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NZ Politics Daily no longer on liberation

NZ Politics Daily will no longer be published on the liberation blog. The main reason for this is that it unnecessarily duplicates its publication elsewhere online. Currently NZ Politics Daily can be viewed first on the NZ Herald website in the Politics section, or later as an extended version in the National Business Review website on the Politics section. The liberation blog will now focus more on other alternative analyses of New Zealand politics. It will also feature regular posts that highlight recent images and cartoons relating to New Zealand politics. Below is the first installment of selected political images and satire. [Read more below]

 

NZ Politics Daily - 2 October 2012

This morning saw the third inquiry into the Dotcom spying saga, with the Police announcing their own investigation in response to Green co-leader Russel Norman’s complaint last week – see: Police launch probe into spying on Dotcom: ‘Independent QC Kristy McDonald will review the inquiry and advise whether charges should be laid. It's likely the investigation will see Finance Minister Bill English interviewed, because of his role in signing an order to keep the involvement of the GCSB secret.’  This raises some interesting parallels with last year’s Police investigation of the so-called teapot tapes. By coincidence, both issues concern matters of privacy (and communications) and the recording or violation of that privacy. For the authoritative account of these parallels involved and on whether the Police will or should investigate – see Graeme Edgeler’s very good expert blogpost, Kim Dotcom vs. The Teapot Tapes. [Read more below]