The panellists (L-R): Professor Paul Spoonley, AsiaNZ’s Dr Andrew Butcher, Terence O’Brien and Fran O’Sullivan  focused on what impact Obama’s re-election will have on the US’ relations with Asia, and how that, in turn, will affect New Zealand.  asianz-us-elections.mp3

John Key gives no quarter to The Nation’s Rachel Smalley on Kim Dotcom. Courtesy: Frontpage

Labour Party MP David Cunliffe won’t confirm whether he will support David Shearer when the Labour Party caucus votes on its leadership in February next year. Speaking this weekend on TV3’s “The Nation” Cunliffe said: “I haven’t given it any thought”. “I’m not prepared to discuss individual remits, whatever they are. “I’m a very strong supporter of the organisational review. …