot these days.And in particular it seems to come up a lot when stories about kids being hurt, maimed or killed arrive through the news feeds.I am disgusted by the amount of child abuse I...
Tue, October 28, 2008, 3:26 pm EST -
Contact: let them eat cake
No one can deny any longer that we are in the midst of a financial crisis. Contact Energy, however, think it's the perfect time to double the fees of their directors - at the same time as thousands of their customers face a ten percent increase on their...
Wed, October 22, 2008, 4:00 pm EST -
Who are we letting out on the roads?
There are definitely some 15-year-olds out there who shouldn't be on the roads. But there are also plenty of people in their forties and above who are just as much of a...
Fri, October 17, 2008, 12:52 pm EST -
Cop shop smash
Some days I really do wonder what possesses some people to do the things they...
Thu, October 16, 2008, 10:58 am EST -
And so it begins...
Batten down the hatches - the formalities are over, the parties are about to launch their campaigns and by next week the 2008 election race will be in full...
Fri, October 10, 2008, 1:03 pm EST -
What would you do with $20 million?
After all the doom and gloom I've ranted on about recently I thought it might be wise to add a bit of colour to the picture today.So despite the world's economy looking about as stable as a sand castle engulfed by the incoming tide and New Zealand crime...
Thu, October 2, 2008, 8:47 am EST
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November 11, 2009, 11:34 amIs Hone Harawira a racist?The Oxford Dictionary defines racism as "1. Belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this. 2. Antagonism towards people of other races."Since his expletive laced email tirade Hone Harawira has been called many...
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November 20, 2009, 5:47 pmThe most shocking of talesSeveral stories this week merit a special mention in my mind-boggling news blog, but this first one will take some beating. Or shocking.A police officer called to a house in an small Arkansas town saw fit to use his Taser on the house's unruly...
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