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Andrew Little has an excellent piece on Stuff this morning: Andrew Little: Time for excuses over, time to build houses It's official: the average Auckland house price has doubled since the Key Government came to power. In December 2008, the average house cost $496,000. Now…
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It is election time. Throughout the country billboards are springing up from the ground with pictures of people wanting to be civic leaders and associated words designed to persuade the public that these people understand the job and will represent them best. Graffiti and damage…
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The Standard’s authors have offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. Tane Phillips has been nominated for the position of Māori Vice President. lprent: Note that, like all campaign for party position posts, this post…
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The Government has bowed to public pressure and announced what they claim is a "wide reaching" inquiry into how Havelock North and other parts of Central Hawkes Bay lost their once safe water supply. One small problem, however. Cabinet has decided that the inquiry should…
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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 …
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Early this year National blocked a proposal for an official inquiry into homelessness. ...Little said the decision was disappointing, as there needed to be a "cross-party consensus" on the issue. "No New Zealander feels good about children sleeping rough and families living in their cars...this…
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John Roughan had a thoughtful but misguided piece in Saturday's Herald: Has 'middle NZ' made no progress? ...I watched Seven Sharp's item on the resigning Mayor of New Plymouth with a certain sadness. The poor fellow has had enough of the isolation and abuse he…
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Bernard Hickey writes the best economic analysis in NZ. Here's yesterday's contribution: Bernard Hickey: Too many visas, not enough pay ... Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler is tasked with under-standing how supply and demand affects wages and prices in the economy and last week he…
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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 …