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I left a comment about the probable Tāmaki Makaurau by-election results a couple of days ago after I was asked "Do you think that the Tamaki Makaurau by-election will be a signal of whether the TMP almost clean sweep of the Maori electorate seats will…
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With a very small turnout and half of the votes counted it appears that Orini Kaipara will win the Tamaki Makaurau by election. Update: Peeni Henare has conceded.
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Perhaps the biggest news from a jam packed news week is how, under National’s Health Ministers Shane Reti & Simeon Brown, Health NZ illegally hid staffing data for over a year to conceal their systemic understaffing of our public health. More than half of all…
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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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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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In 2026 New Zealand First in all likelihood will be back in power because Labour and National will need them to form government. New Zealand First are currently polling around 9%, just 1% below the Green Party. As Mark Daalder at Newsroom has pointed out,…
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It appears that Christopher Luxon cannot buy a trick right now. Yesterday he chose to try and divert attention from the complete lack of job creation his Government has driven by celebrating a new announcement by an American Corporate that it was investing $7.5 billion…
Christopher Luxon spin the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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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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Remember Act's Regulatory Standards Bill which would establish principles of responsible regulation and increase transparency? It appears that not all policy will be subject to these requirements. Especially if they affect rich foreigners buying local mansions. From Jamie Ensor at the Herald: Associate Finance Minister…
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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 Friday on Radio NZ’s Nine to Noon Auckland councilor Christine Fletcher (a former National Party minister so hardly a raving lefty) called the latest densification plan for Auckland “planning by firing squad”. The plan is consistent with a government mandated Auckland planning option backed…
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Winston Peters Has Sold Our Country Out For Peanuts Yes, even putting aside its utter ineffectiveness as an “economic policy”, and allowance for managed funds as an "investment", it’s also an extremely low threshold for the wealthy. Peters campaigned on reversing and blocking National’s proposed…
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Opinion/analysis: Part 1 of the series is here Conservative Michael Reddell deserves credit for helping to uncover the Neil Quigley / Nicola Willis cover up scandal. Here is the OIA response he received from Treasury on Orr’s last meeting with Treasury/RBNZ. I’ll highlight some key…
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At the start of the election campaign in 2017, Metiria Turei gave a speech about the difficulties of life on a benefit in New Zealand. She talked about her early adult life as a young mum and the things she needed to do to survive…
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