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In a piece of incredible timing, on the same day as Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom announced their defence technology procurement pact and pissed off ally and competitor alike, China formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Porgressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership…
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Te Wiki o Te Reu Māori is coming to a close. The past week's events highlight the resurgence of and dependance on Te Ao Māori. Nowadays most of us, at least in the circles that I move in, have a deep and growing respect for…
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So Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have publicly announced they have formed a new security grouping, clearly as a message to China. But the announcement has not gone down well. From the Guardian: Britain and the US are battling to contain an…
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Where’s the hairy knuckle-dragging woke when you need them? Answer: we are in power so we don’t need it. It’s not easy to transition down from emergency instinct to managed plan. Certainly the idea of crisis enables you to bring people with you. What happens…
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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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Events this afternoon have confirmed that Judith Collins is indeed toast. The right does not tolerate failure. They would eat their young for political advantage. Continuous polling failure and the prospect of three more years of progressive rule will cause them to act, urgently. No…
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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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There is this idea on both the left and the right that Trump was not so bad. Minimising or being in denial of what happened in the US during the Trump years risks helping the rise of fascism. You can read the original post here,…
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The Prime Minister has sparked another national debate. What should we call the new mobile vaccination vehicles that will be rolled out over the next week or so. From yesterday's press conference: Now, there has been much talk of a Mr Whippy - style mobile…
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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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We’ve never seen a nationwide disease illustrate class and deprivation like the future of the country depended on it. Not like this. This should change us. This morning Prime Minister Ardern was on RNZ following a doctor talking about getting vaccines to Maori and Pasifika…
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As Tamaki Makaurau enters week four of lockdown things are at an interesting stage. Daily infection rates have dropped steadily but plateaued recently. We all cheered when they reduced and the vast majority of us thought we were going to deal with delta the same…
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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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For a range of reasons I’ve not been able to write the range of considered, nuanced posts that this topic deserves i.e. about the problems with the proposed BDMRR Bill changes to sex on birth certificates and how it impacts on women* and trans women.…
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