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On Waitangi Day last year constitutional and Treaty lawyer Moana Jackson talked about how one of the reasons the Crown passed the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed legislation was because they knew that while Māori had the seabed and foreshore it would not be exploited and…
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A (mostly) good piece by an anonymous editor at The Herald this morning: Govt should use extra to cut debt, not taxes The Prime Minister, an endlessly agreeable politician, Yeah Duncan Garner has something to say about that. ...entertains talk of tax cuts whenever the…
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What makes this government popular, deep into its third term? What makes it so hard to corrode their popularity? There’s no conspiracy to it. This is no ordinary small-or-large c conservative government. This is a very clever government. And in order to win the people,…
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This week we are trialling something new. In order to free up Open Mike and Daily Review for other conversations we are asking that all discussion, posting of links etc on the US election goes in the daily dedicated thread rather than OM or DR.…
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Michael Cullen and Margaret Wilson will speak at the Fabian Society Seminar "5th Labour Government - Lessons from a time of Challenges" at Owen Glenn Centre, Grafton Road, Auckland on Sunday October 30 from 1-5pm. Michael and Margaret will be joined by Mike Williams,…
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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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Treasury papers just released show National's Housing Infrastructure Fund to be everything you expected it to be: a quickly cobbled together headline. For National's party conference they needed to come up with a big sounding number so that they could appear to be doing something about Housing. Treasury…
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The government is proud of their surplus, which at 0.7% of GDP isn't quite as dramatic as the 9% of GDP deficit they had in 2011. But as soon as we have a surplus, National starts salivating over tax cuts. Not sensible things like investing…
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With great fanfare last week the Government announced what it wanted to suggest was a stonking big operating revenue surplus in the country's accounts. We are finally in the black to the tune of $1.8 billion dollars. This headline was obliterated by other news released that day…
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This week we are trialling something new. In order to free up Open Mike and Daily Review for other conversations we are asking that all discussion, posting of links etc on the US election goes in this dedicated thread rather than OM or DR. The…
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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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Vonny Moyes is an arts journalist and social activist. She's a weekly columnist in The National, regular commentator and head of digital communications for an environment agency There are lots of things going on in the world right now, but it feels rather like we’ve…
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In August Hekia Parata announced her new COOL solution, that distinctly isn't what it says on the tin. While research shows that peer-to-peer learning is amongst the most effective, and parents are working on reducing class sizes to increase teacher contact, Hekia has worked out…
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You can only piss the journos off for so long... National ministers have a habit of not wanting to turn up to the 'hard' questions, but Paula Bennett has been severely caught out by RNZ: Back in August RNZ's Insight programme spent two weeks chasing…
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The most stunning headline of the last month - Government won't commit to a poverty target because it's too 'difficult' - John Key. Read it and weep. Does Key not believe that poverty is a problem in NZ, or does he believe it and just…
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Interesting reading from Bernard Hickey in The Herald on Sunday: Bernard Hickey: Shopping our way into debt ...Treasury published a paper on the rise in New Zealand's household debt to record high levels relative to income. ... It showed household debt fell relative to incomes…
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Edit - Bill suggested that I change the title of this post to more closely reflect what Stein said in her interview Jill Stein, the US Green Party presidential candidate, is a left wing woman and politician who can see past cheap political smears, irrelevant…
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Like most of you I cannot imagine how Donald Trump's campaign for the Whitehouse has not imploded completely. Certainly it is tottering badly but given what has happened over the past few weeks it should be dead and buried. Nate Silver currently gives Trump a…
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The Greenpeace press release, Greenpeace promises summer of action as oil giant Statoil signals retreat Friday, October 14: In the wake of Norwegian oil giant Statoil’s sudden exit from Northland, Greenpeace NZ is calling for a summer of action to drive Statoil and other oil…
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I worked with Helen at the CTU for about seven years from 2008. I went through my 30s as she went through her 40s there. We were under the Nats so it was a tough time for the union movement, human rights and justice. She…
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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…
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I have said it before. This Government is a government of spin. Thanks to Crosby Textor advice and assistance it has well honed skills in making bad news sound good. But there are limitations. National MPs are uncritical supporters of laissez faire free market neoliberalism. No matter how…
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On Tuesday, the last day of the four International Days of Prayer and Action with Standing Rock, climate justice activists from Climate Direct Action shut down all five coal/tar sands pipelines crossing the Canadian/US border by turning off the manual safety valves, and then waited until…
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Image (c) Foxy 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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Originally posted at Boots Theory. Radio NZ reports: Tax cuts could soon be on the way with the Government opening up its books today revealing Crown accounts are tracking along nicely. "We've always said, if economic and fiscal conditions allow, we will begin to reduce…