The Kiwiblog 2008 Awards
I’m opening nominations early for the Kiwiblog 2008 Awards, as I don’t want them caught up in the election.
As with last year, there are five categories:
- MP of the Year
- Labour MP of the Year
- National MP of the Year
- Minor Party MP of the Year
- Press Gallery Journalist of the Year
- Public Servant of the Year
Make your nominations below, and then I’ll announce the finalists and run a poll in each category. These are all positive awards – for the best person in each category.
Also are there any missing categories? Feel free to suggest some additional categories.
Last year the winners were:
- MP of the Year – John Key
- Labour MP of the Year – Phil Goff
- National MP of the Year – Bill English
- Minor Party MP of the Year – Heather Roy
- Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Fran O’Sullivan
- Public Servant of the Year – Kevin Brady
I am instituting a new rule – you can’t win two years running in the same category, So you can’t nominate people in the category they won last year.
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September 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Troll of the year.
Highest negative karma vote of the year.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
1. MP of the Year
Rodney Hide
2. Labour MP of the Year
Winston Peters
3. National MP of the Year
Brian Connell
4. Minor Party MP of the Year
Rodney Hide
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the Year
Jon Stewart
6. Public Servant of the Year
Owen Glenn
September 29th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
If I may:
MP of the Year: Peter Sharples – simply for last week in the media.
Labour MP of the Year: Phil Goff
National MP of the Year: Paula Bennett
Minor Party MP of the Year: Rodney Hide
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Barry Soper/Audrey Young
Public Servant of the Year: Mr Glenn [he served the public well]
September 29th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
1, Hone Harawira 2. Cunliffe 3. Collins 4. Hyde 5. Armstrong. 6. The lady whistleblower from Environment Dept.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
1. MP of the Year: Rodney Hide
2. Labour MP of the Year: Michael Cullen
3. National MP of the Year: Simon Power
4. Minor Party MP of the Year: Sue Bradford
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: How the fuck did Fran O’Sullivan win Press Gallery Journalist of the year? Is she even accredited? Did she even set foot in Parliament last year? Did she write a single political news story? WTF?
Anyway . . . Audrey Young.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
MP of the Year: Rodney Hide.
Labour MP of the Year: David Cunliffe.
National MP of the Year: Bill English.
Minor Party MP of the Year: Rodney Hide.
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Audrey Young.
Public Servant of the Year: Vacant.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
MP of the Year: Rodney Hide
Liarbour MP of the year: Goff
Nat MP of the year: Judith Collins (the next GREAT National party leader)
Minor Party MP of the year: Rodney Hide
Journo of the Year: Fran
Snivel servant of the Year: Owen Glenn.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Is this for most influential person of the year (a la Time), or done the most good?
[DPF: Most good]
September 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
The only one that I can answer more or less unequivocally:
MP of the Year: Pita Sharples
He’s phenomenally lifted both himself and his party both in profile and credibility. Whether you agree with him or not, he’s done a damn good job doing precisely what his constituency elected him to do.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
1. Rodney Hide
2. Phil Goff
3. Simon Power
4. Peter Sharples
5. Audrey Young
6. Grant Liddell.
Troll of the year, it’s a toss up between Philu and Roger-Nome, but I err on the side of RN as i could read what he was posting.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
1) MP of the Year: Rodney Hide
2) Labour MP of the Year: Michael Cullen
3) National MP of the Year: John Key
4) Minor Party MP of the Year: Sue Bradford
5) Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Guyon Espiner
6) Public Servant of the Year: Whoever is the head of the SFO
September 29th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
MP of the Year – Rodney Hide now that he’s got back to his butt kicking best.
Labour MP of the Year – John Key (Hey he wants to lead them…..)
National MP of the Year – Winston Peter’s (No single person has done more to increase National’s poll numbers)
Minor Party MP of the Year –
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Probably Colin Espiner if he qualifies, not his labour hack of a brother though.
Public Servant of the Year – That chick from the environment ministry.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
1. MP of the year: Rodney Hide
2. Labour MP of the year: no idea
3. National MP of the year: Gerry Brownlee
4. Minor Party MP of the Year: Rodney Hide
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the year: no idea
6. Public Servant of the Year: no idea
September 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
1. MP of the year: Rodney Hide
2. Labour MP of the year: no idea
3. National MP of the year: pass
4. Minor Party MP of the Year: Rodney Hide
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the year: Audrey Young
6 Public Servant of the Year: Erin Leigh (the one people above have forgotten her name, who blew the whistle on C Curran and H2′s interference in Environment Ministry).
