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Vernon Small has the best account of the events of "D-Day": The longest day of a very long campaign - 17 hours that decided the new government ... Labour knew they were still in the game because the to-ing and fro-ing, and the requests for…
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In the past few months we've had some posts dedicated to left-wing discussion. The kaupapa for the debate is in the original post here (please read if you haven't taken part before). The rules are: – To comment you have to be left wing. – No…
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The last Labour government we had here, if anyone can remember back eighteen years, started in December 1999. Not exactly pre-internet, but certainly before Twitter, Facebook, Baidu, Snapchat, and blogsites had any major impact on politics. Even three years later it was still possible for…
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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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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Don't be too mean - the poor guy is suffering...
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https://twitter.com/GenZeroNZ/status/921158678320906242
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RadioNZ video. It really does state exactly why NZ First decided to go with Labour. https://youtu.be/Hx9CVz107Kw What was really interesting is that NZ First chose to be inside Cabinet in a full coalition. I'd rather expected that they would choose to be in a confidence and…
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National need to take a long hard look at themselves. English and Joyce ran a stupid campaign, trying to get a FPP result in an MMP world. Trying to burn off NZF was crazy, and you can bet it figured in Peters' decision to go…
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If you missed it last night - Jacinda Ardern's first speech as PM elect is everything that we could want and expect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTcNbv7tm80 Nice touch: https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/920930453233610752 Nice tribute: https://twitter.com/HelenClarkNZ/status/920962233609240579 But perhaps fittingly, the take-home line of the drama belongs to Winston Peters: https://twitter.com/bicrunga/status/920910690541375488
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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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As always, it's best to hear what the Greens have to say in their own words. This press conference from James Shaw is one of excitement at the prospect of the Greens having Ministerial roles and of being in a position to act and have…
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This post by Matthew Whitehead is cross posted from lemattjuste.wordpress.com So, we now have a government in principle1, with New Zealand First choosing to enter minority coalition with Labour, supported by the Greens. Peters has said he understands that the deal offered to the Greens is…
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Winston Peters has announced that he will be going into coalition with Labour and Jacinda Ardern will be the next Prime Minister. Let the attacks from the right about how unfair it is that a minority party did not ascend into Government and how MMP…
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1852: The messiah has arrived.. 1845: According to the reporters there "elvis is on the way" The response. "To where?" ANNOUNCEMENT @1822 New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters will make an announcement in the Beehive Theatrette shortly. ENDS https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/920862552439050240 https://twitter.com/bryce_edwards/status/920861083677597696 https://twitter.com/toby_etc/status/920861062261489664 From the…
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https://twitter.com/350nz/status/920487837933457409 From the ODT: The University of Otago has announced it will halve greenhouse gas emissions created by its energy use within three years. A University Council decision will enable provider Pioneer Energy to switch from using coal to wood to produce steam for heating…
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It appears that Winston is about to announce the decision of the NZ First party about their coalition partner today. There was a brief press release last night from Winston Peters office last night at 1720. New Zealand First will be in a position tomorrow…
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Hah hah just kidding! There may be speed wobbles under an expected heavy traffic load, but there is no "scheduled maintenance". Make your predictions here, if you feel so inclined. The Herald has its bases well covered... https://twitter.com/ShayneCurrieNZH/status/920696037353799680
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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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Most viewed story on the Guardian website today: "New Zealand library cracks case of missing books." Turns out some of Auckland's 23,000 homeless were hiding bookmarked books in odd places so they wouldn't lose their place. The library will now keep their books safe. Good…
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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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This isn't dry. It's concise and it's easy enough to read between the lines. In seven minutes, Mark Blyth explains why post WWII Capitalism (but only in Europe, N America and what we might call the developed west) adopted a Social Democratic economic order, why…
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This post by Dreadwomyn was first published at dreadwomyn.me ______________________________________________________________________________ You had to be hiding under a rock in a different hemisphere if you did not hear that the general election in Aotearoa was launched and had just moved from first to fifth gear in less…
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Lloyd Burr at Newshub rounded up 23 of Peters' most quotable attacks on the Nats and their failed government: 1. "I'm telling you why NZ First is packing the halls around this country - cos they've had a guts full of you. They've had enough!…
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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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It must be fun to be media (not). Just watched the "waiting for Winston Peters" live feed from Stuff. It sounds like the NZ First board know what they want and now there will be a bit more negotiation with both major parties to get…
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