In that thread there is talk of media reporting incorrectly - see below for more.
Well when I first spotted this I thought - that sounds like it could not be true.... so
Given I am in IT I thought I would see who is the owner of the domain beehive.govt.nz and it the NZ Government see the results here.
http://dnstools.com/?count=1&lookup=on&" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... &submit=Go!
However I see the date the domain was modified was the 1st April 2011. And I recall just recently that Department of Internal Affairs who are the register owners of the domain was recently attacked with a DOS (Denial Of Service) on its main site - so could this be defacement? The Email to S Joyce is bouncing back - well if the site is legit then it just be that we are all sending too many emails for their system process and we have in fact created our own DOS on their mail server
I see on a motorcycle forum that I visit has over 10 pages on the post about this in just 1 1/2 days - think of the motorcyclist that put their rego on hold during winter.
Now I have found on the national party website - another email for Mr S Joyce
http://www.national.org.nz/MP.aspx?Id=269" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
anyway this is just typical of any NZ government - put up something that gets the media's attention ie the demerit points for getting caught with a motor vehicle with no rego but slip past the public the "handing in of plates when putting the rego on hold" I recall other dirty tricks like this in times gone past to get something past that effects us motorist.
I thought I would check around the national party site - and I find the same post from Hon Steve Joyce on their own party site too see
http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=35607" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So if bad reporting - then he needs a new writer/press sec as that is word for word the same as the original I posted from beehive.govt.nz