September 29th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
1) MP of the Year: Phil Goff
2) Labour MP of the Year: –
3) National MP of the Year: Bill English
4) Minor Party MP of the Year: Pita Sharples
5) Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: –
6) Public Servant of the Year: Dr Helena Catt – mainly out of pity for what she is about to go through…
September 29th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
1-MP of the year: Rodney Hide
2-Labour MP of the year: Winston Peters/Phil Goff
3-National MP of the year: Nick Smith
4-Smaller Party MP of the year: Tariana Turia
5-Press Gallery: Audrey Young
6-Public Servant: Madeleine Setchell
September 29th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
MP of the Year Pita Sharples (has positioned his Party nicely, has acted witht he utmost integrity, has done well for Maori and is in line to be Minister of Maori Affairs)
Labour MP of the Year Michael Cullen (good comeback from 2-3 bad years)
National MP of the Year John Key (he is key to National’s chances and has done a good job as PM in waiting for the most part)
Minor Party MP of the Year Rodney Hide (great work re Peters has the style but we still wait for his electoral substance)
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Audrey Young in a canter
Public Servant of the Year Erin Leigh
Worst MP Peters
Troll & -ve Karma= PhilU (for his consistent meaningless trolling. His first post on each topic is usually almost identical in substance to his post on the next topic and the next topic).
Most improved Troll: RRM
Worst Troll Micky Savage
September 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
1. MP of the Year
Phil Goff
2. Labour MP of the Year
Phil Goff
3. National MP of the Year
Bill English
4. Minor Party MP of the Year
Rodney Hide
September 29th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
MP of the year Winston
Labour MP, Clark
National MP, English
Minor party MP, Sharples
Press gallery, Kitchin
Public servant, Catt
Winston has dominated the headlines and brought us into the real world of sleeze, corruption and lying. Like Idi Amin he’s a buffoon, but a deadly one especially wrt democracy. I have no hesitation in nominating him for this award because he also brought into stark relief the attitudes of the politicians around him, in particular Rodney for pursuing him and Key for his almost mind boggling courage in isolating him and possibly himself and National.
Clark gets my vote for Labour because of the startling transformation from reigning queen to feral attack rat. She also brought about some of the most hateful legislation during the year that this country has ever seen and brought about the worst aspects of the American system that she once so despised.
Bill gets my National MP vote for a solid year in the House where he endlessly chipped away at the Government’s foundations and at the end rendered it largely illegitimate in the eyes of the public.
Sharples rounded up his year by clearly positioning a maverick party somewhere between Labour and National and in a position where even if he’s not needed.. he will be to any incoming Govt. He took a fair part in bringing down Winston, possibly at a cost, and looks fair to be an anchor point in future parliaments.
Phil Kitchin has worked hard and somewhat fearlessly to dig out the various bits and pieces on the Winston story. Good stuff.
Helena Catt has had an awful job in dealing with the EFA. I feel she has maneuvered very well between her responsibility to implement the unworkable, stay loyal to the Govt and still send out messages of concern to the general public.
JC
September 29th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
MP of the Year: Rodney “Kick-Ass” Hide – for giving Ms. Wilson the big fuck off; for asking the hard questions when others wished someone would; for that cool yellow blazer; and for generally kicking ass when the opportunity presented itself.
Labour MP of the Year: Annette King – for proclaiming the moon is to blame for violent crime; for telling us all that cracking down on gangs is a waste of time and then today giving her support to legislative control of gangs; for finally and summarily stomping the good name of common sense into bulldust.
National MP of the Year: Chris Findlayson for his detailed work on why the EFB was the most nonsensical unworkable bill in NZ history.
Minor Party MP of the Year: Labour – for turning a ruling majority Party into an irrelevent 20 percenter party.
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Duncan Garner for shameless, breathless, bias and that fuckin’ great big billboard of a red tie that should have an authorisation statement attached.
