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Rachel Stewart is a tough uncompromising columnist for the Taranaki Daily News. Rachel is not someone to hold back. Her previous criticisms of the farming industry were met with death threats. Her recent critique of the post John Campbell media is a must read. And her…
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It's beginning to get on my nerves, this slow shrinkage of the scope and use of democracy in New Zealand. I'm not talking about the direct anti-democratic attacks like Southern District Health Board, or Environment Canterbury. I'm thinking solely about local government as we come…
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Standardista authors are on summer break! There will be an Open Mike each day, but little or no other posting (unless an author feels particularly inspired). We'll pick up again gradually in January some time. But just in case you haven't had enough of politics…
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The repercussions of Justice Clifford's decision that the police raid of Nicky Hager's home was illegal are starting to be felt. The decision itself is a scathing condemnation of the police behaviour and you really have to wonder how the police got things so wrong.…
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So now we know how child poverty was affected by the Global Financial Crisis. Our tory friends have taken their annual two-pronged approach, with distraction arguments about whether individual poverty measures measure poverty and the old stereotype that poor people are poor because they do…
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Yesterday in The Herald: NZ achieved emissions reduction targets: Paula Bennett New Zealand has achieved its first round of emissions reduction targets and is on track to meet its 2020 target, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett says. In the first commitment period in the Kyoto…
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Reprinted from Scoop. High Court finds police raid on Nicky Hager was illegal Thursday, 17 December 2015, 4:15 pm Press Release: Felix Geiringer Wellington High Court judge Justice Clifford issued his judgement today on the legality of the police search of Nicky Hager's home on…
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https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/676903980539211783 https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/676927691619237889 Here's the Green's press release...
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While there is a certain amusement value in having a performing monkey for a PM, his participation in the great rape jape yesterday was too far even for his fans. Barry Soper: Has John Key gone a step too far? The trouble with John Key…
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In the spirit of Christmas, the last post was a provocation about a version of Christianity that would fit quite happily with the kind we celebrate at this time, in this society. Here's another version. Christmas is essentially about the Mystery of God becoming one…
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Well, this is awkward. And won't somebody think of poor Michael Woodhouse? It's like seeing Dad kiss the au pair. Are you my new mum? Alternate captions welcome! Hat tip, veutoviper, via Giovanni Tiso.
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I don't think that it's possible for the depths of Key to surprise me any more, but this certainly came close: John Key: Drug abuse major contributor to child poverty John Key says drug dependency is a major contributor to New Zealand poverty. The latest…
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If I might plagiarise myself for a minute, obesity is a difficult topic to write about, so some quick preliminaries. First, people have a lot of natural variation in healthy body shapes and types, it is perfectly possible to be “fat” and healthy. Second, obesity…
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You'll get the drift of what I mean by Supply-Side Jesus from this link. Jesus, rather than being some commie big-state redistributor, was incredibly serious and canny about money, spending, and tax: In Matthew 17 we learn: After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the…
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No the date is not April 1. A town in America has citizens and elected representatives who think that solar panels may suck up all of the sun's energy, may prevent plants from photosynthesising and may cause cancer. From the Independent: A US town has…
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As widely reported this morning: Child poverty on the rise in New Zealand again - report The latest annual Child Poverty Monitor report has found 305,000 children in 2014 were living in poverty, a 17 per cent rise from 2013's 260,000. After taking into account…
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Law Commission has completed its review on the use of national security information in legal proceedings. What should happen when information is relevant to legal proceedings, but disclosing it might prejudice national security? This is the question at the heart of the Law Commission’s review…
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The Nats want to wallow in the feel-good rhetoric of COP21 action to address climate change: Government hail historic climate deal The New Zealand Government has hailed a historic deal on climate change, saying it is "the first truly global agreement on climate change". Climate…
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As the year winds down, I've been thinking about The Standard, particularly this blog's influence in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We're sometimes called an echo chamber, a far left talk fest or, memorably, a "dreadful 21st century bastardisation of a once proud Labour broadsheet". The truth is…
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