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5:30 pm, May 29th, 2026 - 7 comments
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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 …
Luxon was once considered a potential replacement for Fonterra CEO Theo Spiering – we know who Luxon, and his predecessors, have always been 'governing' for.
But Christopher 'What I Would Say To You' Luxon isn't interested (obviously – to NZ's CEO, corporate corruption concerns are like water off a well-greased duck's back), so why not try something similar to the people's select committee on pay equity?
Maybe there are some similarities between the pay equity law change and the law change retrospectively abolishing a legal avenue for Kiwis to challenge climate polluters.
Anyhoo, any people's inquiry into corruption at the highest levels of government would ideally be led by a former senior politician with a strong legal background – Chris Finlayson KC might be a good fit. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear – right NAct?
https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-27-05-2026/
I like Chris. I met and talked with him a while back. He's smart, but he's National. Would he really drive it home?
I think Finlayson would, if he could, but maybe it's pointless. As KJT wrote yesterday:
Still, imho an independent inquity by anyone reputable would be worthwhile, if only to see our relatable CEO spluttering "I don't know how to be any clearer to you guys", one more time.
And Kiwis are still stuck with NActF’s pay equity law change, although Labour has pledged to reverse it.
https://vote.nz/
"I don't know how to be any clearer to you guys"
Try, telling the truth. That would be clear enough.
Ain't that the truth.
And each instance of Luxon's faux exasperation ["I don't know how to be any clearer to you guys", et al.] goes straight onto his CV in preparation for the next CEO gig.
Tl;dr: the tRump regime appears to be setting up duplicate/replacement government agency websites with the intention of gathering 'Murcan's data while avoiding any judicial/legislative oversight and to stow the data with exclusive access for and use by the executive. (but do watch he vid)
There is a gold three-dimensional eagle on the homepage of TrumpRx, clutching a ribbon in its talons. You are looking at the eagle. Something is being built underneath the government you think you have, on infrastructure you cannot see, by people who answer to no one, collecting everything.
I wish, still, that I were being metaphorical.
https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-second-votegov-and-its