(Unofficial)Public Servant of the Year: Owen Glenn.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
1. Rodney Hide
2. David Benson-Pope
3. Judith Collins
4. Rodney Hide
5. Whale Oil
6. Owen Glenn
7. Award for those not reading instructions… all those nominating Bill English and Phil Goff for Nat & Labour MP of Year.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
1. Key (next PM)
2. Goff (next opposition leader)
3. English (for slaying Annette King)
4. Hide (for slaying Winston)
5. Audrey Young (for Slaying Winston)
6. Helene Catt (for speaking out about the awful EFA)
September 29th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
1. Rodney Hide
2. Sue Moroney
3. Gerry Brownlee
4. Peter Sharples
5. Audrey Young
6. Grant Liddell
September 29th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
MP of the year Hide
Labour MP, Benson-Pope
National MP, Key
Minor party MP, Sharples
Press gallery, Farrar
Public servant, David Magee (who provided back-room help to his successor for the Winston affair)
September 29th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
1. Rodney Hide
2. Winston Peters
3. Simon Power
4. Pita Sharples
5. Guyon Espiner
6. Grant Liddell
September 29th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
MP of the Year: Rodney Hide
Labour MP of the Year: Phil Goff
National MP of the Year: Simon Power
Minor Party MP of the Year: Pita Sharples
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Colin Espiner
Public Servant of the Year: Helena Catt
September 29th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
If Erin’s courage under fire is not considered for this year’s awards (as she 2nd in the 07 awards), I give my nomination to Grant Liddell.
There should be awards for best blogger, best left & best right wing bloggers, as well as best left & right wing trolls.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
1) Pita Sharples
2) Gerry Brownlee
3) Michael Cullen (much as I hate to say it)
4) Hone Harawira
5) Audrey Young (has Winston apologised to her yet for calling her a liar when she blew the whistle on him?)
6) Grant Liddell
September 29th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
“I am instituting a new rule – you can’t win two years running in the same category, So you can’t nominate people in the category they won last year.”
Isn’t there something a little NCEA-ish, give-a-certificate-for-having-a-go, not-fair-for-the-rich-to-get-a-bigger-tax-cut, lets-not-keep-the-score-in-case-it-hurts-the-losers’-feelings in that rule?
September 29th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
biggest lie of the year..key..(either ashford..or insider trading..)
biggest liar of the year..(see above..)
biggest ‘joke’ of the year..you can’t go past ol’ yellow-jacket..and his toxic/from-the-crypt) off-sider..’wodger’..
scariest wannabe mp..that’d be ‘wodger’..again..
the ‘dead albatross’ of the political scene..that’d be wodger..again..
biggest fashion-victim mp..that’d be ol’ yellowjacket again..
mp’s we’re sorry to see gone..that’d be tanczos and rich..
phil(whoar.co.nz)
September 29th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
1. English – the most feared Opposition member for several leading Ministers in the Government
2. Wilson – Speaker with a seemingly wanton disregard for even-handedness; her Party’s greatest asset in the House
3. Power – his chairmanship won plaudits from every party represented in the Privileges Committee; even from Cullen!
4. Hide – courage under fire to match that of Willy Apaiata, and an intellect to match his courage
5. Young – still awaiting her apology from the short fellow in pinstripes
6. Tommy gear – most successful exponent of sucking (unnoticed) on the public tit
September 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
1. MP of the year: Rodney Hide
2. Labour MP of the year: Michael Cullen
3. National MP of the year: Gerry Brownlee
4. Minor Party MP of the Year: Pita Sharples
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the year: Audrey Young
6 Public Servant of the Year: Grant Liddell
September 29th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
1 – Winston Peters, once again he has managed to highlight corruption and sleaze in high places during an election year. And once again he has managed to make it hurt the sitting governement. If there is one man who deserves just reward for bringing about a National Party government it is Winston.
2 – Michael Cullen, proving that it is never too late to start learning. 8 years in office and he finally figures out over taxation is not a good thing, well done that man.
3 – John Key, could a potted plant lose an election held in a reccession against a government whose ministers are seen to be covering up corruption, punishing good parents and banning free speech? Perhaps an azalia could, but we will never know because John Key has stepped up to lead the Nats to victory.
4 – (assuming Winston ineligible) Russell Norman, a man from nowhere parachuted into the top job. A man of mystery – from where did he come, what does he stand for, who does he represent and is it really true that he was selected on the basis of a sex quota? Russell Norman the Kgalema Motlanthe of NZ politics.
5 – Colin Espinor, seriously, good guy. I am not joking.
