Kiwiblog 2010 Political Awards
December 15th, 2010 at 4:00 pm by David FarrarI’ve left it late this year, but nominations are now open for the following awards. The top nominees will be voted on next week:
- 2010 MP of the Year
- 2010 Labour MP of the Year
- 2010 National MP of the Year
- 2010 Minor Party MP of the Year
- 2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year
- 2010 Public Servant of the Year
Related posts:
- 2009 Kiwiblog Awards
- The Kiwiblog 2008 Awards
- Voting now open in Kiwiblog Awards
- Voting open for Kiwiblog Awards
December 15th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
David Parker!
He’s awesome.
[DPF: for Labour MP or Overall MP or both?]
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
MP of the Year: John Key
Vote:Labour MP of the year: Trevor Mallard
Nat MP of the Year: Gerry Brownlee
Minor Party MP of the Year: Heather Roy for her VSM Bill
Press Gallery Journo of the Year: Duncan Garner
Public Servant of the Year: Geoffrey Palmer
December 15th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
* 2010 MP of the Year
David Garrett
* 2010 Labour MP of the Year
Chris Carter
* 2010 National MP of the Year
Pansy Wong
* 2010 Minor Party MP of the Year
Vote:Hone Harawira
December 15th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
MP of the Year: John Key
Vote:Labour MP of the Year: Nick Smith
Nat MP of the Year: Lockwood Smith
Minor Party MP of the Year: Phil Goff
December 15th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
I concur with “Courage Wolf” above. Especially if the criteria is the same as Time magazine use when they choose their “Man of the Year” – the person who has had the most influence etc on the year (as opposed the “best” person etc).
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
2010 MP of the Year: John Boscawen
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: Trevor Mallard
2010 National MP of the Year: Hekia Parata
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: John Boscawen
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Felix Marwick
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Lyn Provost
December 15th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I’ll only vote if I know what the prize is. I’m hoping it will be a 200kg rock tied around each of the winner’s waists, and a deep water diving excursion 100km east of Great Barrier.
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
M.P. of the year: John Key
Vote:Labour M.P.: none stood out (losers)
National: Gerry Brownlee
Minor: not worth talking about ( annoying)
Press gallery: Guyon Espiner
Public Servant: Joint Award to Tony Kokshoorn and Bob Parker
December 15th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Tony Ryall..directs a thankless portfolio with aplomb.
2010 Labour MP of the Year: N/A & irrelevant
2010 National MP of the Year: Lockwood Smith, best speaker ever.
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: N/A this question is just too hard, there is no right answer, but I lean toward Jim cause he is a source of constant amusment to me.
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Dunc. Like & hate him.
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Lyn Provost
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Clare Curran – Commitment to open government.
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: Trevor Mallard – Applying opposition principles at their best.
2010 National MP of the Year: Nikki Kaye – Courage to stand up against her own party on Great Barrier mining.
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Hone Harawira – A relentlessly principled representative, whether you agree with him or not.
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Duncan Garner – Best of a bad bunch.
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Joris de Bres – Helping hand in ridding NZ airwaves of a corrosive element.
December 15th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Judith Collins
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: Trevor Mallard
2010 National MP of the Year: Judith Collins
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Trevor Mallard (Sorry Labour but it’s the truth)
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Duncan Garner (very little competition)
2010 Public Servant of the Year: ?? has there been one this year??
December 15th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Russel Norman
2010 Labour MP of the Year: Charles Chauvel or Darren Hughes
2010 National MP of the Year: Hekia Parata
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Russel Norman
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Francesca Mold
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Joris de Bres
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
2010 MP of the Year – St John Key – Patron Saint of the Hobits
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year – Phil Goff – Patron Saint of the National Party
2010 National MP of the Year – St Paula Bennett – Patron Saint of the Workers supporters welfare parasites
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – Chris Carter – Parton Staint of the Labour Party
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Sir Paul henry – (Ok not Press Gallery but still a bloody good bloke)
2010 Public Servant of the Year – Bob Parker – showed true leadership during the earthquake.
December 15th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
2010 MP of the Year: John Key
2010 Labour MP of the Year: Phil Goff. Moderated the worst leftist tendencies of the red mob. The only guy standing between us and the EPMU. Long may it last.
