Username

Password

Remember me

Register

Recover password

5AA Australia: Police Commissioner Offers Conditional Apology To Ruatoki Community

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

Across The Ditch with Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey was Recorded Live on 23/05/13. Issue One: Peter and Selwyn discuss how the New Zealand Police Commissioner Peter Marshall has conditionally apologised for the way members of the remote Ruatoki community were apprehended and detained during supposed antiterror raids in 2007. The commissioner said Police stand [...]

Radio 5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning On Today’s ‘Smile And Be Optimistic’ Budget

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 16/05/13. In this week’s bulletin Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss the big challenges facing the National-led Government, and also the significant issues that are likely to be delivered by Finance Minister Bill English when he reads today’s Budget. Budget 2013: The big challenges for the National-led Government [...]

5AA Australia: Selwyn & Peter Discuss Invasive New Spy Laws + Weather Warnings

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 9th, 2013

5AA Australia: Selwyn & Peter Discuss Invasive New Spy Laws + Weather Warnings 5AA’s Across The Ditch was Recorded LIVE on 9/05/13. This week, Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how the New Zealand Government has passed under urgency the first stage of two new spy bills that will enable the GCSB to spy on [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – MP Parekura Horomia Dies + Mean House Prices Rise

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – MP Parekura Horomia Dies + Mean House Prices Rise Peter Godfrey and Selwyn Manning’s Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 2/05/13. This week Peter and Selwyn discuss how New Zealand Labour Party member of Parliament Perekura Horomia died this week, his life’s work of working for the benefit [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – Same Sex Bill Passes In NZ

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, April 18th, 2013

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – Same Sex Bill Passes In NZ + Education Ministry Seeks High COurt Redress Over Leaky Buildings Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 18/04/13. The Issues: Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how New Zealand’s Parliament passed last night a marriage equality bill making it legal for people of [...]

Citizen A GCSB Special with Martyn Bradbury Keith Locke & Selwyn Manning

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, April 12th, 2013

Citizen A GCSB Special with Martyn Bradbury Keith Locke & Selwyn Manning Citizen A GCSB Special: Joining host Martyn Bradbury this week Keith Locke & Selwyn Manning. Issue 1: We now know that 88 NZers were illegally spied upon by the GCSB – why did they try to cover this up and does the PM [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – GCSB Scandal Is Becoming Very Weird

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, April 11th, 2013

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – GCSB Scandal Is Becoming Very Weird Across The Ditch with Peter Godfrey and Selwyn Manning was Recorded Live on 11/04/13. GCSB: This issue just keeps getting more weird. This week it has been revealed that the GCSB spy agency has illegally spied on at least 85 New Zealanders. And [...]

5AA Australia: We Have Rain! + Top Road Cop Retires + GCSB PM Scandal

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, April 4th, 2013

5AA Australia: We Have Rain! + Top Road Cop Retires + GCSB PM Scandal Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 4/04/13. First up Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how it looks like New Zealand’s drought in the North Island has broken… : We Have Rain! Also, Leo Tooman, one of New Zealand’s top [...]

5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on PM’s Schoolmate Is Now His Spy Boss

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 28th, 2013

5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on PM’s Schoolmate Is Now His Spy Boss Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 28/03/13. The Prime Minister John Key’s apparent cozy relationship with the spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), continues to be questioned. In Parliament on Wednesday opposition politicians questioned the Prime Minister’s [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 14th, 2013

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey Across The Ditch was Recorded LIVE on 14/03/13. In this week’s bulletin Peter Godfrey and Selwyn Manning discuss how the New Zealand Parliament voted on Wednesday night in favour of the second reading of the marriage equality bill. 77 members of Parliament voted in [...]

Citizen-A With Martyn Bradbury, Dr Wayne Hope & Selwyn Manning

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, March 8th, 2013

Citizen-A With Martyn Bradbury, Dr Wayne Hope & Selwyn Manning On this week’s Citizen-A Martyn Bradbury, Dr Wayne Hope, and Selwyn Manning discuss the week’s big issues: Issue 1: 100 000 NZers jam the website to register their interest for shares in Mighty River Power so why are we spending a million to promote an [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 7th, 2013

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey Issue 1: Political pressure is intensifying on Hekia Parata, the Minister of Education, after a series of failures under her watch, including how a pay-system she signed off on (Novopay) still fails to ensure teachers are paid, over-states their tax liability, and is costing [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Sean Perry

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, February 28th, 2013

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Sean Perry In this bulletin of Across The Ditch Selwyn Manning and Sean Perry discuss the first fatal shark attack in New Zealand since the 1970s, and also how the NZ Supreme Court has given the National-led Government a green light to go ahead with a [...]