6 – David Rankin (Chief Exec Auckland City), a man whose vision is wonderfully attuned to Auckland. His finest achievement is an expensive bridge that when a superyacht arrives will have lanes rise skywards and apart, opening like a whore’s legs admitting a client.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
MP of the Year – Chris Findlayson, with Gerry Brownlee as runner-up. Meticulously researching an issue and then presenting a detailed argument that just leaves your opponents looking stupid is not as easy as it looks – a vast amount of work goes into making sure all your bases are covered even if you only present the executive summary version. Findlayson’s work on the EFB was the most detailed and most impressive I’ve seen not just in this term but generally, and is an example of what MPs ought to be doing – researching the laws they’re debating and presenting well-thought-out arguments, not flinging partisan mud. And Brownlee’s performance in the House, while not as spectacular as Hide’s, is more sustained and therefore at least as damaging.
Labour MP of the Year – Trevor Mallard, for starkly demonstrating what too long in power – and too long in a government willing to do anything to retain it – can do to someone who actually started off as not a bad bloke.
National MP of the Year – Gerry Brownlee. See above. Though Kathryn Rich deserves a placing, for remaining consistently principled and leaving the toxicity rather than selling out her beliefs to curry favour.
Minor Party MP of the Year – Ron Mark, for demonstrating so thoroughly everything that is wrong with the MMP list system when it permits a stupid, nasty little thug to dip in our pockets to pay him a salary he couldn’t possibly earn in the real world (he couldn’t keep an amusement park solvent, for goodness sake) and ends up with someone seething with prejudice and an overweening sense of his own superiority chairing a Parliamentary committee which makes decisions affecting our freedoms and liberties.
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – A joint award to Audrey Young and Phil Kitchin (alright technically I don’t think he’s a Gallery journo but he’s a political reporter) not just for excellent research and an ability to write about complex deals that need wiring diagrams to explain to MPs, but in such a way that the average voter could understand why the whole thing stinks, but for courage under fire. Having a target painted on you by an MP who’s shielded by (and prepared to grossly misuse) privilege isn’t fun – you’re utterly defenceless.
Public Servant of the Year – Erin Leigh (see remarks on Audrey & Phil).
September 29th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
1.Rodney Hide
2.vacant
3.Key
4.Pita Sharples
5.Audrey Young
6.Owen Glenn
September 29th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
OK, Phil I’ll play
biggest lie of the year..Clark/Peters..(if I list all their lies, you might have to scroll for a couple of days)
biggest liar of the year..(see above..)
biggest ‘joke’ of the year..The Greens for pretending they are anything but Labours booty call….
scariest wannabe mp..that’d be Bradford…hands fucken down…
the ‘dead albatross’ of the political scene..that’d be back to Winnie the poodle…the Greens new besty and Labours downfall…
September 29th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
There should be an award for the most swear words in a comment, and the most creative mis-spelling of a politician’s name.
Picturing a close-fought race for the first one. But reckon gd should be in the front running for the latter, with “Luigi” for Winston Peters…
September 29th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Split award for MP of the year. Rodney Hide because he got over the lycra, kissy, kissy, love ya, net -sleeves brigade, and eyeballed the Speaker of the House. Got some action going.
And Bill English for his , cough, sheer sexiness , mongrel and ambition. No others interest me greatly right now.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
1. MP of the year: Bill English
2. Labour MP of the year: David Cunliffe
3. National MP of the year: Simon Power
4. Minor Party MP of the Year: Pita Sharples
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the year: Audrey Young
6. Public Servant of the Year: Mary Anne Thompson
September 29th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Whoever has pointed out most often that Philu smokes dope deserves some sort of prize too – possibly a nice new keyboard as theirs will be absolutely flogged out by now!
September 29th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
MP of the Year Rodney Hide
Labour MP of the Year – Phillip Taito Feilds
National MP of the Year – Gerry Brownlee
Minor Party MP of the Year – Gordon Copeland
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year -Audrey Young
Public Servant of the Year -Grant Liddell
September 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
MP of the year: Rodney Hide
Labour MP of the year: Phil Goff (more least offensive of the major MPs)
National MP: Bill English
Minor Party MP: One of the Maori Party. Fine line – Sharples (would have been Hone but talks too much complete tripe in between the sensible stuff).
Press Gallery Jounalist: Colin Espiner with special mention to Phil Kitchen (don’t think he qualifies as being in the gallery?)
