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Over in Paris Lisa Carrington is having an awestome time at the Olympics. She and her teammates won the K4 final and Caitlin Regal and her won the K2 500 final. She has iwi afiliations to Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Porou. She is New Zealand’s…
Christopher Luxon karen chhour Maori Issues national paul goldsmith Politics same old national sport
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The Olympics are a real persistent problem for gender essentialists: it’s a showcase for some of the most diverse forms a female body can take from the pint-size power of Simone Biles to the massive wingspan of 7-foot-3 women’s basketballer Zhang Ziyu. Illona Maher from…
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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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One of my least favourite Ministers, Shane Jones, went onto radio yesterday and pledged a solution to high power prices. Consistent with his behaviour to date he thought that opening his mouth and saying a few words would solve things. There is a problem. He…
Abuse of power capitalism Economy energy national nz first Politics Privatisation Shane Jones winston peters
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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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This is more hope than I have felt about humans in a long time. After two weeks of fascist-driven rioting and looting across England, that targeted Muslims, immigrants of colour, and refugees, 'ordinary people' got out in the streets to protect those being targeted. Thousands…
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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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National's decision to cancel the replacement Cook Strait ferry project is developing into a full blown political crisis for the Government. It started off as many National policy lurches do with claims that the previous Government had been profligate with public money and that it…
Environment national nicola willis same old national sustainability transport uncategorized Unions
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The Barbarians are well past the gate. Luxon said yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he is prepared to see schools deferring arts and music curriculum to raise achievement in maths and reading. Speaking to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking Breakfast, Luxon said unions could complain…
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National has been caught out yet again using dubious analysis of data to justify policy. This time to claim there is a crisis in the teaching of maths. From Luxon's speech to the National Party Conference delivered last weekend: Today we can tell you about…
Christopher Luxon education making shit up national political parties same old national spin you couldn't make this shit up
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Let’s lay out where Israel finds itself right now: in trouble. Israel’s politics and military has been pulled into Gaza. There continues to be no plan to get the IDF out, no plan for Gaza to either be functionally governed or reconstructed should they get…
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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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This post is crossposted from Mountain Tui's publication In my mind, if I could draw - (spoiler: I can’t draw) - I’d draw David Seymour with an Atlas branded tutu whirling around Aotearoa New Zealand singing about “human rights,” “human dignity,” and “respect” while physically…
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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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I what we have come to expect from this government, another minister is lauding their lack of competence. In this case David Seymour, who has been bragging about school attendance at the start of term three, and claiming the credit for that happening. The problem…
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This post is a repost from Mountain Tui's substack On the 16th June, I wrote "Crashing New Zealand's health system is not the way to prosperity, Prime Minister" to outline what was going wrong with the government's budget cuts and austerity measures. Besides repealing New…
budget 2024 Christopher Luxon david seymour health Shane Reti
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