2010 National MP of the Year: Tim Groser. Free trade and dairy cows are paying the bills right now. FTAs, now and in the future, will save NZ. Thanks, Tim.
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Peter Dunne. The rest are nut-bars and he oversaw the seamless, smooth, once-in-generation tax-switch. The voice of reason for 20+ years. Gawd, we need him around.
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: They are all crappy. Especially the TV guys. Within 2 minutes of reporting they wade in with “well, I think…….” You are not paid to think, Ken-doll. Just report the fricken news!!
2010 Public Servant of the Year: John Allen, MFAT.
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
2010 MP of the Year – John Key
2010 Labour MP of the Year – David Cunliffe (For not rolling the Goof)
2010 National MP of the Year – Judith Collins
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – David Garrett
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Not worth voting on.
2010 Public Servant of the Year – Len Brown (For showing Auckland voters that they got it wrong in the first 30 days)
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
# 010 MP of the Year…………………………………..Judith Collins
Vote:# 2010 Labour MP of the Year……………………..,Ashraf Chowdary
# 2010 National MP of the Year…………………….Tony Ryall
# 2010 Minor Party MP of the Year…………………John Boscowan
# 2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year…….Guyon Espinor
# 2010 Public Servant of the Year…………………Lyn Provost
December 15th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
2010 MP of the Year – Meteria Turei
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year – David Cunliffe
2010 National MP of the Year – Hekia Parata
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – Meteria Turei
2010 Public Servant of the Year – Al Morrison
December 15th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
2010 MP of the year: Tony Ryall
Vote:2010 Lab MP of the Year: No one sticks out as honestly holding National to account, or providing a plausible alternative during the recession.
2010 Nat MP of the Year: John Key
2010 Minor party MP of the year: Again, none stood out for me that was sensible.
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Do any of them really educate NZ and hold the political class to account on the key issues facing this country, or do they just react to whatever nonsense is happening currently?
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Bob Parker & Tony Kokshoorn both – for leadership when it mattered.
December 15th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
MP of the Year: John Key
Vote:Labour MP of the year: Chris Carter (the gift that keeps on giving)
Nat MP of the Year: Simon Bridges (face of the future)
Minor Party MP of the Year: Rodney Hide (slipped one past the keeper)
Press Gallery Journo of the Year: Paul Henry (for taking the P out of PC)
Public Servant of the Year: Robin Malcolm, for services to fucking up the NZ film industry
December 15th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
2010 MP of the Year: John Key
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: Grant Robertson ( but Trevor Mallard will win)
2010 National MP of the Year: Hekia Parata
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Metiria Turei ( but Hone Hariwira made the most noise)
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Duncan Garner, followed by Chris Carter.
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Lyn Provost
December 15th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Correct answers are:
2010 MP of the Year: Whaleoil
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: n/a
2010 National MP of the Year: n/a
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: n/a
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Whaleoil
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Lyn Provost
December 15th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
MP of the year John Key
Vote:Labour MP of the year Guyon Espiner
National MP of the year Hekia Parata
Minor party MP of the year Phil Goff by a nose from Helen Clark
Press gallery “journalist” make it member and I will nominate Paul Henry (and if he’s not a member then thats wrong also)
Public servant of the year My friend Bob Parker ( if only for ending the failed tilt at the trough by the Troughmaster General)
New Category Businessman of the year Sir Peter Whittal the very public face of the Pike River Mine “incident”
December 15th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
MP of the Year: Lockwood Smith
Vote:Labour MP of the year: Grant Robertson
Nat MP of the Year: Simon Power
Minor Party MP of the Year: Metiria Turei
Press Gallery Journo of the Year: Dave Guerin (http://www.ed.co.nz)
Public Servant of the Year: Judy Smith for the Tairawhiti Policy merger (http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=34723)
December 15th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
2010 MP of the Year – John Key
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year – Darren Hughes
2010 National MP of the Year – Steven Joyce
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – John Boscawen
December 15th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
MP of the Year: Phil Goff
Vote:Labour MP of the year: David Cunliffe
Nat MP of the Year: Tim Groser by a nose
Minor Party MP of the Year: Metiria Turei
Press Gallery Journo of the Year: The Standard (OK I know they are not a journo) Gordon Campbell
Public Servant of the Year: Diana Crossen
December 15th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Just wondering… Shouldn’t you include an award for the “hypocrite of the year” also?
