Voting now open for 2010 Kiwiblog Awards
December 16th, 2010 at 2:30 pm by David FarrarYou can vote in the six categories in the sidebar. The nominees, based on those who got the most nominations are:
MP of the Year – a choice between PM John Key, Police & Corrections Minister Judith Collins and Health Minister Tony Ryall
Labour MP of the Year – the four most popular nominees were David Cunliffe, Phil Goff, Trevor Mallard an newbie Grant Robertson
National MP of the Year – a choice between four ministers – Judith Collins, Steven Joyce, Tony Ryall and new Minister Hekia Parata
Minor Party MP of the Year – a diverse range with United Future’s Peter Dunne, Green co-leader Metiria Turei and Rodney Hide and John Boscawen from ACT
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – it’s a two way contest between the two TV political editors – One’s Guyon Espiner v Three’s Duncan Garner
Public Servant of the Year – Law Commission President Sir Geoffrey Palmer competes with Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker and Auditor-General Lyn Provost
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December 16th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
MP of the Year –PM John Key
Labour MP of the Year – David Cunliffe
National MP of the Year – Tony Ryall
Minor Party MP of the Year – Metiria Turei
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Duncan Garner
Public Servant of the Year –Bob Parker
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Three things bug me about this poll:
1. Why do I have to go to the home page to vote? (the sidebar needs to appear on post pages too!);
2. How can John Key appear in MP of the year but not in National MP of the year? (makes no sense at all!); and
3. How can Judith Collins rate so high in MP of the year but so low against the other National MPs in National MP of the year?
Ahhh… The vagaries of these sorts of polls
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
All votes now registered – bitterly disappointed not to see the petulant Chris Carter as Labour MP of the year – so instead had to vote for Phil Goff – no one else is doing more to ensure a massive Labour defeat in 2011 that Goff.
Dunan got my vote for his bitch-slap fight with Chris Carter.
Judith is a shoo-in for Nat MP of the year
Bob Parker for Public servant
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Ah nuts, forgot to get my nominations in. Press Gallery Journo has to be whoever it was that asked DPF the “Who’s hottest?” question…
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
James, you could try asking DPF if that name is on the list, you might be able to vote for them.
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Some great work here from John Boscawen.
[only slightly off topic, as John is a nominee...]
ACT To Launch Foreshore & Seabed Billboard
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen will tomorrow unveil the first of two billboards that ACT will erect urging New Zealanders to draw a line in the sand against the Government’s Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill.
“ACT has led the way in opposing this Bill in Parliament – outlining just how flawed this Bill is and causing other Parties to pull their support for it,” Mr Boscawen said.
“Throughout the public submissions process the Maori Affairs Select Committee has also discovered that there is massive public opposition to this Bill. These billboards will help raise awareness of the issue and direct the public to where they can find further information.”
ACT Foreshore & Seabed Billboard Launch; 400 Mt Wellington Highway, Auckland; 10am, December 17 2010.
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Bob Parker is a politician, not a public servant.
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
You can vote in the six categories in the sidebar. The nominees, based on those who got the most nominations are:
MP of the Year – Tony Ryall, for his ties.
Labour MP of the Year – Trevor Mallard.
National MP of the Year – Ryall
Minor Party MP of the Year – Boscawen
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – don’t those two collude enough to be the same person?
Public Servant of the Year – Not Geoffrey Palmer!
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Fa’Afoi didn’t make the list?
This wouldn’t happen at The Standard.
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I vote for
MP: John Key, continues to lead government at record high popularity despite downturn. Also presided over significant reform of tax system and changes to Forsehore and Seabed law.
Labour MP: David Cunliffe by default. Trevor mallard did little except for the odd venemous attack. Phil goff made a few gaffes and continues to lead at low poll levels barely beating Helen Clark in prefferred PM polls so can’t be considered. Grant Robertson has a good reputation, but has not been in the public eye much and still hasn’t been promoted. David Cunliffe gets a few points for Labours economic policy moving leftwards and aldso the Shane Jones scandal leaves him next leader almost by default
National MP: Tough choice. Tony Ryall does solid job in health and if it continues will deserve national MP one day, but still no major landmark achievement. Steven joyce got promoted to tertiary education and made progress on his roads and also broadband (not sure if in portfolio). Judith Collins may have crushed a few cars but don’t think she beats Hekia Parata for her excellent preformance in Mana and cabinet promotion, as well as chairing the Maori Affairs select comittee ( ithink) and thus doing important work on seabed and foreshore and relations with Maori Party. I’ll give it to hekia.
