Saturday, June 25th, 2016 |
First up, a housekeeping announcement … there will not be any Magpie’s Nest for the at least the next couple of weeks. The best way to explain this would be to tell you that The ‘Pie was flattered during the week to receive a special invitation to speak at a Rotary Club breakfast, to which… View full story »
Saturday, June 18th, 2016 |
Another light moment was Bob Katter’s Licence To Be A Dill … what, again? Yup. Dobbing in the missus: the bird that could help jail a killer for life … …and Johnathan Who? JT no longer the pundits choice as league’s top banana – but that far down? And Astonisher iditor Ben ‘Bogan’ English comes… View full story »
Saturday, June 11th, 2016 |
Dunedin stadium about to make $400,000 profit? Tell ‘em they’re dreamin’ … but for Dunedin ratepayers, it’s no dream, more a nightmare. It’s an expensive bit of financial finagling that the Bulletin, TEL and the local stadium proponents want to hide from the light of day. The ‘Pie reports on the real situation courtesy of… View full story »
Saturday, June 4th, 2016 |
The latest list out from the faceless men doesn’t have Herbert on the can-do list. Check the seats they think they can win from the coalition. Everybody is all for the CBD stadium, so the Astonisher screeches … so why have an expensive forum to convince people to back it? The Greens get themselves confused… View full story »