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I had pretty well finished this post when I read the excellent summary of the same issue by Mountain Tui. As I cover some different aspects of the controversy I thought I would publish anyway but I would recommend reading Mountain Tui's excellent post. One…
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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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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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Unfortunately NZ has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world - double that of other OECD countries. Mental illness at all ages is a serious issue and directly correlates to crime, domestic violence, poverty, social costs, health costs. Despite this, the National-led…
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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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The Atlas aligned Free Speech Union takes on a number of interesting issues. A look at their website suggests that campaigns chosen tend to align with right wing talking points. They object to police being taught how to detect hate speech and hate crimes. They…
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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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Excerpt from Mountain Tui substack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awc8_eceqBA This week, according to the Prime Minister, allowing builders to self-certify builds is going to be good for NZ because: - his government has been “working hard” at reducing emergency housing and they’re doing well [code: making it hard…
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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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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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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!
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In just over a week the United States will decide on who its next President is. I don't understand why but according to current polling the race to the Presidency is really, really close. On one side we have an old white guy who has…
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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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The Standard's server is now in a new case that is streamlined for its new location. Same motherboard, memory and CPU that I put in last year. But just getting it out of the old server case and shedding the massive hard drive RAID array…
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The Waitangi Tribunal plays an important role in our constitution. It is comparable to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Forum, established to allow the country to confront the ugliness of its past and then move on. The Waitangi Tribunal's various reports detail the history 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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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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Whoever owns the narrative owns the world – and things just got a lot tougher for those of us opposed to the metastasizing brain cancer known as US influence campaigns – or “perception management”. In a staggering increase in funding for propaganda and covert action…
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Reprinted from Mountain Tui Substack post Yesterday, I looked into Seymour’s school lunch provider and found out it was Compass Group - a group that has had a long list of food quality issues and settled out of court for corruption and bribery of officials.…
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Statistics NZ has released its analysis on the number of electorates for the next election and the results are going to cause anguish to those who think they have a god given right to remain in Parliament. Something unusual has happened. The South Island population…
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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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If you're in Auckland and are the first named electricity holder for a household power account, then you should be able to vote in the Entrust election. But you will have to post TODAY. The damn election got around 9% turnout last time, so putting…
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Welcome news from yesterday was the request to the Auditor General under the Public Audit Act on the arbitrary and unsupported by evidence decisions on tobacco products by the Customs Minister Casey Costello. As the request stated, Labour's health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall had reached the…
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We are Stronger Together Thank you to all who shared photos and the experience, as well as to the union organisers. It’s not easy to put together a protest and for so many to show up on a work day.