5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on NZ Reserve Bank Gov Says He Will Intervene In Dollar If He Has To

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, February 21st, 2013

5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on NZ Reserve Bank Gov Says He Will Intervene In Dollar If He Has To In this week’s Across The Ditch Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how if signals are anything to go by then New Zealand Reserve Bank governor’s message that he will intervene to bring [...]

State Of It: Reserve Bank Governor’s Intervention Speech Notches a 1-0 Lead For Opposition Parties

Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

Reserve Bank Governor’s Intervention Speech Notches a 1-0 Lead For Opposition Parties State Of It – By Selwyn Manning. If signals are anything to go by then New Zealand Reserve Bank governor’s message that he will intervene to bring the Kiwi Dollar down should he have to – is a win for the New Zealand [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – Intervention & DNA

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, February 14th, 2013

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – Intervention & DNA Issue 1: Political maneuverings have begun in earnest over whether the New Zealand Government should instruct the Reserve Bank to cool down the New Zealand dollar – Opposition parties believe reducing the value of the Kiwi dollar would provide a [...]

Citizen-A: Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Phoebe Fletcher & Selwyn Manning On Waitangi Day, Cronyism, Seven Sharp

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, February 8th, 2013

Citizen-A: Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Phoebe Fletcher & Selwyn Manning On Waitangi Day, Cronyism, Seven Sharp On Citizen-A this week, Bomber Bradbury, Phoebe Fletcher & Selwyn Manning discuss: Issue 1: Did the mainstream media’s Titewhai fetish manage to gloss over bigger issues on Waitangi Day? Issue 2: Is the Government stacking the Human Rights Commission and [...]

Citizen-A: Phoebe Fletcher, Martyn Bomber Bradbury & Selwyn Manning Discuss Police Govt’s Challenge & Economy

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, January 18th, 2013

Citizen-A: Phoebe Fletcher, Martyn Bomber Bradbury & Selwyn Manning Discuss Police Govt’s Challenge & Economy On Citizen-A this week Phoebe Fletcher, Martyn Bomber Bradbury & Selwyn Manning discuss the following issues: Issue 1: A spate of attacks on Police over the holiday season have prompted calls to arm Officers. Should the thin blue line lock [...]

Special Extended IV: Labour’s Jacinda Ardern Joins Selwyn Manning To Talk About The Big Issues of 2012

Written by Selwyn Manning on Monday, December 24th, 2012

Special Extended IV: Labour’s Jacinda Ardern Joins Selwyn Manning To Talk About The Big Issues of 2012 In this special extended Triangle TV interview with Labour’s fourth-ranked MP Jacinda Ardern, Selwyn Manning examines the big issues of 2012. See Also, David Beatson’s end-of-year interview with National’s Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye. The Big Picture from [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – 2012 Round-Up

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, December 20th, 2012

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – 2012 Round-Up Peter and Selwyn deliver the last Across The Ditch bulletin for 2012 and focus on a mix of themes: Most Bizarre Spin (and this one is hotly contested) – The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key trying to spin how more [...]

Citizen A TPP Round-Up Special With Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Prof Jane Kelsey & Selwyn Manning

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, December 14th, 2012

Citizen-A with Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Prof Jane Kelsey and Selwyn Manning.

Citizen A TPP Round-Up Special With Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Prof Jane Kelsey & Selwyn Manning Professor Jane Kelsey and Selwyn Manning join Martyn Bomber Bradbury to evaluate the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations that concluded in Auckland, New Zealand, this week. Issue 1 – what was most disappointing about the protest on Saturday – the way [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning on TPPA + Costs of Royal Visit

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, December 13th, 2012

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning Recorded LIVE on 13/12/12 This week, Selwyn and Peter discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations + the cost of the Royal visit by Prince Charles and Camilla. Across The Ditch broadcasts live weekly on Radio 5AA Australia and webcasts on LiveNews.co.nz.

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Driving Dogs + Polls + Hobbit Reviews

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, December 6th, 2012

5AA's Peter Godfrey and 36h-Parallel.com's Selwyn Manning.

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Driving Dogs + Polls + Hobbit Reviews A group of Kiwi dogs have been learning to drive: This is a novel idea by the SPCA and Mini designed to raise the plight of rescued dogs looking for families to adopt them. The SPCA [...]

