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Backbench MP David Cunliffe today told Labour Leader David Shearer that he had “just been making phone calls” and that there was “certainly nothing strange about that.” In recent days, several senior MPs have reported receiving bizarre calls from Mr. Cunliffe, in which he gave them compliments and invited them […]
A poll released Monday by Australasian research firm Roy Morgan Research shows it leading both National and Labour in public support ahead of next year’s general election. Were an election held today, the poll indicates that Roy Morgan Research would receive 58% support, with the National and Labour Parties receiving […]
The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea today threatened New Zealand with a nuclear attack in response to new sanctions leveled on it by the United Nations. The isolated communist dictatorship had earlier made a similar threat against the United States, but retracted it following President Obama’s swift assurance that […]
One week after a young intern was mauled to death by a lion at California’s Cat Haven sanctuary, the victim’s parents are reassuring the public that their daughter died “doing what she loved.” Elizabeth Baker, a volunteer intern at the sanctuary, died on March 6th when a five year old […]
After two long months of stalemate and fraught negotiations, Congressional Democrats and Republicans came together Friday in a rare moment of bipartisanship to rig every inch of the Capitol Building with deadly explosives. The move, aimed at incentivising both parties to compromise for the good of the nation, came after […]
Prime Minister John Key believes that the majority of New Zealanders like pizza. He made the claim today at a scheduled press conference in response to a question about school closures in Christchurch. When asked by a reporter if he was concerned that polling showed a majority of residents opposed […]