Written By: - Date published: 7:34 am, April 19th, 2016 - 57 comments
Housing is very much in the news again. Short term profit and bugger the consequences!
Written By: - Date published: 10:05 am, April 18th, 2016 - 57 comments
Murray McCully has assured New Zealand that there is no link between the granting of valuable rights to manage a luxury resort in Niue and the making of large donations to the National Party.
Written By: - Date published: 9:55 am, April 18th, 2016 - 57 comments
Our models and our plans for responding to climate change are already out of date.
Written By: - Date published: 2:39 pm, April 15th, 2016 - 98 comments
Profit gouging or genuine need?
Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, April 15th, 2016 - 120 comments
Two recent articles in the Guardian highlight the staggering amount of money being sent to overseas tax havens by the wealthy and how with the disappearance of work a universal basic income will become a necessity.
Written By: - Date published: 7:11 am, April 15th, 2016 - 41 comments
As Nick Smith flounders about uselessly, here are extracts from Phil Twyford’s speech on solutions to the housing crisis in Auckland.
Written By: - Date published: 2:53 pm, April 13th, 2016 - 9 comments
How’s Nick Smith doing on the Budget plan to round up 500ha of Auckland land for housing? The answer won’t shock you!
Written By: - Date published: 11:18 am, April 13th, 2016 - 5 comments
Based on the breakthrough book The Spirit Level, just released film The Divide puts a human face on low wage hell. “Why aren’t we earning enough to live?”
Written By: - Date published: 7:50 am, April 13th, 2016 - 334 comments
John Key’s relationship with Antipodes Trust Group Limited will need some explaining.
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 pm, April 11th, 2016 - 11 comments
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 …
Written By: - Date published: 11:56 am, April 11th, 2016 - 72 comments
‘ Keep it seemly . . .
Written By: - Date published: 1:28 pm, April 10th, 2016 - 150 comments
Labour List MP Clayton Cosgrove has announced he is to leave Parliament.
Written By: - Date published: 11:57 am, April 9th, 2016 - 62 comments
Good shit happening in France.
Written By: - Date published: 11:34 am, April 8th, 2016 - 85 comments
The Christchurch rebuild gets its second fail grade from Treasury. And what of the rebuild work that has been done with failed reinforcing steel?
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, April 7th, 2016 - 18 comments
The Panama Papers highlight a significant problem for the countries of the world. The actions of the 1% is robbing countries throughout the world of funds needed to run their countries and underlines that the capitalist system is based on greed. Most leaders see this but not John Key.
Written By: - Date published: 6:31 am, April 7th, 2016 - 122 comments
Key has made it clear that he doesn’t care that NZ is operating as an international tax haven. When The Greens called for action he called them “barking mad”. But last night President Obama called for international action on tax reform. What will Key do now?
Written By: - Date published: 7:02 am, April 6th, 2016 - 31 comments
It sounds like the Police have a lot of questions to answer.
Written By: - Date published: 10:25 am, April 5th, 2016 - 65 comments
Great news that Helen Clark is putting her name forward for the very important post of Secretary-General of the United Nations. She has been a courageous champion for peace – perhaps the most important priority for the world today.
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 am, April 5th, 2016 - 42 comments
John Key and National are floundering and trying urgently to work out what lines they should use concerning the release of the Panama Papers.
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, April 5th, 2016 - 66 comments
Deborah Russell provides expert analysis and commentary on the treatment of foreign trusts in New Zealand and how there is actually a loophole.
Written By: - Date published: 10:10 am, April 1st, 2016 - 40 comments
Yesterday 2800 state houses in Auckland were “transferred” to a new authority, which plans to “reduce the number of people the State is supporting”.
Written By: - Date published: 10:37 am, March 31st, 2016 - 82 comments
Welcome signs of new realism on drugs. Sadly, it’s the sort of progress only a right-wing government can propose.
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, March 31st, 2016 - 117 comments
Labour’s discussion of a possible UBI is still generating debate.
Written By: - Date published: 11:27 am, March 30th, 2016 - 31 comments
Evidence of growing poverty hitting “mid-decile” schools.
Written By: - Date published: 3:43 pm, March 29th, 2016 - 8 comments
Guy Standing will speak on this subject in Christchurch on Wednesday evening at 6pm at the Fern Room, the Atrium, 455 Hagley Avenue. More detail here from his presentation in Denmark. Please register here if you would like to attend.
Written By: - Date published: 8:45 am, March 29th, 2016 - 231 comments
“More than 2400 benefits suspended since 2013”. I have a quick question…
Written By: - Date published: 8:54 am, March 28th, 2016 - 101 comments
Three news items stand out from the long weekend. Actor Robert De Niro being inoculated against anti-vaxxers, ISIS being driven out of Palmyra and the free part of Ireland celebrating the centenary of the Easter Rising. All are milestones of sorts, markers of positive change.
Written By: - Date published: 1:41 pm, March 26th, 2016 - 31 comments
Here in Ballarat, Victoria we are having a mini-boom in manufacturing. Yes you read that right. We’re having trouble retaining good people because of the demand. Yes you read that right. This is because Ballarat has actively invested in providing core capacities like: We were lucky to get an early NBN rollout in FTTP. Some […]
Written By: - Date published: 8:21 am, March 25th, 2016 - 105 comments
Here are some reckons, for what they’re worth.
Written By: - Date published: 6:50 pm, March 24th, 2016 - 238 comments
… same as the old flag.
Key didn’t take the country with him.
Now let’s get back to the real issues.
Written By: - Date published: 4:04 pm, March 24th, 2016 - 82 comments
Nat MP Chester Borrows has injured a TPP protester with his car. Not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
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