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https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/835634316721860609 Green Co-leader James Shaw, speaks at the Green Party Candidates Conference. “Our Vision: 2017” - Speech to Green Party Candidate Conference, 26 February 2017 Video Full speech transcript here. Excerpts, Welcome to election year! Today we can boast more party members than ever before,…
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An excellent piece by Pike River mum, Sonya Rockhouse, in today's Sunday Star-Times. The full article is here, but here are some of the most important points: Four months ago, we'd pretty much lost hope of ever getting justice for what happened to our boys…
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There is an interesting recent column in the Guardian where Josh Bernstein theorises that although neo liberalism is in decline so are the fortunes of the left. And with right wing administrations being in control throughout the western world including Europe, the United States, Australia…
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Tracy Watkins is still stuck in denial: What, already? John Key yesterday's man? Today's headline news, tomorrow's fish and chip wrapper it seems. The cult of personality reigns in this new world order but we Kiwis seem to be refreshingly above all that. We really…
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The media response following Jacinda Ardern's utterly convincing win in the Mt Albert by election is interesting although somewhat predictable. Both the New Zealand Herald and the Dominion Post are suggesting that Ardern may be the next deputy leader of the Labour Party. In the Dominion Post Tracy…
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How very Goebbels of it. The Trump White House has banned some media from a briefing given by White House spokesperson Sean Spicer. From the New York Times: Journalists from The New York Times and several other news organizations were prohibited from attending a briefing…
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This should come as a surprise to no one: The Secret Iraq Dossier Exclusive: Inside Australia's flawed war A newly declassified report obtained by Fairfax Media reveals Australia's role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq was undertaken solely to enhance our alliance with the US.…
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John Key famously said that he didn't want Kiwis to become tenants in their own country. He then went on to merrily allow the sell-off of vast amounts of land and an unknown number of houses to overseas buyers. But being tenants in our own…
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It is election day today in Mt Albert for the successor to David Shearer. Comments are open. Update: https://twitter.com/JulieAnneGenter/status/835391656966791170
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In the wake of the debacle that is the National Government's new 'water quality' policy how about we look at what should be done. First up, change the government. It's blatantly obvious that not only will National never do the right thing, but they are in…
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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 …
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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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Today is the last day of campaigning in Mt Albert. Those hoping for a gory Labour Green battle to froth about must be feeling a bit let down: Greens' Julie Anne Genter and Labour's Jacinda Ardern strike up friendship in Mt Albert The least bitter…
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This is what you get with a hasty, reactive, "top down" policy process. Fail one: Bill English struggles to offload a billion dollars ... Back in July last year, the Government reacted to the calls from fast-growing cities – mainly Auckland, but Tauranga, Hamilton, Queenstown…
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Following his outstanding success in determining that rivers that were previously unswimmable will no longer be unswimmable as long as no more than one out of 20 people who swim in them do not develop gut wrenching sicknesses, Bill English has decided to make his mate…
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This coming Monday 26th and February 27th, the Crown seeks to overturn what Forest and Bird had defeated in the Appeal Court: the right to swap Department of Conservation land into the Ruataniwha Dam. In Minister of Conservation Maggie Barrie's words, the Appeal Court decision…
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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 …
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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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So National's great plan for swimmable rivers by 2040 is to allow more than twice as much shit in them1 and still call them "swimmable." Move the goalposts and still take more than 20 years to cover the much smaller distance. Ambitious for New Zealand as…
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As widely reported recently, George Orwell's "1984" has been back at the top of the bestseller list. Now according to The Guardian: US cinemas to show Nineteen Eighty-Four in anti-Trump protest Coordinated screenings across North America set for 4 April to highlight Orwell’s portrait of…
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With Māori politics very much in the news lately, Vernon Small seems amused by Bill English's posturing - English punts talk of electoral deals, Maori seat strategy, into the stands Well then, what about abolishing the Maori seats? Hmm. If it was "on the books"…
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Everyone’s had their own go at how Labour and the Greens can take back power, even with most of the economic, social, and political indicators going the governments’ way. There’s no education in the second kick of a bull. Or indeed the fourth kick, which…
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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 …
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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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Hang on, did the Leader of the Opposition, the Pākehā man that should be Prime Minister of New Zealand in 8 months time, just say that some Māori aren't real Māori? I think it's unlikely that Andrew Little meant to come across like that, and listening…
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Willie Jackson is using his return to the political spotlight to good effect: Willie Jackson: The health of our democracy is at risk with the Electoral Commission failing voters The Electoral Commission needs to wake up. What is the use of a democracy if only…
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From Jenna Lynch on Newshub - Govt's plan to build houses on excess crown land hits another roadblock The Government’s plan to build houses on excess crown land has hit another roadblock. Three sites earmarked for housing can't actually be built on. Building and Construction…
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