Labour Auckland Central MP Judith Tizard & Labour Candidate for Auckland Central today called on residents in Auckland Central not to damage opponents political hoardings.

"I am concerned that National and Act hoardings at the top of Western Park and by Victoria Park have been smashed in the last couple of evenings" Judith Tizard said.

"While I am grateful for the support of many people in Auckland Central and for the fact that my hoardings and the Alliance hoardings have not been touched, I do not believe that this is an acceptable or reasonable political action."

Judith Tizard said that she understands how angry many people feel about the damage the Government has done to people in this electorate, but freedom of expression and the right to campaign openly are important too.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>