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Yesterday the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) released this statement: WHALE OIL’S DIRTY ATTACK ON OTAGO ACADEMIC The villain of Dirty Politics, Cameron Slater, used his post-election downtime last week to attack University of Otago nutrition scientist Lisa Te Morenga, calling her a ‘trougher’ and, ironically,…
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There appears to be some serious problems developing as far as New Zealand’s economy is concerned. Some thought when John Key announced that the general election was going to be held two months earlier than usual he was bringing the election as far forward as he could without…
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It's the conference season in Britain. According to the Guardian, audio specialist Cassetteboy has rearranged cuts from David Cameron's Conservative conference speeches to Eminem's 2002 track Lose Yourself. Cameron can be heard rhyming “I’m hardcore and I know the score” with “I am disgusted by…
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In case anyone had missed it amongst the nasty and vicious level of attacks on David Cunliffe, Karen Price has been on twitter having a go at the people attacking her husband. As Brian Edwards put it in "Shock! Horror! Wife defends husband!!!!" I suspect…
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There are plenty of sources to read on the seriousness of the poverty crisis in NZ. This recent piece in The Listener (of all places) is an excellent example. Here's a brief sample: But it’s those other children, the ones living in cold, overcrowded homes…
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The following is an email sent by Tim Barnett to party members. I am pleased to be able to inform you that New Zealand Council has made some key decisions about the timetable and process around the election of our Party Leader. On the key…
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I've just been digging through the statistics for the last couple of months here at The Standard on Google analytics looking back over the last 7 years (a lifetime in blogging terms). We did pretty well for a crew who are all volunteers doing this…
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One of the few bright spots for Labour in the election was the renewed support of Maori. Labour now holds 6 of the 7 Maori seats. Only Waiariki was retained for the Maori Party by co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell. Combined with a party vote of…
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John Key before the election: Key rules out sending troops to Iraq Prime Minister John Key has ruled out New Zealand military intervention in Iraq, barring an unlikely United Nations Security Council mission John Key after the election: Key: SAS could join Isis fight on…
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