TV3's faulty MMP calculator

> NBR: "TV networks get warning over polls" > LAWS179: "TV3, opinion polls and calculating the seats" > 3News: "Poll: Labour and Greens out, National in" My broadcasting standards complaint against TV3 for errors in calculating seats in the House based on its December opinion poll was upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority. > BSA: "Knight v TVWorks Ltd (2008-023)" (No time for additional commentary as I'm in transit back to NZ after a conference in Toronto.)

New Zealand Order of Merit: new Knighthoods and Damehoods

> LAWS179: "New Zealand Order of Merit (Titular Titles) Bill: My New Year Honours List" > LAWS179: "New Zealand Order of Merit (Titular Titles) Bill" > LAWS179: "Queen's Birthday Honours" Continuing my previous theme, the new honorands with the proposed titular titles: ORDER OF NEW ZEALAND Sir Murray Gordon HALBERG, ONZ* NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT Ta (Sir) Harawira Tiri GARDINER, DCNZM Sir John William HANSEN, DCNZM Sir Peter Charles MAIRE, DCNZM Emeritus Professor Sir (Arthur) Harold MARSHALL, DCNZM Kahurangi (Dame) Gillian Karawe WHITEHEAD, DCNZM