In The News: Karyn Hay & Andrew Fagin IV Selwyn Manning on the Making of Behind The Shroud – RadioLive

Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Karyn Hay and Andrew Fagin

In The News: Karyn Hay & Andrew Fagin IV Selwyn Manning on the Making of Behind The Shroud – RadioLive On Monday, December 4 2012 RadioLive hosts Karyn Hay and Andrew Fagin talked to Selwyn Manning about the making of his doco Behind The Shroud. RadioLive: Selwyn Manning talks to Karyn Hay & Andrew Fagin [...]

TriTV IV: Selwyn Manning Interviews Major Campbell Roberts On NZ’s Housing Challenge

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Selwyn Manning IVs Major Campbell Roberts-2

TriTV IV: Selwyn Manning Interviews Major Campbell Roberts On NZ’s Housing Challenge Triangle TV: The latest news on the Auckland housing front is that average prices are now at an all-time high. The median price for a home in Auckland has topped $690,000. In some pockets of the super-city, house prices are now up to [...]

Decade Since Zaoui Sought Asylum In NZ – Have We Learned From SIS’s Mistakes?

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Behind The Shroud-cover-image

Decade Since Zaoui Sought Asylum In NZ – Have We Learned From SIS’s Mistakes? Investigative Documentary: Behind The Shroud Released. Media Release: Ten years has now passed since Algerian politician Ahmed Zaoui arrived in New Zealand seeking asylum. But what assurances have we been given to ensure our intelligence agencies do not fail tax payers [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – The Hobbit + NZ Wine

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 29th, 2012

5AA's Peter Godfrey and 36h-Parallel.com's Selwyn Manning.

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – The Hobbit + NZ Wine This week Peter and Selwyn talk about the world premiere of Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson’s latest movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Tens of thousands of people lined a red-carpet that stretched almost the length [...]

State Of It: A Silent Tactic Will Progress Cunliffe Group’s Interests

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

David Cunliffe

State Of It: A Silent Tactic Will Progress Cunliffe Group’s Interests State Of It – By Selwyn Manning. What can we expect from Labour over the next three months? Now that it is reasonable to assume there is little love to be lost between Labour MP David Cunliffe and the current leader David Shearer, will [...]

5AA Across The Ditch: Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning on: The Labour leader’s Strategic Meltdown + Volcanic Eruptions

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

5AA's Peter Godfrey and 36h-Parallel.com's Selwyn Manning.

Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning discuss: The Labour leader’s Strategic Meltdown + Volcanic Eruptions 5AA Across The Ditch Recorded LIVE on 22/11/12. Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning discuss how the New Zealand Labour Party leader, David Shearer, had a strategic meltdown this week, demoting the most impressive politician on his front-bench, David Cunliffe, stripping him [...]

Triangle TV Interview With Real Estate Institute Rookie Of The Year Robyn Ellson

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Robyn Ellson IV with Selwyn Manning

Triangle TV Interview With Real Estate Institute Rookie Of The Year Custom Residential’s Robyn Ellson Triangle TV IV: This month, the Real Estate Institute says housing prices are back at a record high… Is that good news or bad news ? It probably depends on whether you’re buying or selling. But the big international credit [...]

State Of It: Demotion Of Cunliffe Is A Disservice – NZ’s Economic Interest More Important Than Shearer’s

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Selwyn Manning interviews David Cunliffe.

State Of It: Demotion Of Cunliffe Is A Disservice – NZ’s Economic Interest More Important Than Shearer’s State Of It – By Selwyn Manning. The demotion of Labour’s spokesperson for economic development David Cunliffe to the backbench is a disgrace that demonstrates a move to protect the current leader’s ambitions over New Zealand’s need to [...]

State Of It – Is Bill English’s Current Account Optimism In Keeping With National’s Stakeholder Groups?

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Finance Minister Bill English - image courtesy of Scoop.co.nz

State Of It – Is Bill English’s Current Account Optimism In Keeping With National’s Stakeholder Groups? State Of It – By Selwyn Manning. Yesterday Finance Minister Bill English informed the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee that the Current Account Deficit will likely peak at around 5-6% of gross domestic product. The Current Account Deficit is [...]

