Explore the archive
Find articles and conversations by date, subject or search expression.
Searching: posts Sorted by: newest Results: 31–60 of 166
Post
Today is Anzac Day, 101 years since ANZAC forces began the Gallipoli campaign. The RSA lists ANZAC Day services here. Peace Movement Aotearoa lists peace events here (see also the World War One Centenary Peace Project). For last year's centenary The Herald ran an excellent…
Post
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 …
Post
To the National Party: We note recent controversy concerning the donation of a substantial amount of money by Earl Hagaman and the subsequent awarding of the management contract for the Niue resort to his company. The $7.5 million award for improvements to the resort in…
David Farrar journalism making shit up Media spin you couldn't make this shit up
Post
Rodney Hide - Niue deal squeaky clean In my view, his was a disgraceful display of nastiness and political incompetence not expected of a rookie opposition MP and gobsmackingly awful for a would-be Prime Minister. I refer, of course, to what Little would have you…
Post
Reprinted with permission from the failed estate. Watching the scandal over 60 Minutes’ apparent complicity in a violent child abduction in Lebanon, I’m struck by two things – the cynicism of Channel Nine in using a child custody dispute for ratings and the complete ignorance of journalistic…
journalism Media the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
Post
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 …
Post
Readers may notice that I have popped a RSA poppy on to the banner. Back in my youth I decided that there were things that were worth fighting for when it became necessary. It is a viewpoint that I have never had to change, and…
Post
From Salon: The old debate goes something like this: ‘You don’t believe women have reproductive rights.” “You don’t value human life.” Or this: “You think everyone should own a gun.” “You think we’re safer if only criminals have them.” Or this: “You don’t care about…
Post
As was well covered in the media this week, NZ under the Key government has hit new depths of ignominy as per capita the world's biggest climate change cheat: NZ accused of being a climate change cheat The accusation comes in a report written for…
Abuse of power climate change corruption ETS global warming john key national
Post
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 …
Post
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 …
Post
Good news everyone - the housing crisis is solved! As reported in The Herald: Home truths: 'Ditch the Sky and start saving' Many house hunters who say they can't afford to buy a home in Auckland need to give up their Sky TV or expensive…
Post
In a stirring speech, PM John Key has launched a war on this major scourge: John Key - Tackling 'P' ... I want to talk about a problem that is wrecking lives, wrecking families and fuelling crime. I’m here to speak about “P”. Methamphetamine, crank,…
Post
Recent media has been marked by the New Zealand Initiative's attack on the prospect of a sugar tax. The proposal has been rubbished and the claim that there is overseas evidence that it works is disputed even though it is that compelling that David Cameron's conservatives have decided…
Post
A "data supermarket" sounds benign enough doesn't it? Unfortunately not - two posts from I/S at No Right Turn explain: Bill English wants to end your privacy Not content with granting more and more powers to spy agencies, National is now planning to database and…
Post
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 …
Post
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 …
Post
On the Hagaman donation, Bryan Gould described the problem - Niue contract damaging to Govt reputation The facts can be simply stated. The owner of Scenic Hotels, Earl Hagaman – a well-known and perennial donor to the National party – made a donation of over…
Post
Penny Bright will be pleased. Apparently in New Zealand no one owns water. We should stop paying our water rates bills immediately. National has made the claim for a while. The latest invocation of the belief was made by John Key on his visit to…
Post
Received political wisdom is that NZ is a conservative country, tending to the right. Interesting then, to see this data on our voting preferences re American presidential candidates (Stephen Mills in The Herald): If only Kiwis could vote for president There has been some debate…
Post
John Key, explaining why he had an account with tax avoidance specialists Antipodes Trust Group, said he used the firm because his long-term friend, Ken Whitney, is a principal at the firm and has been his private lawyer for many years. Trouble is Whitney is…
brand key Economy john key Minister for International Embarrassment national same old national slippery tax you couldn't make this shit up
Post
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 …
Post
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 …
Post
Bryan Gould says words that need saying: Niue contract damaging to Govt reputation The bad news keeps coming. In the last couple of weeks, New Zealanders have discovered that our country is being touted to tax dodgers and other criminals as a good place to…
Post
Printing money, which financial types like to call "quantitative easing", has brought the global economy some time in what now looks like an ongoing crisis since 2008. But the buzz is wearing off - and there are calls for another fix: Alan Greenspan: More QE…
Post
Fair to say that Simon Bridges' claim that there is no housing crisis has - not gone down well. Duncan Garner: Crisis? What crisis? Government Minister Simon Bridges says Auckland is not facing a 'housing crisis'. He's woefully out of touch. Instead, Bridges prefers to…
Post
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 …
Post
John Key is clear about what he will and won't do during his visit to China. He won't work to stop bourgeois Chinese businessmen from rorting our housing market. However, he definitely will mention the Spratly Islands (Have you built a golf course there yet?). …
Abuse of power China International you couldn't make this shit up
Post
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 …
Post
Interesting news: Netherlands moots electric car future with petrol and diesel ban by 2025 The Dutch parliament will strive towards all-electric sales by midway through the next decade if senate passes motion into law Dutch politicians have voted through a motion calling on the country…
climate change Europe global warming sustainability transport