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Labour managed a couple of good blows on the government this week. David Cunliffe disclosed that a Mossack Fonseca related entity had purchased a significant block of farmland in the Taranaki. Through the judicious use of google a canny staffer managed to show that the beneficial owners…
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The tireless Matt Nippert reports: Hilary Barry quits TV3 amid rumours she's heading to TVNZ One of TV3's biggest and most popular stars, newsreader Hilary Barry, has quit the network. Her departure is the second high-profile casualty at TV3 in the past year after John…
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It's not news that NZ's water supply is degrading. Pollution is increasing, demand is increasing and supply will become more variable with climate change. Back in January: Urgent need to act on our water supply ... Despite the weekend's deluge in the north, summer 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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"I am writing to you on behalf of a group of industry professionals operating in the New Zealand foreign trust industry. We are concerned that there appears to be a sudden change of view by the IRD in respect of their previous support for the…
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https://twitter.com/NzMorningReport/status/725806901330481152
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Reprinted from Labour's website. Revelations that John Key's personal lawyer and trust advisor led a lobbying campaign to shut down a review of New Zealand's foreign trust regime makes the case for a full scale independent inquiry a matter of urgency, Labour's Finance spokesperson Grant…
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Maybe there is a God and if so she has to be a left winger. Latest events are trashing John Key's carefully constructed persona of being an ordinary dude who is good to have a beer with and cares about everyone and have highlighted his fundamental…
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NZ's worst employer, Talley's, have been moaning to the Employment Relations Authority that the Meat Workers Union have been mean and nasty to them. They want the court to order the union to stop telling the truth about how they brutalise their employees. Laughably, they…
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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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https://twitter.com/AndrewLittleMP/status/725537715161165824 The press release is here: Andrew Little visits NZ troops in Iraq and refugees in Jordan Opposition Leader Andrew Little has visited New Zealand troops at Camp Taji, Iraq. Mr Little also met with Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled Al-Obedih and senior military officials from…
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The economic geniuses of the National government strike again! Trade deficit tipped to affect income and jobs New Zealand's trade deficit, at its worst in seven years, is likely to widen further and will hit jobs, an economist has warned. Official figures show imports exceeded…
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Here at the Standard the Herald is often criticized for following the government line and presenting news in a pro National way. We should also praise the Herald when it accurately describes the Government's handling of important issues. The editorial in this morning's paper is…
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Concern over Auckland housing has reached critical mass, with many on social media expressing support for Duncan Garner's strongly worded piece yesterday: Suburb-cleansing: Working poor evicted from their backyards If you want to know what's wrong with Auckland's housing market, then Otara is a poster-child…
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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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Earlier in April the Royal Society of NZ released a report - Climate Change Implications for New Zealand, see also the media release: Key findings – New Zealand’s sensitivities to climate change Coastal Change: New Zealanders live mainly near coasts Shoreline ecology, public infrastructure, residential…
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Rod Emmerson in The Herald today: See also Isaac Davison: Options remain to dampen demand in heated market.
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Roy Morgan polls are erratic, but the latest one seems to show a pretty simple shift, National down 3.5 and NZF up 3.5. (Overall the result is good news for the left as currently being discussed elsewhere). I have never found Morgan's commentary on the…
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The latest Roy Morgan poll result is out and Winston Peters will be grinning from ear to ear. From its website: During April support for National fell 3.5% to 42.5% - the lowest for two years since April – May 2014, now only 2% ahead…
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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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I/S at No Right Turn on the renewables target and futility of targets without plans: This is what happens if you don't have a plan Radio New Zealand reports today that the electricity industry thinks the government's 90% renewables target is "unrealistic" and will not…
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It would save a lot of time and anguish for New Zealand if National just assimilated Labour policies and ideas as and when they are announced, rather than waiting until problems that needs to be addressed are out of control. The latest example involves Auckland housing. From Radio…
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Interesting piece in The Guardian recently: You may hate Donald Trump. But do you want Facebook to rig the election against him? The company’s dominance means it can easily manipulate voter behavior. Though it claims it won’t, just the possibility is a threat to democracy…
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A week on Thursday is the day that the Scottish Labour Party dies…yet again. Some polls have even suggested they will struggle to pip the Tories for second place in the Holyrood elections. I don’t think they’ll come third. But I do think that those…
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