Archive for August 31st, 2006

Photos from Taser protest at Parliament

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Keith (and Hone Harawera) spoke at a rally against the Taser trial, which begins tomorrow, at a rally outside Parliament today:

Another Keith, Keith Ng, while drawing a different conclusion, links to some terrifying Taser-use videos from the US over at Public Address today.

Posted in Health & Wellbeing, Justice & Democracy, Parliament | 34 Comments »

Government fleet full of gas guzzlers

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Jeanette put Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen on the back foot in the House today when she questioned him on the Government’s Ministerial fleet of chauffeured and self-drive vehicles. A Green Party Official Information Act request has revealed that the fleet is made up of primarily Ford Fairlanes and Ford LTDs, which use a staggering […]

Posted in Environment & Resource Management, Parliament | 17 Comments »

Lambton Quay lighting letter

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Mike over at shoppingfix has posted about an extraordinary letter his Lambton Quay business received from a film company, asking every buisness on Lambton Quay to leave their lights on overnight for two nights while they film an ad, to give Wellington a “big city feel”.
Not only is this incredibly wasteful of power (Mike has […]

Posted in Economy, Work, & Welfare, Environment & Resource Management, Society & Culture | 4 Comments »