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Back five years ago*, when The Standard was founded by people like Ralph, Irish, Lynn, Tillerman, and Tane, it stood for a few basic Leftwing principles. Pro-worker, pro-environment, pro-equity, and anti-elitist. And it saw a Labour-led Left government as the best vehicle to achieve those…
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After good news for Labour in the most recent TV1 and 3 News polls, the latest Fairfax poll is the third in the set confirming that the party has emerged from the recent media circus in OK shape. Tracy Watkins had this summary: [The] latest…
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My regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week:…
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Just wanted to say, seeing so many of the regulars change their name in honour of Colonial Viper is awesome. That tells me this is a real community. We discuss, argue, fight, and we respect. We're not like the disgrace of an MP who has…
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Looking at the latest poll of polls, it's pretty clear: the Greens have managed to hold on to the massive gain they made during the last election campaign, largely at Labour's expense as it imploded. Labour's back to its pre-campaign level, at National's expense. Lab+Green=Nat…
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Welcome to Poverty watch, a weekly update on the National government's lack of response to the urgent and growing issue of poverty in NZ. A lot of background issues and links are set out in Poverty Watch one two and three. Just a short note…
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Yesterday evening there was an Aotearoa is Not For Sale, anti-asset sales protest in Auckland city, that included an anti-TPPA element. It was a curtain raiser for a TPPA Day of Action today, with protests in Nelson and Auckland. Friday evening's demonstration celebrated getting close…
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Lending a hand in Hobsonville I’ve just visited the area in Hobsonville that was torn apart by yesterday’s tornado. I was joined by West Auckland MPs Phil Twyford, David Cunliffe and Phil Goff. We were shocked by the amount of damage that has been done.…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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I almost missed this little gem from a couple of days ago: Govt urged KiwiRail to keep workshops open The Government leaned on KiwiRail to stop it closing the Hillside workshops but the company couldn't find a way to keep them open, Prime Minister John…
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Word is that a senior Labour MP (who will go unnamed) has been lobbying National Council to put rules in place for party members who participate in the blogosphere. It appears they don't like the idea that members might voice their concerns about the way…
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The international TPP negotiations this week in Auckland are not getting sufficient front page attention in our news media. Away from the front pages of the MSM, there is information about opposition to the negotiations. Aside from the secrecy, it is looking far too complex…
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It's back in the news with Brendan Horan, but what to do in a party-based system like MMP with an MP who is no longer in their party? Many feel it is a problem for List MPs, but in truth most electorate MPs are there…
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Auckland has been hit by tornado's again (last time was in May 2011). Several people are dead. NZ Herald reports Storm brings death and destruction Three people have been killed and seven injured during a storm, including a tornado, that hit Auckland today, with another…
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David Farrar says:- Tracey Chatterton at Stuff reports: A partner in a Napier legal firm is boycotting the annual Law Society Christmas party because it is being held in a club that will not allow women as members. Alison McEwan, of Langley Twigg Law, recently tweeted:…
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Daily life gets tougher for ordinary Kiwis, and the Key government has no answers but to keep on with their failed and bankrupt ideology. Of course, it works for them in their comfortable life-style, but not for the majority of kiwis, young and old. The…
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"It can only get worse from here." - that's the Automobile Association's numbers man on petrol prices. It's quite a revelation because, until now, the AA has been firmly part of the dinosaur establishment that has been insisting petrol prices will 'soon' fall to 'normal'.…
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John Key on whether Brendan Horan has the moral right to stay in Parliament: "I don't think he would do if Winston Peters can really put up the arguments that he is that whatever he (Horan) has done is so bad that he deserves to be…
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So, recent polls have shown a minor upward blip for Labour. A minor downward blip for National. Ergo, David Shearer must immediately appear on TV to extrapolate why and make big sexy claims about how The Gap Is Narrowing and We Will Clearly Return To…
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Robert Krausz looks at the latest scheme for another sell-off of wilderness access with consultation limited to ‘inner circle’, while public input left out While DOC and the Government sit mysteriously on a long-delayed decision about the fate of one developer’s shortcut tunnel that would…
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Sandra Grey from the Tertiary Education Union writes about the competitive model that Steven Joyce is using on funding for foundation courses Many New Zealanders will remember fondly, as I do, their time training at a polytechnic. Remember fondly the hands-on practical knowledge, the great…
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There was a debate in open mike yesterday, on Jacinda Ardern's questions to Paula Bennett on the issue of WINZ paying transition to employment allowances for beneficiaries to travel to Aussie to get jobs. xtasy raised a very good question about which Labour MPs, especially…
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Last month, new Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler told Parliament that our banks aren't excessively profitable - middle of the pack internationally. He was lying. Russel Norman asked the RBNZ for its evidence. The graph they supplied was a desperate attempt at deception. It omitted…
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Brendan Horan has been booted out of New Zealand First's caucus over the scandal involving his late mother's estate. Legally, he can now remain on in Parliament as an independent MP, or join another party. But he ought not. He has no claim to represent…
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Remember when Bill English signed a Ministerial Warrant on behalf of John Key in a last-ditch attempt to stop the GCSB's illegal spying on Kim Dotcom from becoming public? Remember how, laughably, GCSB, Key and English said they didn't know the spying was illegal when…
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