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Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog Local Government provides some of the most crucial and front-line public services we have in society. Yet internationally, voter turnout and engagement with Local Government is generally abysmal. The services provided by local and central government vary from country 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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Can I ask National to slow down the bad news as I am trying to do some work. But this is very significant, Jian Yang, he with impeccable Chinese Communist Party links and of formidable fundraising ability, has announced that he is is retiring from…
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Yesterday I posed a number of random impertinent questions about Michelle Boag and the handling of sensitive confidential information. One of them was: Who else has she forwarded these reports to? Well this morning that question has been answered, at least in part. Michael Woodhouse,…
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If you think that Covid 19 is bad, global warming is the next great crisis waiting around the corner to whack humanity. This cartoon sums it up well. Spurred on by Pacific nations begging for their survival the world decided not so long ago to…
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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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New Zealand was always a odd place to have a aluminium smelter. The only natural advantage we had was a untapped hydroelectricity capacity at the bottom of the world. Thousands of kilometers from raw material sources. Tens of thousands of kilometers from the major markets.…
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No doubt these are matters that the Heron inquiry will delve into. But Michelle Boag's self serving press release from two days ago raises more questions than it answers. Especially after yesterday's announcement by the Helicopter Trust that information it holds on patients is private…
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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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Embattled Tory MP Hamish Walker has announced that he will not contest the September election for National. Ironically, the Covid 19 privacy breacher only became an MP when the incumbent, Todd Barclay, was caught breaching privacy and was forced to stand down. This will not…
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Yesterday was a pretty spectacular day. It was the day that the country learned conclusively that for National winning political advantage was more important than keeping the population safe from Covid. I don't know what other interpretation to put on it. Two weeks ago I…
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The golden rule is never call an inquiry if you don't know what the result will be. Which suggests that Chris Hipkins may have had more than an inkling that National was involved in the leaking of sensitive material to the media concerning returning kiwis…
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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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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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Audrey Young's take in Granny Herald to Jacinda Arden's weekend speech was interesting. "No ordinary Labour speech by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern". Centring an election campaign on recent tragedies may seem like a potential problem for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.How far does one go in…
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National has recently been upping the campaign rhetoric but there is a disturbing lack of policy detail. During her Congress Speech Jacinda Ardern reviewed the Government's response so far and set out a five point plan including the following: Investing in trades and apprenticeships.A $1.1…
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The Wellington Tramways and Public Passenger Transport Employees Union for 20 years gallantly held the line in protecting employment conditions for bus drivers in the region. Where other unions drivers' unions were taken out in the late 1980's after Richard Prebble and the 4th Labour…
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Go see this film. A documentary about the formation of the Rock Against Racism movement in the late seventies, White Riot is a reminder that much of your favourite rock music was stolen from black slaves by white men. You'll never look at Eric Clapton…
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Tena koutou katoaNga tangata whenua o tenei rohe o Pōneke, tena koutou Nau mai, haere mai ki te hui a tau mo te roopu reipa Ko tatou! Ko to tatou mana! Ko to tatou kaupapa kei te kokiri whakamua Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou…
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Yesterday was a rather brutal day. Kurt Taogaga, who I know and respect, was caught out with some seven year old tweets. He was much younger when he made them. They display a critical view of a particular religion, consistent with a critical view of…
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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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Keep it seemly.
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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 is great to see former Prime Minister Helen Clark join the debate about re-opening New Zealand’s borders. We need it. There is no better time for New Zealand to re-launch itself to the world. The disease has been eliminated within the country, our process…
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