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A recent election managed to get less than one in ten eligible people voting. You may wonder how bad a campaign needs to be run to get this sort of turnout. Even Local Government in Auckland with its complex multiple races and a candidate book…
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I am aware that the Herald gives many of us huge angst. The latest Steven Joyce or Richard Prebble or various Newstalk talkback hosts takes are inevitably complete wastes of broadband space. And there is no left wing opinions offered apart from the occasional gem…
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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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There is a famous scene from the movie Wall Street where Michael Douglas, playing merchant wanker Gordon Gekko utters the unforgettable phrase greed is good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxYOQS6ggk Clearly the executives of ANZ Bank believe in this mantra. The Bank has just announced a $1.92 billion profit…
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Construction of light rail in Auckland, proposed 50 years ago by former Mayor Dove Myer Robinson, is now a step close with the release of working group recommendations for options of a light rail line running between the city centre and the Airport. From Anneke…
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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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COVID has reminded us how good New Zealand is, and we should remember how we were reminded. It will take years to figure if this government really has shifted what we can expect from the state; whether it is regaining a good measure of that…
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Take note New Zealand. The logistics and geographies in the Greenpeace International article below are different, but the principles are the same. Flying harms nature. The GHG emissions from flying are not just the flight, but all the additional infrastructure and processes that are used…
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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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We are getting near the pointy edge of our collective Covid response. Elimination was great. Unlike just about every other nation in the world Aotearoan citizens avoided widespread death and could do pretty well whatever we pleased for a long period of time. Then Delta…
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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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We’ve written a bit about Labour Day over the years – see the archives for the origins, history, and importance of the day. Enjoying your weekend? Thank a unionist! This Labour day is an especially important one. Please remember our essential workers and if you have not…
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A year ago we were preparing for the America's Cup and threading our way through the latest crisis quite well. Who would have thought the country would be as it is now? How dare we even think what we will be like in a year?…
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I haven’t been out of my bubble much but I suspect there’s an uptick in the number of skinheads and longhaired hippies. This will throw people who judge a book by its cover. My Covid coupe is starting to resemble that of an extra in…
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In the Herald yesterday morning Fran O'Sullivan asked why was there no bipartisan approach to Covid. She had a point. Labour and National have managed to agree to RMA reforms that will increase intensification and housing supply. So why not Covid? After all this is…
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Coming Tuesday, the day after Labour Day, it will be chaos and madness at many schools throughout the country when they will open to Years 11-13 students and for students whose parents work in Education and who are the sole caregivers of their own children.…
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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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Whatever the timing of the plans announced on Friday, as of January 2022 New Zealand will be ruled by a very different kind of government. While we may have been lifted out of martial lockdowns and some BORA rights reinstated in limited form, we have…
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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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Yesterday National released what feels like take 16 of its Covid response plan, this one focussing on business interests and setting a hard timeline for reopening. The fiscal details were attacked mercilessly by Grant Robertson in the house. https://vimeo.com/636785224 Four bucks a week to workers…
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