Media3: Russell Brown Interviews Selwyn Manning On His New Doco Behind The Shroud

Written by Selwyn Manning on Monday, November 12th, 2012

Media3-Russell-Brown-IVs-Selwyn-Manning-on-Behind-The-Shroud-Nov-10-2012

Media3: Russell Brown Interviews Selwyn Manning On His New Doco Behind The Shroud LoneWolfFilmsNZ.com – In The News: On Saturday, November 10 2012, Prominent journalist, broadcaster and media personality Russell Brown interviewed Behind The Shroud director Selwyn Manning on Top Shelf Productions’ Media3 programme on TV3. Behind The Shroud is a feature length investigative documentary [...]

Citizen-A: With Bomber Bradbury, Phoebe Fletcher & Selwyn Manning on the Week’s Big Issues

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, November 9th, 2012

Martyn Bomber Bradbury - Phoebe Fletcher-Selwyn Manning-Nov 08 2012

Citizen-A: With Bomber Bradbury, Phoebe Fletcher & Selwyn Manning on the Week’s Big Issues This Week: Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Phoebe Fletcher, Selwyn Manning discuss the following issues: Issue 1: Does the Pike River Mine report herald a change in the culture of self regulation and deregulation? Issue 2: Big gay red shirts and David Beckham’s [...]

Interview Between Jane Kelsey & Selwyn Manning On Concerns Over Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) Consequences

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Selwyn Manning - Prof Jane Kelsey

Interview Between Jane Kelsey & Selwyn Manning On Concerns Over Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) Consequences See Also: ItsOurFuture.org.nz Triangle TV – Beatson Interview: Way back in 1999 New Zealand began talks with Chile and Singapore about forming a trilateral free trade bloc. That initiative has since expanded into what is now known as the [...]

State Of It – Memory-Fade Or Truthful Inconsistencies? The PM Must Explain The Purpose Of NZSAS Deployments To Afghanistan

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 1st, 2012

Prime Minister John Key - on Frontline

State Of It – Memory-Fade Or Truthful Inconsistencies? The PM Must Explain The Purpose Of NZSAS Deployments To Afghanistan Column – By Selwyn Manning. There is significant controversy over whether the small SAS unit of four to six soldiers recently deployed to Afghanistan by the New Zealand Government – supposedly to plan and provide logistics [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Huge Drug Haul + 4,444,444th Kiwi

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 1st, 2012

5AA's Peter Godfrey and 36h-Parallel.com's Selwyn Manning.

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Huge Drug Haul + 4,444,444th Kiwi 5AA Australia: Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 1/11/12. This week Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning discuss how 165kgs of either cocaine or heroin has been found in a container in Algeria. The container originated in [...]

An Interview With Jacinda Ardern: MSD/WINZ A Systemic Problem Or Human Error?

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Selwyn Manning IVs Jacinda Ardern on MSD Systemic Failures

MSD/WINZ: A Systemic Problem Or Human Error – Interview With Jacinda Ardern Triangle TV/The Beatson Interview: The Government’s tight focus on the 20 to 30 thousand children of beneficiaries identified to be at risk of abuse or neglect in the care of beneficiary parents is certainly fodder for Opposition parties. Certainly, Labour’s social development spokesperson [...]

State Of It With Selwyn Manning – WTFMSD! A Systemic Failure Or Acceptable Human Error?

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 25th, 2012

WINZ-Window image by Lyndon Hood and courtesy of Scoop.co.nz.

State Of It With Selwyn Manning – WTFMSD! A Systemic Failure Or Acceptable Human Error? Let’s look at the question: Has the Ministry of Social Development a systemic problem with private information, particularly information relating to WINZ clients, and also a systemic problem with keeping private information safe? The examples: The most significant example has [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – State Asset Sale Stalls

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 25th, 2012

5AA's Peter Godfrey and 36h-Parallel.com's Selwyn Manning.

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – State Asset Sale Stalls Mighty River Power Partial Sale Stalled By High Court The National-led Government had to back-track on last week’s announcement that it would proceed with the partial sale of state owned asset, Mighty River Power. Early this week the High [...]

Citizen A With Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Selwyn Manning & Chris Trotter on the Week’s BIG Issues

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, October 19th, 2012

SM-BB-CT-October-18-2012

Citizen A With Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Selwyn Manning & Chris Trotter on WTFMSD, Kim Dotcom, Maori Share-Deal Issue 1: Is a WINZ kiosk less leaky than a GCSB staff meeting? What to make of the security lapse at the Ministry of Social Development? Issue 2: Where does the Kim Dotcom case end? and Issue 3: [...]