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
MP of the Year = Kris Faofoi (He hasn’t been in there long enough to make a fool of himself like the rest)
Vote:Labour MP of the Year = Grant Robertson (strong Wellington Central electorate MP and up and comer)
National MP of the Year = Simon Power (Handled major issues really well)
Minor Party MP of the Year = Metiria Turei (Mining, expenses, that smile)
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year = Laura McQuillan (RadioLive is underrated)
Public Servant of the Year = Geoffry Palmer (like him or love him he conducted three major law comm reviews, the palestine thing, and general all round nice guy)
December 15th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
“micky”, is that a bob each way on future Labour leadership favours?
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Chris Faafoi
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: Chris Faafoi
2010 National MP of the Year: Pansy Wong
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Phil Goff
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Chris Carter
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Helen Clark
December 15th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Judith Collins
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: David Shearer
2010 National MP of the Year: Tony Ryall
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: John Boscawen
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Jane Clifton
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Senior Constable Bruce Mellor
December 15th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Chris Carter, for openly venting the sense of superiority and entitlement felt by most MPs but kept masked so as to preserve the illusion we live in an accountable democracy. Chris has done more to wake people up to the true nature of the majority of our “representatives” than even his mentor, Helen Clark.
2010 Labour MP of the Year: Chris Fa’afoi, for epitomising what a shameless, self-aggrandising lickspittle will do to get his nose in the trough.
2010 National MP of the Year: Pansy Wong, for epitomising what an indolent trougher will do once they get their hands in our pockets. Not the worst case in terms of amount, but the worst in terms of utter lack of contrition, which extended right through to her “waah waah poor me” “valedictory”.
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: David Garrett, for epitomising exactly how MMP panders to the lunatic fringe and foists upon us dishonest madmen who couldn’t muster five votes in a chook raffle.
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Julian Assange. Technically not a member I know, but without him most of the actual members wouldn’t have been able to claim to have reported anything the average citizen didn’t already know.
2010 Public Servant of the Year: John Whitehead. We’re borrowing how much and all Treasury can do is bang it’s worn out “cut government spending” drum? Sure there’s fat in the public service that needs to be cut, but where’s the plan to lift productivity and create jobs? What, you were expecting Don Brash to come up with that?
Honourable mention to any police officer who signed up intending to solve and prevent crime but who’ll happily fill his or her shift standing at the side of the road with a speed gun, making sure nobody passes the car load of burglars with the boot full of our property (since they’re the only people motivated to observe the ridiculously restrictive limits, so as not to get caught)
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
2010 Labour MP of the Year: John Key
Vote:2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: John Boscawen
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Any police officer in revenue-gathering mode issuing speed tickets.
December 15th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
phil goff MP of the year …. if it was ironic or intended as humour OK, but i think it wasnt ………
Vote:not so fine mickey
December 15th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
2010 MP of the Year – Simon Power
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year – Grant Roberston
2010 National MP of the Year – Judith Collins
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – Rusco Norman
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Martin Kay
2010 Public Servant of the Year – Kerry Prendergast
December 15th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
MP of the Year: Chris Carter – for telling the truth about the Labour Party
Vote:National MP of the Year: Steven Joyce – Bill Birch reincarnated; the Minister of Everything
Labour MP of the Year: Shane Jones – for showing that there is still a place in Labour for red-blooded, non-PC males
Minor MP of the Year: John Boscawen – for his one-man anti-ETS campaign
Gallery journo of the Year: Paddy Gower – for his relentless pursuit of Chris Carter through the halls of power
Public Servant of the Year: Bob Parker – for saving Christchurch from Jim Anderton (with a little help from seismic forces!!)
