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John Key was interviewed this morning by Paul Henry on TV3. The interview was cringeworthy. The complete lack of independence shown by Henry and the obsequious nature of his treatment of Key were a joke. Winston Peters has criticised Mike Hosking for being a National…
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August 13th was Earth Overshoot Day 2015 (aka Ecological Debt Day). Read all about it: Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit…
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The old myth that National are good managers of the economy should now be well dead and buried. By any realistic assessment of the records of the last two governments, Labour is the party of economic competence. Labour: 9 surplus budgets, paid down net government…
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Voting for a new UK Labour Leader has now begun. But the steady drum beat of establishment prejudice against left wing candidate Jeremy Corbyn continues unabated. The UK's Media Lens organisation systematically takes apart The Guardian's claims that their coverage of Jeremy Corbyn has been…
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In writing this article I had a read of Frank Macskasy's excellent blogpost which is here. Regrettably the earlier annual reports that were available on Solid Energy's website appear to have been removed. What gives? Is a state owned entity hiding information which is important…
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An open post to cover the TPPA protests today. In Auckland it was big and noisy with an estimated 10,000 plus people attending. Congratulations to the organisers including Jane Kelsey and well done to everyone who turned up despite the weather. There is a lot of…
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I'm continuously amazed about how mind-numbingly stupid and outright ignorant Tim Groser is in his pursuit of the TTP. This really comes through in Fran O'Sullivan's article in the Herald this morning He also made the point to NBR that a TPP deal will create…
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As reported on Stuff: Samantha Wilson, 18, was supposed to be rostered a minimum of 22 hours per week in early August. But Wilson noticed that she was only rostered for 12 hours over two shifts. Her last pay was $95. Wilson says that makes…
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In the Herald this morning the suggestion is made that the long touted trade benefits from TPPA may not actually be there and that New Zealand is under intense pressure to cave in on access for our dairy products. From Fran O'Sullivan's article: [Tim] Groser is…
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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.
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So much for this being a quiet news day. In the first of two blog related news events Jordan Williams has gone on the front foot and commenced defamation proceedings against Colin Craig as well as former Conservative Party office holders Nathaniel Heslop, Kevin Stitt…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Don't forget the TPPA demonstration tomorrow 1 pm at Aotea Square in Auckland. Although if you are an American Citizen your consulate thinks you should be careful ...
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In South Korea the colliding intersection between tradition and demographics is probably at its most extreme - see Economist article "I don't". However the same kinds of effects are being seen all over the developed world, and increasingly in parts of the underdeveloped world. The proportion…
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My name is James Gluck, and I am currently doing a Masters degree at Victoria University. I'm doing a project entitled Radicals, Reformists or Revolutionaries? Studying Ideologies of the Left and I have been kindly allowed some space here on The Standard to inform people…
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' While both Labour and National Ltd™ are, IMHO, as guilty as the other for the Pike River deaths, National Ltd™ has learned nothing and, in fact, is preparing to make things worse. After failing to insist on prosecutions stemming from the Pike River tragedy, National…
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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 …
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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.
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Remember climate change, that almost irreversible process that is already causing havoc to the planet and will eventually make most of the planet uninhabitable? Originally New Zealand wanted to be a leader in the area and Helen Clark set an aspirational goal that New Zealand…
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Details of local activity this weekend can be found on the Its Our Future website.
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Bruce Robertson and Key have played Seymour like a Puppet. It's like this was all ready to go. Just needed the right person and the right time. And what better day than a day when Westpac again issues a warning about the predictable downturn in…
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A recent YouGov poll in the Times predicts Jeremy Corbyn will win the UK Labour leadership on first preferences alone. If he does win, Corbyn will shift the "Overton Window" of acceptable ideas leftward but will face formidable opposition. We went to hear Jeremy Corbyn in…
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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.
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Always a topic for robust discussion here at The Standard - here's part of a speech the Labour Leader gave to the Environmental Defence Society conference today. Let’s start with climate change. It’s happening, it will get worse before it gets better, and it demands…
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Tautoko Mangō Mata has discovered the words to a mystery song buried deep in a Crosby Textor staff manual. Verse 1 If the Public have uncovered A shonky deal we made We bring out Teflon John and the full snake-oil brigade with echo chamber Hoskings…