The Standard

New Zealand pushes ahead with selling / exchanging 60% of its precious conservation estate

Written By:
Date published: 12:06 pm, June 18th, 2026 - 5 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, Conservation, Environment, Shane Jones, winston peters
Tags: ,

New Zealand pushes ahead to privatise conservation land, opening up almost 5 million hectares for sale and/or exchange

Open Mike 18/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 18th, 2026 - 32 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Daily review 17/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 17th, 2026 - 11 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

The Alarming Echos between Trump and Luxon on elections

Written By:
Date published: 12:04 pm, June 17th, 2026 - 10 comments

In the United States and in New Zealand the current administrations wish to speed up the finalisation of election results by supressing the right to vote.

Open Mike 17/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 17th, 2026 - 74 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Daily review 16/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 16th, 2026 - 15 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Open Mike 16/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 16th, 2026 - 51 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Daily review 15/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 15th, 2026 - 10 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

National panics

Written By:
Date published: 8:58 am, June 15th, 2026 - 16 comments

It is strange for a party in power finishing its first term to call a media event on a Sunday just so it can attack the opposition. But this is what happened yesterday.

Open Mike 15/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 15th, 2026 - 23 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Which side is TOP on?

Written By:
Date published: 10:55 am, June 14th, 2026 - 143 comments

The Opportunity Party which has a suite of progressive policies thinks that it can work with National, even though National’s priorities should be an anathema to it.

Local Bodies: The myth of New Zealand’s economic backbone

Written By:
Date published: 10:30 am, June 14th, 2026 - 35 comments

If the farming sector is the ‘backbone of the economy’ then why is it that we are struggling to stand upright economically at the moment? Is it because agriculture is a economic drain on the rest of NZ. It provides 85% of our export revenue. But contributes just 5% of GDP, 5% of the workforce, and 1-3% of tax revenue – which effectively measures the profit to NZ.

Open Mike 14/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 14th, 2026 - 18 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Strike back against the Empire rally today

Written By:
Date published: 11:00 am, June 13th, 2026 - 3 comments

Notice about an anti war protest this afternoon at Aotea Square in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland.

Open Mike 13/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 13th, 2026 - 17 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Daily review 12/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 12th, 2026 - 8 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

National intends to proceed with the LNG terminal and welch on the country’s Kyoto Protocol obligations

Written By:
Date published: 10:19 am, June 12th, 2026 - 12 comments

National, a party of supposed economic geniuses, will spend billions on an LNG terminal that is not needed, billions on roads of National significance whose business cases are appalling, and attack Labour for a policy that is cheap, will help ordinary people, reduce fuel dependancy and greenhouse gas emissions.

Open Mike 12/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 12th, 2026 - 41 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Daily review 11/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 11th, 2026 - 12 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Open Mike 11/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 11th, 2026 - 59 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Daily review 10/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 10th, 2026 - 13 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Labour’s list

Written By:
Date published: 12:10 pm, June 10th, 2026 - 44 comments

Labour’s recently announced list contains a number of new impressive candidates and is clear evidence that the party is being rejuvinated.

Open Mike 10/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 10th, 2026 - 79 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Daily review 09/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 9th, 2026 - 5 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Open Mike 09/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 9th, 2026 - 37 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

The Fast Track Legislation Really is This Bad

Written By:
Date published: 7:00 pm, June 8th, 2026 - 12 comments

There is growing local opposition to the prospect of open cast mining in the Central Otago approved by the Fast Track process.

Daily review 08/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 5:30 pm, June 8th, 2026 - 2 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Open Mike 08/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 8th, 2026 - 27 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

In defence of the MP’s lot

Written By:
Date published: 2:29 pm, June 7th, 2026 - 20 comments

Surging populist thinking is compounding neo-liberalism’s dislike of the public sector and our democratic institutions.

Open Mike 07/06/2026

Written By:
Date published: 6:00 am, June 7th, 2026 - 5 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

They all do it…

Written By:
Date published: 5:16 pm, June 6th, 2026 - 15 comments

FiveEyes issues warning re possible Chinese intelligence recruiting methods! Beware! China issues warning re already recruited anti-China MPs. Cue shock horror!