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I’d just like to say thanks for all of the feedback The Standard’s community gave in the recent post about my upcoming state of the nation. Many of the comments reflect my own thoughts, and also gave me new insight into New Zealanders' concerns. More…
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Flip (now at FlipNZ) has been continuing his investigations into a universal basic income (also UBI) by looking at the impacts on income and tax to see how we could use a UBI to create a greater income equality. He has allowed us to reprint…
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Commenting on National's strategy after the 2008 election, Steven Joyce said the first principle of campaigning was 'Don't go fighting the last war.' No re-run of the "teapot tapes' fiasco is presumably the reason for John Key's early announcement of the parties National could go…
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No Right Turn writes on the Oxfam report about the deliberate concentration of wealth by subverting the political process towards the inequality levels displayed in the movie Elysium. Today's shock statistic: the 85 richest people in the world control as much wealth as the poorest 3.5…
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Simon Collins reports in the NZ Herald that an Australian Company has been awarded a(pilot) contract to find work for Kiwis. They get a big sum of money for each Aucklander with "mental health" conditions or who is a sole parent, that they ssuccessfully get…
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The original of this post is at Polity. This certainly adds some grist to the debate on unconditional basic income (UBI) and how to raise kids with fewer problems. Do cash grants to the poor mainly feed their sinful desires? The Cherokee will tell us.…
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How times have changed. In 2008 and in 2011 Key adopted what some thought was a position of principle and ruled out National going into coalition with NZ First, specifically Winston Peters. But it seems that National's dwindling prospects at this year's election have made…
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Many MSM news outlets have been running National Party election promos, talking up the rising "confidence" in economic indicators. I have heard it said that the economy often responds positively to a belief that it is working OK, while lack of public and "market" confidence…
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From the "you have to be freaking joking" file comes this gem from the United Kingdom. A former conservative MP David Silvester claims to have discovered the real reason for the United Kingdom's recent series of adverse weather incidents. It is sort of anthropogenic but…
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The (un)affordability of housing in NZ, especially in the cities of Christchurch and Auckland, is beyond crisis point. It's become an inhumane blight on the record of our current government. In Auckland it has gone from crisis to hyper-inflated devasation for the least well off. …
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Wairarapa MP John Hayes has announced that he will retire from Parliament at the next election. This is a bit of a surprise really because until now he has shown every sign of hanging in there. In September 2013 he said that he had no…
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On yesterdays get together at ‘the botanics’, I think it’s appropriate to pass on the appreciation self professed lurkers expressed for/of posters and commenters who provide political debate and perspectives on these pages. Briefly, there was some fairly wide ranging, informal discussion including some initial…
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David Cunliffe will be giving his state of the nation speech in Kelston on January 27 which is Auckland's Anniversary Day. The details are here. The intent obviously is to set the scene for this year and to use this as a launch pad for…
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Recent events have refocussed attention on new media and how political blogsites relate to conventional concepts of media. And the response by two different websites highlights some very interesting issues. Over at Scoop former chief reporter Alaistair Thompson has either resigned or taken a sabbatical…
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Continued From. /ubi-1-memes-and-paradigms/ Why a UBI? Firstly. To overturn some paradigms: That a great many people should lead poor and constricted lives, so a very few can be rich. That ordinary people are disposable economic production units. The economy, and I use the word in…
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Tourism New Zealand has done a new video aimed at overseas investors that showcases The New Zealand Story. It is a lavish production, with sweeping helicopter footage galore and what sounds to me like a Tem Morrison voiceover. Here's a version from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5hYX9432NIQ There…
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Over the last three centuries science has established a pretty robust technique for overturning consensus and examining the weirder areas of science. You have to publish in peer reviewed journals with something testable or observed so that other smart people will attempt to tear your…
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News of today's leak of the TPPA's weak environmental text reminded me how John Key gave Barack Obama his third putt in their Hawaii golf photo-op. Golfers call it a "gimme," usually only given for very short putts. A White House press report at the…
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But it looks like the ever expanding party party treat (aka KDC birthday that we have been advertising all week) has been cancelled. Now we are promised a political party instead. Confused? I'm not. I have no idea if it was all a stunt... I…
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From an email from the leader's office. "Can you join me for my State of the Nation address at 1pm on Monday 27 January? It's at St Leonard's Road School, St Leonard's Road, Kelston, West Auckland. If you can't make it along, you can read…
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For people in Dunedin - a chance to meet up this Saturday (18th) from about 1 O'Clock at the bandstand in the Botanic Gardens. Bring your enthusiasm and whatever else you feel will be useful. The weather, it seems, may not be the kindest. But…
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Oxfam has published a report on food (in)security, ranking countries on measures of such food availability, prices, and nutritional content, as well as the stability of such characteristics. Overseas reports focus on how badly the UK (ranked 13), US (#21) and Japan (#21) have done,…
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No Right Turn put this post up yesterday. There seems to be a divide in kiwi farming at present. On one side those just after a quick buck based on dirtying the cheap resource of water held in common. On the other generational family farmers.…
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