State Of It With Selwyn Manning: Multiple Degrees Of Incompetence and Why Donors Are Pulling The Plug On National

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Beehive-truck image courtesy of Scoop.co.nz

State Of It: Multiple Degrees Of Incompetence and Why Donors Are Pulling The Plug On National Column By Selwyn Manning. It is now clear the National-led Government’s liberal attitude toward keeping its ministries, departments, agencies, and service wing accountable and functioning adequately – is creating a pattern of widespread incompetence. In addition to this, the [...]

WTFMSD! On 5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – The WINZ Computer Access Scandal

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 18th, 2012

5AA's Peter Godfrey and 36h-Parallel.com's Selwyn Manning.

WTFMSD! On 5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – The WINZ Computer Access Scandal Across The Ditch Recorded Live on 18/10/12. Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey summarise the insecure status of Work and Income New Zealand’s computer network. This week’s news has been dominated by this single huge issue – [...]

Beatson Interview: Selwyn Manning Interviews New Zealand’s Most Spied On Man

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

Selwyn Manning IVs New Zealand's Most Spied On Man - Keith Locke

Beatson Interview: Selwyn Manning Interviews New Zealand’s Most Spied On Man Beatson Interview: With Selwyn Manning, October 15, 2012. Who is New Zealand’s most spied-on man? Well, here are some more clues… 1 He was 11 years old when the Security Service started tracking him. 2 He grew up in Christchurch – has a B.Sc [...]

95bFM: Simon Maude and Selwyn Manning On The Pros & Cons Arguments For Interventionist Economics

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Q+A-Selwyn-Manning

95bFM: Simon Maude and Selwyn Manning On The Pros & Cons Arguments For Interventionist Economics A political debate is raging among politicians and exporters on whether the National-led Government should embark on interventionist economic policy. The argument goes that the old way of requiring the Reserve Bank o manipulate the official cash rate that follows [...]

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – NZD$9.2 Billion NZ Budget Deficit

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 11th, 2012

5AA's Peter Godfrey and 36h-Parallel.com's Selwyn Manning.

5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – NZD$9.2 Billion NZ Budget Deficit New Zealand Records NZD$9.2 Billion Budget Deficit The National-led Government has announced its budget deficit in the year to June 30 was 9.2 billion New Zealand dollars (US$7.52 billion), higher than the New Zealand Treasury’s forecast of NZ$8.4 [...]

Interview: Peter Williams QC Says Police Let Off The Hook But Constructive Inquiry Must Satisfy Public Interest

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Peter Williams QC and Selwyn Manning - October 8 2012

Triangle TV Interview: Peter Williams QC Says Police Let Off The Hook But Constructive Inquiry Must Satisfy Public Interest In this Triangle TV interview with Selwyn Manning renowned Queen’s Counsel Peter Williams says the Police were let off the hook in the High Court but that a “constructive independent inquiry” must be held to satisfy [...]

Interview: Winston Peters Says Public & National Interest Demands A Broad Inquiry Must Be Initiated Into GCSB, Police, & Prime Minister’s Handling

Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Winston Peters - Selwyn Manning - October 8 2012

Interview: Winston Peters Says Public & National Interest Demands A Broad Inquiry Must Be Initiated Into GCSB, Police, & Prime Minister’s Handling In this Triangle TV interview between Winston Peters and Selwyn Manning, Mr Peters says a broad independent inquiry must be held, not only into the Government Communications Security Bureau’s unlawful surveillance of Megaupload [...]

Citizen A: Bomber Bradbury, Selwyn Manning & David Slack on PM-GCSB-Police Oddities & Govt’s Meltdown

Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, October 5th, 2012

David Slack and the wonderful Kokako

Citizen A: Bomber Bradbury, Selwyn Manning & David Slack on PM-GCSB-Police Oddities & Govt’s Meltdown Martyn Bomber Bradbury, Selwyn Manning and David Slack analyse the big issues of the week: Issue 1: 2 inquires, 1 Police investigation , spies meeting in Wellington, Key visiting Hollywood and an official apology – how much more weird can [...]

State Of It: The PM & The GCSB – Why Someone Like Sir Anand Satyanand Must Lead An Independent Inquiry

Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 4th, 2012

John Key - Image courtesy of Scoop.co.nz

State Of It: The PM & The GCSB – Why Someone Like Sir Anand Satyanand Must Lead An Independent Inquiry The Audio: Selwyn Manning and 95bFM’s Simon Maude discuss how, despite earlier statements to the contrary, the Prime Minister, John Key, insists in February he was told but not briefed about the GCSB’s illegal spying [...]

Copyright © 2013 Livenews.co.nz and Multimedia Investments Ltd. All rights reserved.