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And 2016 will almost definitely be the hottest year yet Time Magazine reports on data provided in the last day or so by both NASA and JMA. July 2016 was the warmest month ever recorded, the latest in a slew of new temperature records set…
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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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New Zealand making front page news in international media again. This time in a piece by Eleanor Ainge Roy in the Guardian. Below are some quoted excerpts from a piece that really should be read in full. One-third of the country’s children, or 300,000, now…
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The inaugural CTU organisers' conference is being held in Auckland this week, bringing together organisers from across the CTU affiliated unions to discuss the future of the movement. CTU President Richard Wagstaff opened the conference this morning. E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā…
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No Right Turn on National's next step in spying on NZers. Against domestic spying. Last year, National held a strapped-chicken review into "our" intelligence agencies. In March, it duly reported back with the expected results, recommending more money, more powers, and fewer legal restraints for…
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As widely reported yesterday the Nats plan to rewrite the law to allow the GCSB to spy on NZ citizens. Coincidentally yesterday another spying story broke. I/S at No Right Turn summed it up perfectly, so his post is reprinted (with permission) here: John Key…
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If there’s one lesson New Zealand Labour can give to UK Labour after another catastrophic loss, it’s this: look disunited and die. So I think it’s time for Jeremy Corbyn to split. If Mr Corbyn sees off Owen Smith as leader of the Labour Party,…
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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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The Havelock North "gastro" outbreak is all over the papers - Gastro outbreak hits Hawke's Bay 'Widespread' vomiting and diarrhoea gastro outbreak in Havelock North Animal faeces in water supply may be causing Havelock North gastro outbreak Gastro bug in Hawke's Bay water may have…
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Yes you read this correctly. One of the writers on The Standard, the blogsite erroneously reputed to be the cause of David Shearer's demise as Labour Party leader, wishes to praise Shearer in the way he has talked about the Nauru asylum seeker detention crisis. From Newshub: Australia…
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Remember how so many NZ employers are saying they can't afford to increase wages (some of them while booking massive profits)? Nice to see that there are some companies taking a more constructive approach to wages: Spark pays full-time workers $40k minimum Spark will now…
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One of the consequences of poor, overcrowded housing is an increase in the incidence of preventable "diseases of poverty". This was highlighted as a national issue in the run up to the 2011 election with the Inside Child Poverty documentary: Shock look at NZ’s child…
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This man, Mohammad Jamal, like many others in proto-industrialised countries, is a support worker for the West. He works in a, to Western eyes, make-shift aluminium processing plant. According to this photo essay in the Guardian, he last saw his 2 day old daughter…
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This may be the start of a pattern. First there was David Garrett, list MP for ACT and former legal adviser to the Sensible Sentencing Trust who stole the identity of a dead baby admittedly years ago, was then convicted of assault in Tonga and…
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Congratulations to all the athletes representing NZ at the Olympics. There have been surprises and upsets, and the usual gutsy performances. Women dominate our medal tally so far (well done Valerie Adams!). And of course Pacific greetings and congratulations to the Fiji Sevens! May the…
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Every now and then there an insight, theory, or visualisation exposes a brilliantly clear understanding of a complex situation or set of phenomena. Serbian economist Branko Milanovic's graph of the change in global income between 1988 and 2008 by percentile (called by some the "elephant…
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A great suggestion from The Greens, as reported on RNZ: 'Taonga tax' proposed for international visitors The Green Party is pushing for a tourism tax to pay for much-needed regional infrastructure and the government's predator-free plan. The Taonga Levy - which would cost between $14…
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The nominations are in and the lists have been published. There are a couple of candidates whose applications I believe are still being processed but otherwise what we see is what we are going to get. Auckland Future was National's brave effort to maximise the…
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With wars breaking out at an alarming rate and democracy going backwards in much of the world currently, lefties need to face the idea of military intervention squarely. Push aside the U.S. election for a moment, and engage the complexity and scale of chaos on…
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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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Plenty of folk today pronouncing the death of the TPP: Clinton says she’ll kill trade deal she helped Obama negotiate “I oppose it now, I’ll oppose it after the election, and I’ll oppose it as president,” she said, detailing her economic plans in a speech…
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Last month an opinion piece in the NBR (paywalled) summed up the "sheepgate" scandal - Govt sheepgate story a shameful coverup. A minister who tells the prime minister and the cabinet they face a $30 million legal risk when they do not, to secure $11.5…
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Labour Leader Andrew Little has suggested during a student radio station interview that a future Labour led government would look to put the legalisation of marijuana to a referendum. He emphasised it wasn't a priority issue, but something that might be looked at in a…
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Reprinted with permission, by Deborah Russell from Left Side Story: What do New Zealanders actually earn? And why we need to understand these figures. Posted on August 11, 2016 by Deborah Before you read the rest of this post, get out a pen, and write…
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It gets worse - another property developer is rattling the tin for Porirua carpetbagger Nick Leggett for Wellington's mayoralty. Chris Gollins has been asking for donations, with donors having to submit email addresses to nick@gollins.co.nz. Gollins has form - the Real Estate Institute found him…