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Cross posted from Scoop. Radio New Zealand’s decision to conduct a review of its Israel-Palestine coverage post-7 October 2023 is commendable. It commissioned Colin Feslier, an experienced and respected communications expert to undertake this work. He delivered his report in March 2025. Feslier’s brief was…
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The Coalition has a warped view of what science is, of its purpose, of its role in and for society, and of what should be funded with public money (clue: not much). It has culled another science fund and so far, it has only been…
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The Waitangi Tribunal has with some urgency released an interim decision on the Regulatory Standards Bill. THe urgency is so that it could beat the impending introduction of the Bill. Under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1976 the Tribunal loses jurisdiction once a Bill is…
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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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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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Judith Collins was at her insufferable worst yesterday when she announced the Privileges Committee recommendation that Te Pati Maori MPs Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Rawiri Waititi be suspended from Parliament for their behaviour that happened at the conclusion of the first reading debate on…
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National is obviously hurting. Its internal polling must show that it is haemorrhaging support over its undermining of the Pay Equity system. On Tuesday various National talking heads in unison launched an attack on Labour accusing it of lying and misrepresenting what was happening. And…
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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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Last night I couldn't find the Green Party video from yesterday's Green Budget announcement, which might be a good thing because I ended up watching the BHN episode where Pat and Chewie talk with Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson (video below). I've been increasingly finding…
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Reprinted with permission It’s not often I find myself needing to respond to a sitting Minister of Finance. But when Nicola Willis dismisses decades of feminist struggle for gender pay equity as “a grievance industry” and calls a journalist’s pointed social commentary “sexist slurs,” it…
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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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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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During my life I have witnessed a number of Finance Ministers. I have no recollection of who did what in the 1960s, essentially because I was a kid. The 1970s were dominated by Rob Muldoon, a drunken dwarfish character whose insistence that markets do what…
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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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New Zealand was once in a sustained Australasian partnership. Now, with New Zealand tracking further and further into policy extremes, Australia – and our children – are leaving New Zealand behind. In the course of two weeks we have seen new extremes of the policy divergence…
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