Archive for February, 2008

Clubs day report

Posted by Phil on February 28th, 2008

Sean, one of our newest members, getting Vic students to do the “World’s Smallest Political Quiz”.
Each year, on the Wednesday of Orientation week, Victoria University has a Clubs Day in the quad. And since 2005 the Libertarianz Party have presented Vic students with a genuine political alternative. I may have left university at the […]

Politics, Libertarianz, Personal | 3 Comments »

Freelancing

Posted by Luke H on February 14th, 2008

Recently Phil and I have been experiencing a lifestyle of almost complete freedom, enabled by the good folks at Student Job Search.

Whitby: Shifting an old deck to a dumpster, digging postholes and creating new flowerbeds.

Holidays, Wellington, Personal, New Zealand | 2 Comments »

Hijacker’s violent history

Posted by Phil on February 9th, 2008

There has been a fair bit of blogospheric speculation about links between yesterday’s attempted hijacking and terrorism. Even Instapundit linked to one such post. However the facts that the woman was confused, unable to overpower the pilots, not effectively armed and not in possession of a bomb all support the theory that it was an […]

Politics, New Zealand, Terrorism | 1 Comment »

Homegrown hijacking causes havoc, but it wasn’t unprecedented

Posted by Phil on February 8th, 2008

The big news in New Zealand today was the attempted hijacking of a small Air NZ flight from Blenheim to Christchurch, allegedly by a 33-year old Somali refugee who claimed she had a bomb and demanded to be taken to Australia before attacking the pilots with a knife, causing minor injuries. The taxi driver who […]

Police, Infrastructure, New Zealand, Terrorism | No Comments »

The Politics of Speech Rationing

Posted by Luke H on February 6th, 2008

There is no greater threat to liberty … than the fourth kind of politics, the politics of speech rationing. It is commonly called campaign finance reform, but it’s nothing of the sort. It is simply the assertion of the government of a new, audacious right: the right to determine the timing, content, and amount of […]

Free Speech, Politics, Libertarianz, Labour, New Zealand | 2 Comments »

Key Meets Intended Assassin, Shakes Hand

Posted by Luke H on February 5th, 2008

After enjoying Maori support for Labour for decades, Helen Clark no longer visits Waitangi on February 6, because in 1998, Maori activist Titewhai Harawira made her cry, and in 2004 she was ‘jostled’.
After Brash’s Orewa speech, Maori hated National. Yet after a simple and effective visit to a predominately Maori Auckland street, John Key […]

Politics, New Zealand | 3 Comments »