December 15th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
2010 MP of the year John Key (another great year for JK)
Vote:2010 Labour MP Grant Robertson (one of the few who made the odd intelligent contribution – him and Dazza Hughes seem the only ones with a sense of humour)
2010 National MP – Stephen Joyce for resisting the absurb campaign to lower the alcohol limit to 0.05
2010 Minor party MP – Roger Douglas (still making sense)
2010 Press gallery jounalistic (very poorly served in this area) but Guyon Espinner – mainly for destroying Goff in a Q and A interview)
2010 Public servant of the year – Alan Bollard
December 15th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
2010 MP of the year: John Key for the nation-soothing Grand Prix Grin style of leadership and also for satisfying the monarchist in ones soul. Long live John and Bronagh.
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the year: Trevor Mallard off the leash. Good fighter. Could have had an alternative career in the ring without referring to a certain past incident. Great robust non strident debate. Can’t think of any incidences where he has made a tit of himself in the house.
2010 National MP of the Year. Nikki Kaye. Best example of the nation’s barometer.
2010 Minor Party MP of the year: Peter Dunne. Yes I know it’s trendy to diss or ignore Peter but he actually gets shit done. Look at all the legislation come through his office this year. He’s kind of essential for an effective stable government considering the alternatives are Winston and Rodney.
Or, if John and Bill are John and Paul, Peter is George. (A bit overlooked by the public) and I’d have to say Gerry is Ringo.
Press Gallery: Nick Wang for having the kahunas to ask Pants Clinton about the Nobel peace prize winner in front of the Chinese Secretary General. Mainstream=John Armstrong.
Public Servant: John Angus Children’s Commissioner. “Doin it for the kids” and most media hits of any senior public servant.
December 15th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
MP .. John Key for putting faith back into the PMs job .
Vote:Labour .. George Hawkins for shafting Andrew Little and his moronic Union
Nat .. Lockwood .. best speaker for years especially after years of biased screecher Wilson
Minor .. heather Roy for a cute ass
Press .. mm, not sure so will go for the Whale as he outs more issues about ALL parties with equal venom
Pub Serv .. anyone other than De had too many De Beers
December 15th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
MP: John Key.
Vote:Lab. MP: Phil Goff (keep up the gaffes).
Nat. MP: Tony Ryall.
Minor Party: Rodney Hide.
Press Gallery: Guyon Espinor. ( limp wrist is actually Human and tries to make sense).
Public servant: Geoffery(that is a lie, we will see about that) Palmer does have some common sense,
but Lyn Provost seems to have it in spades.
December 15th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Oh look Simon Power is now Batman.FFS get a life. Makes me piss blood that these parasites are acknowledged as they are filth constantly sucking the New Zealand public dry. Sack them all. They are wasted spaces! This country does not need such a huge government gravy train. Derail the bastards before it’s too fucking late!! How can these creeps sleep at night? Take another pill you leech.
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Nat MP of the year – Phil Goff
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
ROFL is all I have to say….. back to your homework, son.
One I would most agree with.
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
* 2010 MP of the Year: Tony Ryall An awesome health minister
Vote:* 2010 Labour MP of the Year: Chris Carter for honesty
* 2010 National MP of the Year: John Key
* 2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Rodney Hyde for the super city
* 2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Barry Soper He really seems to project reality
* 2010 Public Servant of the Year: Margaret Bazley She is wonderwoman.
December 15th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
2010 MP of the Year: Hekia Parata – Mana By-election.
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: Pete Hodgson – slimy but effective.
2010 National MP of the Year: Tony Ryall, Health is being dragged into the 21st century.
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: John Boscawen. Probably the hardest working and genuinely humble MP.
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: Maggie Tait – Might be a little biased, I went to school with her
2010 Public Servant of the Year: Simon Ewing-Jarvie, for giving us the most titilation even though it turned out to be untrue.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
2010 MP of the year; John Key. Another powerful performance at Pike River tragedy. A man of our times
Vote:2010 Labour MP; Annette King. At least gives Steven Joyce a fair go in their radio spot.
2010 Nat MP; Steven Joyce. Do the words ‘country mile’ resonate with you?
2010 Minor MP; Peter Sharples. Increasingly a voice of reason in difficult situations
2010 presser; Jane Clifton. Reasoned and reasonable surrounded in a basket of quacking ducks.
