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I'm old enough to remember that in the mid 1980s people weren't blamed for being on a benefit. On the contrary, there was overt sympathy for people on the dole because the Labour government was busy experimenting on the economy and the alarming increase in…
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Hapless Te Ururoa Flavell has spent too long in Wellington - Waiariki candidates debate issues on TV But the number one issue for Mr Flavell was homelessness in the wider region. While Mr Flavell said he had "no idea" how homelessness got so bad 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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The Nats know all about the importance of monitoring and goals when it comes to effecting change. For example, when it comes to beneficiary bashing: Mr English said the valuation [of benefit costs] was an important “performance tool” and would change the behaviour of the…
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Regenerative agriculture is based on the idea that nature is a powerhouse of sustainability. It uses nature mimicry to establish productive systems that are self sustaining, require little external inputs, and that focus on ecological cycles like those that build soil rather than mechanistic systems…
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I know the year is only part way through and that it is election year so there will be endless opportunities for politicians to be really dickish about things but I think we should call it now. We have a winner. No politican will be…
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The Greens a pushing hard for the strong left vote, Labour is aiming for the moderate / center left. Good tactics from the team that understands MMP. Labour's first campaign ad strongly features Andrew Little, see Vernon Small - 'Andrew Little, regular guy' is the…
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The political hills are echoing with the aftermath of Meteri Turei's confession of lying to WINZ, and Paula Bennett's conciliatory and very precisely worded claim of not having done so "deliberately". A good time to revisit the topic of benefit fraud vs white collar crime…
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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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Metiria Turei's admission that she lied to WINZ back in the day was a political gamble. On one hand it could resonate with a big chunk of non-voters - here's a politician that's just like us - has been through what we're going through. On…
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What a weekend ... First there was the attempted splash on Labour suggesting that the latest UMR poll had seem its support drop significantly. While this may be true the Roy Morgan poll released at the same time showed a significant increase in support for…
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National has a long history, of bullying, intimidation and dirty politics. And they're at it again: What's behind the strange goings on in Southland? There is a sinister side to the fake news phenomenon. And it was never going to be long before those in…
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The Greens did some very cool stuff yesterday. Then leftie twitter burned, https://twitter.com/metiria/status/886396934100930560 https://twitter.com/metiria/status/886397419239350272 https://twitter.com/DeborahMTNZ/status/886398471212679168 https://twitter.com/di_f_w/status/886407672051810304 https://twitter.com/di_f_w/status/886410945559371776 https://twitter.com/whaeapower/status/886401918112641028 https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/886471119368208388 https://twitter.com/NicolaPatrickNZ/status/886475160940822528 https://twitter.com/LewSOS/status/886467428720427014 https://twitter.com/huntersimon1979/status/886455702490710017 https://twitter.com/mrbarnabyb/status/886440088648929280 https://twitter.com/LostArcNZ/status/886416089005019138 It took a while for the RW trolling to start. David Seymour put his hand up especially high. Brave seeing as…
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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 …