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Via Scoop Te Ikaroa – Defending Our Waters Press Release SEISMIC TESTING PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT RISK TO EAST COAST Anti-seismic-testing campaign group Te Ikaroa are calling upon the government to immediately halt all seismic testing along the eastern seaboard, on the heels of this morning’s 7.5…
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Reprinted from the Labour Party website. I had the opportunity to join the PM's flight today over the parts of the South Island hardest hit by last night's earthquake. It was a sobering journey. This massive force of nature has seen huge land slips and…
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Aftershocks will continue for months, and there is still a high probability of another big one. Road and rail transport in the upper South Island is massively disrupted for months - at least. And a storm is battering the worst affected regions. It's times like…
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In case you missed this last week amongst the US presidential election aftermath, via Stuff: Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has been awarded interim legal costs towards $475,082 spent suing police. The author of Dirty Politics won the first part of his case against police for the way a warrant was obtained…
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One of the Pike River family members who were blockading the road to the mine was on the front page of the NZ Herald yesterday. It's calm here at the gates. Through the day we sit and talk with the media, with people on facebook…
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Democracy allows dumb people to vote, so dumb things happen. They stay dumb even though average education and qualification rates climb. Left or right, or whatever side you're on, the results can look like dummies did it. Can we remedy that fault in democracy with…
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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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Anna Osborne on the earthquake and day three of the Pike River occupation. https://www.facebook.com/StandWithPike/videos/357335707948296/
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On Saturday the NZ Herald website published a piece by Asra Q. Nomani who is a former Wall Street Journal reporter, veteran journalist and a co-founder of the pro-peace Muslim Reform Movement. Note, Nomani is not reluctant in her support of Trump, despite openly disagreeing…
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[As of 7:50am standing down from "live" updates - plenty of coverage in the media now (RNZ was brilliant right from the start), over and out] Felt all over the country. Hope everyone is OK - especially Christchurch. Now turning in to a system of…