Public servant of the year: Dr Helena Catt – just been dumped the biggest mess by a govt that is looking for yes people and still has guts to say that the EFB has had a chilling effect on participation in the election.
And biggest c**t (MP): a clear winner – Winston Peters. A man so morally bankrupt he got taken to task by Taito Philip Field who can’t even work out that it is wrong to use slave labour offered in return for doing your job.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
RRM: “Luigi” is an allusion to the legend (possibly of the “urban” kind) that Winston used to try to pass himself off as Italian whilst at university, hoping the exotic allure would help with the ladies. Sounds like nonsense to me, not least because we’d never go out without some loose woman throwing herself at Winston during the evening (he always politely declined, it should be noted, at least on every occasion I was present). Then again they say power is a powerful aphrodisiac, and that wouldn’t have been applicable to a short law student, so who knows…
Of course the monicker still fits due to the immaculately tailored Italian suits and the fact that he’s discovered to have run NZF like an outpost of La Cosa Nostra.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
The blow on the head award must go to the Mallard Mauler and I don’t know who should get the dagger up you know where?
Any Labour or Green witch will do.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
RRM ….forget Philu. I have. Ignore him. Have you anything more interesting to say?
September 29th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
MP of the YEAR: Hone Harawira for his Australian representation this year.
LABOUR mp: Phil Goff (the FTA was going to happen, but Goff has his John hancock on it)
Nat MP: John Key for his handling of the Akld state tenents incident (they were angry and he managed to turn the situation)
Minor party MP: Would like to say Pita Sharples, but Rodney Hide has ben standing up against Winston and the speaker’s combined collusions.
Public servant: How did Owen glenn become a public servant. But then again how does 80 Y O Hugh Hefner have 20 something gf’s and not get tagged a pervert? What they both got in common.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Owen is a “public servant” because he did the public a great service by coming here and proving Winnie to be a lair
September 29th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Public servant: How did Owen glenn become a public servant. But then again how does 80 Y O Hugh Hefner have 20 something gf’s and not get tagged a pervert? What they both got in common.
The lesson here is that a fat wallet will open a young ladies legs faster than a fat ahhh ummm……..
September 29th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
3rd August 2004:
September 29th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Public Servant of the Year: Tommy Gear
How about adding:
Wally of the year (for the biggest red-face moment)
September 29th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
MP of the Year – Phil Goff for the China FTA and P4 work (plus ongoing ASEAN)
Labour MP of the Year – Helen Clark – the only thing keeping it alive
National MP of the Year – Simon Power – great local MP, has had labour on the ropes for two years solid now on corrections
Minor Party MP of the Year – Te Ururoa Flavell – always impressive, hard worker
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Audrey Young – she finally got him
Public Servant of the Year – Al Morrison of DOC for taking Sean Plunkett to task live on air
September 29th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
1. MP of the year – Bill English most underrated MP in the house. Has intelligence & vision
2. Labour MP – Um…….. gee this is a toughie. Sorry, nothing there
3. National MP – John Key for revitalising National & connecting with people. For smiling
4. Minor party MP – Rodney Hide courage, presence, principle, eloquence.
5. Press gallery – Audrey Young for exposing the charlatan Peters
6. Public servant – Grant Liddell doing his job fearlessly
and now the extras
7. Worst MP – Peter Brown The dumbest man in parliament. Not the most offensive, that would be his
fellow party member Woollerton. Peter Brown hasn’t an original thought in
his head. He does his leader’s bidding and complains of racist and class in NZ
whilst representing the worst of racism and class attitudes ex mother England
8. Most improved MP- Pita Sharples For exposing the bullying threats from Labour.
9. Liar of the year Goes without saying. Proven beyond doubt. Soon to be on a trip to Oblivia.
September 29th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
MP of the year Phil Goff
LabourMP of the year Lianne Dalzell – listened to the industry on the Financial Advisers BIll.
National MP of the Year Tim Groser – as i understand it his role in the China FTA was as significant as Goffs.
Minor Party MP Pita Sharples
Journalist Karl du Fresne – writes sense in his fortnightly DomPost columns but may not be in the Gallery.
Public Servant Marilyn Setchell – the bird who got DBP sacked – I think that is her name.
As an extra my runner up for MP of the year would be Tau Henare – for taking it on the chin (lierally) from Mallard.