2010 public servant Bob Parker, for superb leadership, and keeping Jimbo away until he tries again in 2019 when he’s 99
2010 twit of the year Dad4justice. What an absolute tosser
December 15th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
2010 MP of the Year – Tony Ryall (Made a big call to keep neuro-surgery in Dunedin, the right call)
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year – Clare Curran (Efficent worker, big future, minister in next Labour govt (although hopefully not til 2017 atleast)
2010 National MP of the Year – Judith Collins
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – Pita Sharples (Holds a hell of alot of influence)
Servant of the Year – Nick Bohm (Ministry of Youth Development, Youth Parliament project manager) Personal choice due to interest.
Media – Duncan Garner
December 15th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Right, I have an unusual list and it goes like this:
2010 MP of the Year : Katene (Maori)
2010 Labour MP of the Year : Prasard (Labour obviously, but just in case you didn’t know)
2010 National MP of the Year : Bakshi (National obviously, but just in case you didn’t know)
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year : Clendon (Greens)
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year : Who cares
2010 Public Servant of the Year : The Chair of the Breastfeeding Commission
Why? Well, because all of these outstanding people did absloutely nothing in 2010. And that, dear readers, fills my heart with joy. The less the Government “does” the better I feel about life. The less they “do” the less they fuck life up for me. So, these are the true heros of 2010. I’d like to see more like them, all 122 or there abouts.
Vote:December 15th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
2010 MP of the year :: John Key – another great year for John.
2010 Labour MP :: Kris Faafoi – for remembering to pull the ripcord on his parachute, and narrowly avoiding an accident on the roof of McDonalds in Porirua on his landing approach.
2010 National MP :: Hekia Parata – MILF.
2010 Minor Party MP :: Tariana Turia – taken some shit this year, but has stuck to her guns.
2010 Press Gallery Person :: Barry Soper – always funny to listen to a drunken bum on radio, hours of entertainment.
2010 Public Servant :: Bob Parker – looks like he could be Chris Carter’s he-bitch, but doesn’t cry when the pressure is on.
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 1:50 am
Redbaiter actually cracked me up.
A few nominations:
2010 MP of the Year: John Key, love him or hate him this guy is a master of politics.
Vote:2010 Labour MP of the Year: Chris Carter (hehe) for managing to make Labour look more idiotic than they already were! Serious nomination: David Cunliffe, tbh not allot to choose from.
2010 National MP of the Year: Steven Joyce – he is a slick mofo (cant have JK 2x).
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Rodger Douglas – for reminding NZ’s just how out of touch Act really are (alongside being a hypocrite trougher).
December 16th, 2010 at 9:33 am
2010 MP of the Year – John Key
2010 Labour MP of the Year – Phil Goff (no BBQs this summer please; keep him there – this guy couldn’t win a contest in which he was the only candidate)
2010 National MP of the Year – Phil Heatley, for bravely getting back on his horse
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – that small boy from the Green Party who brings an earnest but humble pleasantness to the place which that pack of humourless bums on his team could learn from
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Laura from Radio Live, no contest whatsoever
2010 Public Servant of the Year – David Farrar
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 11:33 am
I won’t necessarily vote for them but think they warrant consideration:
2010 Labour MP of the Year – Clare Curran, hasn’t got everything right but sometimes at least working in the right direction
2010 National MP of the Year – Simon Bridges, for more than holding his own between Carter and Mallard last night, for a positive political attitude, for the future
2010 Minor Party MP of the Year – Peter Dunne, more consistent than charismatic but that’s not always a bad thing
2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Vernon Small
2010 Public Servant of the Year – I second David Farrar, for providing a significant public service
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 11:43 am
2010 tryhard of the year: Phil Goff. (For putting on a brave face)
Vote:2010 biggest loser: Chris Faafoi (Almost lost Mana)
2010 slipery dick: Chris Carter ( Pansy Wong resigned)
2010 also rans: Matt McCarten (he got more than 2 votes)
2010 biggest dickhead: David Garrett ( silly man)
2010 Dumbest Trade unionist: Helen Kelly (almost killed off the movie industry)
December 16th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
» 2010 MP of the Year: Simon Power
Vote:» 2010 Labour MP of the Year: Pete Hodgson
» 2010 National MP of the Year: Simon Power
» 2010 Minor Party MP of the Year: Russel Norman
» 2010 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year: John Armstrong