Press gallery: As I don’t watch the news much I’ll let others decide here.
Public Servant: Graeme Edglers right hes not a public servant but I’ll still pick Bob Parker. Come from behind election win after a good disaster response.
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
MP has to be John Key . Superb handling of the economic revival and all the crises.
Vote:Labour MP Grant Robertson (please tip him to be PM one day to ensure that kneecaps him)
National MP Mr Smooth Tony Ryall.
Minor Party MP Rodney Hide for getting Super Auckland through so smoothly.
Press Duncan Garner for his pursuit of Carter
Pulbic Service Lyn Provost for independance and integirity
December 16th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I forgot Minor Party MP: John boscawen. Peter Dunne did little except get an income splitting Bill to a select comittee it won’t go far past, but may earn some points for tax switch (it falls in his portfolio) but don’t knw how important he was. Metira Turei and the Greens haven’t been visible much, unlike Act (although for the wrong reasons, which disqualifies Hide). John keeps his cool despite the tension in the party and gets promoted to deputy without putting a foot wrong.
I ended up voting Duncan garner for pursuing carter now that Fisani reminds me of it. Had the pursuit not happened and been dressed down Chris Carter might not have comitted political suicide
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Geoffrey Palmer?!?!?!
For fuck’s sake
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
How can the Police Minister be a nominee? The Police Minister never does anything. What I’d love to know is, why do we have a Police Minister?
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Key
Vote:Robertson .. what a hopless lot to choose from
Joyce .. tough choice
Dunne
Garner .. because Guyon only looks tough now that Dame Helen has gone .. he was a total soft cock when she was PM
Provost
December 16th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Have nominations closed? I thought the voting did not start till next week.
I was going to vote john Boscawen MP of the year when I got home. If someone else did he would have been equal to Collins and Ryall.
They are both good people but it would have been interesting to see if John could have come second due to his opposition to the Foreshore and Seabed legislation plus all his hard work in other areas.
Would anyone else have nominated John so that it was not just a contest between National MPs?
Vote:December 16th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
“Fa’Afoi didn’t make the list?
This wouldn’t happen at The Standard.”
Fresh meat never rates anywhere except in the Labour Party’s Standard, or in prison.
Vote:December 17th, 2010 at 6:56 am
John Boscawen = just another Winston. Interesting sub-competition in the minor party category. Ie the public domain option was first mooted in 2005ish by Peter Dunne and was going to be implemented by Labour before Winston threw a tantie, and shot it out of the water so Winston could be the hero of the day by only agreeing to the seabed and foreshore being vested in the Crown, so he could have bragging rights. This was basically thumbing the nose at all of Maoridom hence the position we are in now.
Vote:If John wins this category it’s a victory for rednecks only, certainly not commonsense.
IE: Oh mi god, somebody whos not a white middleclass Baby-Boomer male might steal the foresk, I mean foreshore.
Well they can have it. It’s mostly approx 2m from high tide and New Zealanders being New Zealanders there is more used condoms and Tui bottles than gold in them thar hills. I mean really, do we have to scrap about this in this day and age or can we all just get along.
December 17th, 2010 at 9:38 am
MP of the Year – Tony Ryall
Labour MP of the Year – Grant Robertson
National MP of the Year – Tony Ryall
Minor Party MP of the Year – Rodney Hide
Press Gallery Journalist of the Year – Duncan Garner
Public Servant of the Year – Bob Parker
Vote:December 18th, 2010 at 12:21 am
How can Side show Bob be public servant of the year?
First he is a Politician not a public servant.
Second as soon as he won the election in Chch he disappeared to go on Holiday. He is a disgrace. Those voting for him clearly do not live in Chch
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