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Good call from the Commerce Commission: Commerce Commission says no to Fairfax-NZME media merger The Commerce Commission is planning to decline to authorise the merger between media giants Fairfax and NZME, it has revealed this morning. ... The Commission's preliminary view - revealed today -…
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Yesterday the government announced an apparently large new spend, $300 million, to address the housing crisis that does not exist. The money is to be spent this year and over the next four, so it is more like $60 million a year. And $100 million…
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Rheumatic fever is one of the diseases of poverty that shame this country. There has been at least some attempt to address this particular disease - with mixed results: Rheumatic fever rates fail to fall in central Auckland, Waitemata The Government is reshuffling money to…
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Some genuinely good news from the Mediaworks empire; it seems that Paul Henry may have finally been told to do one. The NZ Herald is reporting that the mental midget is to leave his TV3 show at the end of the year. Breakfast is to…
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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 was a little busy at the Labour conference over the weekend to write about 3's blunder, but thought I should get the truth out there, as there was general indignation at the flawed Saturday night coverage. (The Friday night sarcastic "Lucky me" dig about…
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Fran O'Sullivan was late to the sheepgate party, but had an interesting gem to contribute - Ministers were played over Saudi sheep This whole saga has been a convenient figleaf for a major point of contention between the Saudis and New Zealand: Prime Minister John…
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Last week Green Party Spokesperson for Social Development Jan Logie outlined the problems with National's data collection policy, No data, no funding. That’s just wrong. The National Government recently announced that they will be requiring community organisations to hand over client information to the government…
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Vernon Small on Stuff: Labour puts storms behind it as Little navigates into calmer waters ... This year, though, Little deserves some of the credit for the preternatural sense of order and relative serenity. James Shaw described him as "unflappable" during the Green co-leader's symbolic…
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E nga mana E nga tapu E Te whanau o te roopu reipa Tena koutou katoa Talofa lava Kia orana Malo e lelei Nǐ hǎo Namaste Can I acknowledge party president Nigel Haworth, and all of our hard working New Zealand Councillors. I want to…
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The American public has had to put up with an insufferably negative election campaign with two candidates who are widely regarded as dishonest, corrupt and unlikable. The media has been saturated with negativity, attacks and attack ads levelled by each candidate, and their surrogates, at…
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Much as I hate to ruin your Sunday morning, this really happened. Former National Party president Michelle Boag sang a version of Gangsta's Paradise at party fundraiser in Auckland (video also here). She was later arrested for crimes against music, dance, fashion, and irony. (That…
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Following on from Grant Robertson's speech to the Labour Party Conference yesterday the Future of Work's Commission's report has now been released. The document is complex and at 68 pages will take some time to analyse. No doubt the Government will be screening the report page…
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The following is a Guest Post from Robert Guyton and is part of a series appearing over 12 Sundays. Other parts can be seen here. Robert is a sustainability pioneer who along with his family grows the oldest food forest in NZ. A long time organic gardener, permaculturist and heritage orchardist,…
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Text of the speech by Grant Robertson to the 2016 Labour Party Conference concerning the findings of the Future of Work commission. This year my speech to conference as Finance Spokesperson is a bit different. Normally I would regale you with the tales about Blasé…
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Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We’re reposting them now ahead of tomorrow’s vote. Eva Hartshorn-Sanders has been nominated for the position of Senior Vice President. Every morning when…
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Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We’re reposting them now ahead of tomorrow’s vote. Ko Tane Phillips taku ingoa. Post-settlement, Māori and their iwi are becoming a major influence on…
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Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We're reposting them now ahead of tomorrow's vote. Beth Houston has been nominated for the position of Senior Vice President. Thank you to The…
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The latest Roy Morgan poll has been released. Already the usual suspects are claiming that it is clear evidence that Labour is doomed and that Andrew Little should be replaced as soon as possible. But to my mind it shows that Roy Morgan needs to…
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The Paris agreement on climate change is now in force: Paris climate change agreement enters into force Environment groups hail ‘momentous occasion’ but warn governments need to cut carbon emissions more steeply to avoid dangerous global warming The Paris agreement on climate change enters into…
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Doncha love the Herald? 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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Last weekend I attended a Winston Peters rally. Clearly the things he does well, he does as smoothly as his wavy silver hair. It's easy to describe him as a mixture of old-National and old-Labour, meaning: from a time before our nation-state was made weak.…
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Another millionaire party has been launched in New Zealand. This time it is Gareth Morgan who has announced the formation of the opportunity party. From Newshub: Businessman Gareth Morgan has entered politics, launching the Opportunities Party. The environmentalist and economist unveiled his new career move…