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Israel Folau is a Tongan born professional Rugby/League player of some standing. He is also a devout christian. Too devout for my tastes. I am an Irish Catholic still struggling to deal with the demons this has caused to me. And I understand his commitment…
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Happy birthday to you ... 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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God bless their cotton pickin socks. On behalf of the National Party Judith Collins has offered to help Labour deal with the housing crisis, the one that National is responsible for. From Jo Moir at Radio New Zealand this morning: National says Phil Twyford's demotion…
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It is for Local Government election year. Soon your roadsides are going to be emblazoned with billboards and your letterboxes crammed with printed material from individuals and groups wanting to be your representative. There are two aspects of the mechanics of this year's election which…
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Happy birthday to you ... 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 results of Labour's long awaited cabinet reshuffle has now been made public. And the results have some political pundits eating their words. https://twitter.com/GregPresland/status/1144088477220274177 The Herald has the details: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that Kris Faafoi has been promoted into Cabinet and will…
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Happy birthday to you ... 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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So Simon Bridges had the chance to show leadership yesterday, cement his leadership of the National caucus, reward on talent and hard work and seek to unite a caucus that clearly has a few problems. How did he do? He bombed it. For instance how…
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The Interim Climate Change Commission has come out saying that making our electricity generation 100% renewable would be really expensive and that that expense would land on the poor of New Zealand. That's according to this NZHerald scoop. FFS these people need to show they…
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Happy birthday to you ... 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 looks like the National caucus is resigned to the fact that National will not win the next election. Amy Adams and Alistair Scott have both decided to call it a day and announce their retirement from politics. From Radio New Zealand: National MP Amy…
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I have given our Minister of Finance some grief on this site before,but it is hard to fault him for his timing or his delivery in seeking to strengthen banking sector oversight. The Government has announced that it will generate a deposit protection scheme, and will…
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Happy birthday to you ... 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 right have a few mainstays to their belief systems. These include the importance of working for a living and how great and wonderful American democracy is. But there are a bunch of Republicans who are currently skiving off work just so they can…
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What a week. In the United States Donald Trump almost triggers a war with Iran. Someone in Iran took offence at the country being spied upon and had an American Drone shot down. It may or may not have transgressed into Iranian airspace. But against…
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This week's news about ANZ is beginning to resemble a Game of Thrones episode. But with more blood. The guy who used to be ANZ's chief executive and the purchaser of John Key's batch suddenly found the world around him changing dramatically. One day he…
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This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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This advertisement appeared in the Herald this morning. It clearly displays the desperation being felt within the National Party. The proposition advanced by this rather expensive ad is that Chris Luxon will lead National to victory in 2020. There are some problems with this:…
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Happy birthday to you ... 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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Union activity tends to get a lot of attention in the midst of a dispute, when members down tools and walk of the job, protesting on the street for a better deal. We do this because we know collective action is the most effective way…
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