The thing about not having great sight is that sometimes you don’t really see things coming. That was partly why, a year late, I took myself away for an eye check up. The glasses I have are over two years old now and one set…
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 …
It seems inconceivable so soon after the leaky buildings debacle that we are slithering down a similar slippery pipe thanks to this government’s neo-liberal deregulation ideology that states just about anything goes in the building industry and buyer beware. The leaky homes fiasco cost the…
This is bad news: Huntly coal, gas plants could live on The odds are growing that two fossil fuel power plants at Huntly will have their life expectancy extended. The 500-megawatt units were scheduled for closure in 2018 in an announcement made last year. But…
The John Batchelor show regularly interviews Stephen Cohen, one of the United States' most accomplished Russia experts and a contributing editor at The Nation magazine. In this excellent radio interview, Cohen and Batchelor tease out the background details of this latest important event in Syria.…
Greenpeace: We are live at the oil industry conference in Auckland. Through non-violent peaceful civil disobedience, we intend to send the strongest message we can that New Zealand must join the global fight to quit oil and meet the greatest challenge of our time -…
An anonymous editorial in the Dominion Post over the weekend is spot on: The public were misled by the fiction about Kiwi jihadi brides The jihadi brides affair is extremely damaging for the Government. It raises serious questions about the accuracy of claims made by…
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …