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For me, Grant Robertson's move late on Sunday afternoon to declare that he will run for the Labour leadership shows that he has chops as an operator. Likewise, the swiftness with which he moved to hold a press conference after Shearer quit. Indeed, the fact…
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Grant Robertson has announced that he is seeking the Labour Party leadership. This is from Grant Robertson's website. Today, I am announcing that I am seeking the leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party. I offer a new generation of leadership that can unify our…
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I've got various things happening over the next few months that will mean I have very little time for blogging (and for several weeks no internet access). I also need to cut down on my computer time, as my longstanding OOS problems are taking a…
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The Labour Party has a proud history. The Party was formed because the Labour Movement realised that political as well as industrial action was needed if they were to deliver a better quality of life for ordinary New Zealanders. After the battering the Labour Movement…
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A Sunday feature - each week a random section scanned from a copy of The Standard, September 15th, 1938. Find out more here. Click on the image for a bigger version.
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Meanwhile back in the real world, the nuclear disaster at Fukushima is creeping back in to the headlines, for all the wrong reasons. New crisis looms at Fukushima Japan's nuclear watchdog says a leakage of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant…
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Standard author and all around good leftie Jenny Michie will be appearing on the Nation this morning to discuss the Labour leadership. Great stuff Jen, you'll rock it! Update: the interview's not on the web until tomorrow but there are a couple of grabs from…
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Just a quick Poverty Watch this week, on Auckland's beggar ban. Here's the short version: Auckland's begging ban bylaw passes Beggars who are deemed intimidating or causing a nuisance will be banished from Auckland's streets under a bylaw, passed today by Auckland Council. There has…
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There's a degree of speculation about whether a deal is being put together to find a single ticket for the Labour leadership, but I don't think that's likely at all. As far as I can see too many people close to and in Labour (all…
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If you are a member of Young National and want to join Labour to vote for your favourite candidate for the party's leadership election process it is too late. New memberships were only able to be lodged up to midnight of the day the announcement…
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The Employment Court has issued a preliminary ruling on caregivers pay - saying that their pay should be compared to what it would be if their profession was male-dominated, not 92% women. Kristine Bartlett is the test case with more than 20 years' experience and…
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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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There seems to be a desire from political correspondents for a Labour stitch-up. Vernon Small wonders whether this might cause a revolt from members - and fair enough too, we want our say! Both the Dom Post and the Herald seem to think it would…
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I wasn't going to express my opinion on the upcoming Labour leadership selection process. However, the usual right leaning MSM hacks seem to have been following the current Labour caucus leadership in naming Robertson as the frontrunner. This, even though Vernon Small's piece on it, has…
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David Shearer is not the only one to lose his job this month: 180 jobs set to go at Air NZ - union New Zealand's biggest airline will shed 180 jobs when it closes a maintenance facility in Auckland, a union says. Solid Energy to…
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I'm sure we'll be doing comparisons between the candidates for the Labour leadership in the coming days once they've officially declared (if we can wait that long :) ). You know what my preference is, although Cunliffe or Robertson, even Little or Ardern, would at…
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There will be plenty of coverage of the Labour leadership process here on The Standard, I don't feel any need to contribute. I'll plod on with some of the other stuff -- in this case the GCSB and TICS bills. Probably the best coverage of…
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The word is that the NZ Council decided tonight when they will cut off the memberships which are current for voting in the membership vote on the leadership primaries. The deadline is at midnight tonight. If you aren't up to date, do it here. I…
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With a new leadership race there's now a real chance to bring the Labour party together to fight the good fight against the right. Make no mistake the vultures of the right are circling with an eye to use the approaching leadership challenge as an…
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We all knew David Shearer was a good guy and he's just proved how good - and noble - a man he is by resigning rather than forcing a messy and protracted leadership coup. Let's hope that caucus, Labour members and the affiliates will be…
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TV 3 and Twitter are reporting that there may be a change in Labour's leadership ... More details as they come through. UPDATE It is confirmed that David Shearer has announced that he will stand down as Labour's leader after a new leader is selected.…
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Judith Collins is making a play for support among her fellow National ministers and trying to turn them against Key following Key's contemptuous attitude to their privacy in the Henry Inquiry. At the Privileges Committee hearing into the Henry Inquiry yesterday, Collins and sidekick Anne…
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Rumour has it that David Bennett has decided to retire at the next election. It's been made clear to him that he'll never be allowed anywhere near a ministerial portfolio. Who will take on his role? Well, how about this guy - Mark Sabin -…
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http://youtu.be/j7UPqgGxXjg Blame my Irish Catholic Working class background or because of my family my immersion in Trade Union activity from birth but I have always thought that the National Party was a bunch of self indulgent, rude and arrogant miscreants who are under the illusion…
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"New Zealanders will not have confidence in [a ...] bill rammed through by a slender majority without public support and with the backing of only the bare minimum of parties necessary to get it through Parliament." -- John Key, 2007. (ht Toby Manhire)
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They set targets and you meet those targets, so they raise the targets. You meet them again, so they raise them again. If those targets were high jump bars, everyone watching would know you are going to miss the target at some point. That is…
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