September 29th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
1. MP of the Year: Recently there has been a rush to place in this field. We have had late runs from Rodney, and a strong finish from Pita Sharples. Some of it can be attributed to the fact that their jobs are on the line, although Pita placing himself above the pettiness of late is admirable. My vote goes to Bill English. Sure there was the one gaff that was covertly recorded, and he can’t be held accountable for that. In the house he has been very effective, making his points clearly and being a good support for the man who once had his job. Mr 20% could soon be deputy PM.
2. Labour MP of the Year: Phil Goff has been good solid servant, and has avoided the muck that seems to be attaching itself to the likes of Mallard, and has a voided the jingoism tag attached to the likes of Shane Jones. We have not seen the grandstanding of the likes of Cunliffe, nor the incompetence of the likes of King, Burton, or Horomia.
3. National MP of the Year: Chris Findlayson’s work in the house has been great with regard to arguing the faults of the EFA, although in this regard he has had a lot of material!
4. Minor Party MP of the Year: If you had asked me this one year ago, I would never had chosen the MP I have. A true breath of fresh air, who, being a bit rough round the edges, calls a spade a spade. I am pleasantly surprised by his integrity, as it is reflected by his party. Hone Harawira has brought more than I could have imagined. He is not leadership material in a political sense, but as a representative of his people, and his party, he has shown great mana, albiet with a cheeky wink!
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Audrey Young. No contest nor debate needed!
6. Public Servant of the Year: I have gone for Helena Catt, Sad that her well founded objections to the EFA were ignored.
September 29th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
MP of MP of the Year
Rodney Hide
2. Labour MP of the Year
Annette King
3. National MP of the Year
Simon Power
4. Minor Party MP of the Year
Rodney Hide
5. Press Gallery Journalist of the Year
Duncan Garner
6. Public Servant of the Year
Mary Harris
September 29th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Goodgod, Rex Widerstrom, slightlyrighty and al
If you are going to nominate Chris Finlayson, kindly spell his name correctly.
Did he support the Civil Union Bill?
September 29th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
1. MP of the year. Rodney Hide for his part in nailing Winston Peters.
2. Labour MP of the Year. Phil Goff for the FTA work.
3. National MP of the Year. Bill English for sticking it to the gummint.
4. Minor Party MP of the Year. Pita Sharples for his integrity.
5. Press Gallery Journalist of then Year. Audrey Young for exposing Winston Peters.
6. Public Servant of the Year. Owen Glenn. He has done the public a great service.
September 30th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Searching,
does it piss you off when conservatives can separate personal agenda and political activism from an exercise in recognising technical skill, better than all the lefties who wail that only they can do that…but then demonstrate that they can’t? If recognising a man for his deeds – sans labels – annoys you, then tough shit.
The left: bunch of fuckin’ bigots.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Phil Goff has been the best Labour MP, his work as minister of foreign affairs (without actually being minister of foreign affairs) has been outstanding for New Zealand. Since he cannot win Best Labour MP (having won in 07) he deserves a nomination as Best MP.
Pita Sharples also deserves nomination: articulate, principled and politically savvy.
So does Rodney Hide for a magnificent recovery from the disease of buffoonery to become almost statesmanlike.
Bill English has really been the most impressive Nat performer – more so than Key, but can’t be Nat MP of the year twice in a row, so give him a nomination for best MP too.
Some other worthy names among the Nats: Chris Finlayson, Tim Groser, Gerry Brownlee, Katherine Rich (for her daring escape from the asylum), and Simon Power. These are people who have done good without making many headlines.
And Hone Harawira is a deserving nomination for MP of the year or minor party of the year for his refreshingly straight talk about Helen Clark, Australian aboriginies and others.
If Goff cannot be Labour MP of the year, then I guess Cunliffe has to come into the picture as Labour’s most effective MP (not necessarily the same as “doing good”). Maybe Steve Chadwick should get a nomination for being photographed with every furry or endangered creature in NZ, and visiting every forest, swamp, and birds’ nest (reporters in tow) within 1000km of Wellington, as Conservation minister.
Madeleine Setchell and Dr Helena Catt are worthy nominees as public servant of the year for dignity in the face of the shit that has been dumped on them (in different ways) by the Govt.
September 30th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
an additional category — political commentator of the year. To resolve the confusion about whether a journalist is a gallery journalist or a comentator.