The Hand Mirror

Long time no blog, sorry about that. Here's something I prepared earlier - about three weeks' ago to be precise:  A presentation o...

No time to write an actual post, but please do feel free to discuss it here.  This is currently the only linkable thing that comes close t...

2011 Calendar cover:  a llama in the High Country "Well on November 26th we will know whether we know or we don't know" I...

Whatever happened last night no doubt some here will be feeling a bit urgh today.  Consider this an open thread for a bit of a social ch...

Tonight I'll be live-blogging from Labour's Mt Roskill headquarters, which is at the Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall on May Rd. Sorry...

Live-blogging from different bloggers here:   Julie - at Labour HQ in Mt Roskill   Luddite Journo - at the Greens HQ in Wellington  M...

Line drawing of a woman with a cool scarf.  "Wear your nicest t-shirt tomorrow" (But please don't if it's a political on...

So in my last election related post before the polls I thought I'd describe my plans for tomorrow.  Electorate Vote As I live in We...

Jared at Left Wing rants has written an excellent overview of political parties and their attitudes to/policies on reducing family violence:...

So I've spent the last few days googling candidates names and 'abortion' and coming up with little.  I've written about the ...

When I looked at this in 2008 the Maori Party were the youngest party in Parliament.  No longer! Historical representation of women: The Ma...

MMP is loved by babies: MMP is loved by dogs: MMP is loved by cats: MMP is loved by Don McGlashan (!!!): MMP is loved by p...

So yesterday I looked at the  party vote  at this election.  Today some thoughts on the electorate vote. It's fairly easy to vote on ...

Voting for abortion law reform* is notoriously hard in New Zealand.  In 1978, after parliament passed our current laws – Eric Geireinger ...

United Future, like NZ First, does exist beyond it's well known leader.  Here's some proof.  Historical representation of women...

We've had a bit of a chat behind the scenes and a few people have been keen to live blog on Saturday 26th November.  If you don't kn...

Feeling guilty about my big P political lethargy this election, I've decided to compare each parties women's or gender policies as ...

When people mention NZ First it's hard to think past Winston Peters, but there is more to this party's candidates than just the form...

The Conservative Party is a new political vehicle, so this will be a shorter than usual post! Historical representation of women: The Co...

I've redone this post because ACT re-did their list for various Reasons.  If you're interested in the original post it is still up h...