There's been a great debate about the anti-smoking ad showing Piri Weepu feeding his child a bottle.

 I have viewed footage on the NZ Herald website of John Key's visit to Te Tii Marae this morning. Above the footage, I read the headline "John Key chased from Waitangi."

This afternoon, the Maori Party has threatened to walk from its confidence and supply deal with National.

 Media and political attacks on disabled people in Britain are growing by the day.

 National has made its first big political mistake of term two: the Crafar Farms deal.

 The infamous teapot tapes have surfaced on the internet today. For the record, I have (like many other people) listened to them.

Newt Gingrich's win in today's South Carolina primary has taken the Republican Party one step closer to defeat in November.

Why?

The Dotcom Mansion raid conducted in the early hours of Friday morning was real overkill. Seventy New Zealand Police and American FBI personnel - that's way overboard.

Why am I siding with the Auckland wharfies in their dispute with Ports of Auckland? Well, as a left-winger, I naturally would of course. I remember well the old socialist slogan "an injury to one is an injury to all!"

 Christchurch, Christchurch, when will it end?

I have been following reports of this afternoon's renewed earthquakes from Sydney. The 6.0 event around 2pm was probably almost equivalent in size to the main event on February 22.