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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?). …
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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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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…
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Odd isn't it how the whiff of corruption follows McCully around - 'Numerous donations' by hotel founder to National Party, but no conflict During the 2014 election, Scenic Hotel Group founder Earl Hagaman donated $101,000 to the National Party. A month later, the company won…
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Whyalla, the third largest town in South Australia, has a population of 22,000. It's a town devoted to serving one South Australian steelworks, Arrium Ltd. Arrium has called in the administrators. Do you save the town? Australia has lost 164,000 manufacturing jobs in the course…
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Housing is very much in the news again: No rich parents? No house! House price rise spreads to regions House price records smashed across New Zealand Stating the obvious - Bernard Hickey: Time for action on high house prices ... Auckland's stratified median house price,…
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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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Jane Bowron writes in the Dominion Post: 'Hopeless' comment a sign of a tired Government Two things happened this week that could signal the beginning of the end of John Key and his government. Firstly, Finance Minister Bill English made the reckless comment at a…
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There is absolutely no story here and nothing to see. And no link whatsoever between donations of $101,000 to the National Party and the subsequent awarding of a contract to manage a luxury resort in Niue to the donor's company. Nothing at all. From Radio…
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These days I am struck with a bizarre sense of unreality when I read pieces like this: NZ planners’ think-tank on climate change impacts New Zealand’s top planners will be holding a think-tank on climate change impacts this week at the New Zealand Planning Institute’s…
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Last week I wrote a post - What tax evasion robs us of. It quoted an estimate that the US had $21–32tn of untaxed assets, and that if taxed properly the income would fund a UBI in America. On The Nation on Saturday Gareth Morgan…
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In the UK, Cameron's latest cuts have provoked a very public response: Anti-austerity protest: tens of thousands attend London march Noisy crowd wielding banners, expletive-filled placards and pig effigies descend on capital from across the UK An anti-austerity march in London has attracted tens of…
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Largely prompted by our ongoing need to construct narratives out of the margin of error, there have been two opinion pieces on Labour this weekend. Audrey Young: Labour's new focus is all about the leader I'm not sure the headline is correct, but never mind.…
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A recent article by George Monbiot published in the Guardian titled "Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems" neatly describes the battle between neoliberal and Kensyan economics and how neoliberalism won the battle but is failing because of its inherent problems. He also…
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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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Media release in my mail this morning saying that Michael Wood will be standing for selection as the Labour candidate for Mt Roskill. He'd replace Phil Goff who will be standing for the Auckland Mayoralty. "The Labour selection in early June will enable local party…
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Courtesy of the IDG group who own thestandard.co.nz, we are able to shorten our address from thestandard.org.nz to our brand new name of :- thestandard.nz Some of you are probably aware that since late 2014, it was possible to get direct .nz addresses. In our case what I…
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Brighter Future. Cusp of Something Special. Is it supposed to look like this? March 24: Inland Revenue to cut 1500 jobs between 2018 and 2021 March 29: NZ Post plans to cut another 500 jobs April 5: 180 jobs to go at Fisher & Paykel…