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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • 'Fresh face, fresh start' for Labour

    2011-12-13 11:24:18 //
    David Shearer is the new leader of the Labour Party, backed up by deputy Grant Robertson.
  • Super-Dave to Labour’s rescue?

    2011-12-02 14:28:17 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    David Shearer may be yet another white, middle-class male, but he may also represent Labour's best chance at redeeming itself.
  • Where will the money come from for Labour's warm, fuzzy policy?

    2011-10-27 13:47:48 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    Labour's policy for more huts and tracks is admirable, but it could end up as just another item on the wish list.
  • Clean and green brand could be strengthened with new proposed Environmental Reporting Act

    2011-08-19 10:39:07 // // The Idealog Blog
    When it comes to the Government and the Green Party, it’s not a common occurrence to see the two agreeing on policy relating to the environment. But why has a proposal put forward by environment minister Nick Smith yesterday, to move national environmental reporting to the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE), struck a harmonious chord with the Green Party?
  • Labour: Same politics, new logo (updated)

    2011-03-09 16:02:18 // // The Idealog Blog | 6 comments
    Labour has unveiled its brand new logo, revealing a stripped back, cleaner, all-red design, complete with a stereotypical Kiwi fern. And after a fair bit of digging and probing, we can reveal the creative buffs behind the new design are advertising agency Barnes, Catmur & Friends. But unlike politicians, getting a straight answer from the agency was easy. The logo may be new, but its tightly linked to the Labour of old. And by old, we mean 1930s old.