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A while back I wrote a post about the problem with that idea Trump's not so bad, an idea that comes from both parts of the left and the moderate right. The post was in light of stealing kids and putting them in cages, and…
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Guest post by Clint Smith who is a former Labour Party staffer and Ministerial Advisor who served during the 2011, 2014, and 2017 elections, and early contributor to The Standard. He now runs Victor Strategy and Communications. I know what it's like to be where…
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Executive Director of Greenpeace NZ, Russel Norman writes about the different responses to climate change and covid-19, and the things we can learn from the pandemic. From the Greenpeace NZ website. ______________________________________________________________________________The Covid-19 Coronavirus has so far caused more than 145,000 deaths worldwide. These are…
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Except they did. The New Zealand government raised benefits, they put in a rent freeze, they kicked all the tourists out of the country. Multiple governments have taken action in the past four months that have dramatically dropped GHG emissions, when most climate activists were…
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There’s a new report out from the Ministry for the Environment and Statistics NZ showing that New Zealand’s fresh water system is getting worse, all over the place, but particularly in the South Island. The full report is here. Newsroom has a good and lengthy…
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I am getting to feel sorry for Bridges. I have seen it before where for better or worse a caucus turns against a leader, gives up winning an election and starts to undermine him. There will be a variety of opinions. Some will think it…
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Will Simon survive? Or will Paula and Mark team up against him? Or will Judith somehow manage to persuade the caucus that she is the only chance they have of retaining their seats? Stay tuned …
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A little chill went down my spine when I saw that the Ministry of Health was checking with our data spy agency the GCSB to enable full tracing of people to slow further outbreaks. The Ministry told RNZ that any data held about individuals would…
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It appears that Richard Branson's Virgin Airlines empire may be on the skids. He is believed to be worth $8 billion but it seems that even the Atlasses of the business world are not beyond trying to become state beneficiaries from time to time. He…
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More 1% Americans are heading our way, according to Bloomberg. The Texas company building underground bunkers is getting more enquiries. They're not running from the virus but fear the aftermath when the breadlines turn. Seeing the pictures of those queuing for food, sometimes packed close…
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There are rumours bobbing around the beltway bubbles about the state of NZ First. The party has been awkward in Government, with bovine blusterer Shane Jones regularly putting his gumboots in his gob. NZ First have regularly stymied good policy, particularly if it affects 'industry',…
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With the rather severe dip in National's polling it is time to dust off the crystal ball and have a look at what may happen in September. Currently National has 56 seats in Parliament. If one of the polls is correct then this could be…
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Yesterday was Jacinda's day. She obviously thrashed things through cabinet and despite some muscling up by NZ First she managed to get an extension of level 4 lockdown for another week. It is not as long as some of us would have wanted. For me…
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Taken from a comment by Karl Sinclair. Question: Is it safe to move now from level 4 to progressively lower levels? Recommendation: Do not move to level 3 until we have: Robust testing strategies and capabilities in place to trace asymptomatic cases within our essential…
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I missed it, but we got the new electorate boundaries on Friday. Now electorate boundaries simply don't matter as much as they used to because of MMP. These days mostly the only people who notice them are electorate MPs (or wannabe electorate MPs), political parties…
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Big day in politics today. Do we stay at level 4 or do we ease it up? If it was up to me I would extend it. The new infection rate has decreased rapidly and is at low levels. If elimination is the goal however…
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Press release from the Green Party. _____________________________________________________________________________ The Greens are highlighting fast intercity rail improvements as the type of climate-friendly, job-creating project that should be prioritised for post-COVID-19 economic stimulus investment. The proposal would mean significant intercity rail investment over ten years to roll out…
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There is a reason why there haven't been any human based vaccines for corona viruses. Planning on an effective COVID-19 vaccine without excessive human side-effects being produced in the next five years looks pretty unrealistic. I'm concentrating in this post on giving accessible overviews in…
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Any serious attempt to halt global warming would involve a winding down of economic activity that relies on burning fossil and other carbon generating sources of energy. We've taken a small initial step in that direction through our attempts to stop the spread of Covid…
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Even if New Zealand gets out of the immediate Covid-19 infection better than most other countries, the result is still a wrecked world and a slow recovery. What we face is something like an Australian firefighter with a hose and a tanker facing an onrushing…
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The initial Green Party list was posted on twitter last week by Henry Cooke. This is its first form. Next it goes through a member ranking process, and then is adjusted for balance of Māori, gender, region, and age. The list is then reviewed by…
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