from the Green Party website: _________________________________________________________________ The Green Party has today announced a plan to break up the supermarket duopoly by creating a publicly owned supermarket chain called KiwiMart, as part of its Affordable Kai election policy. "Our country produces enough food to feed 40 million people. There is no shortage of…
The Justice Select Committee recently reported back the Summary Offences (Move on Orders) Amendment Bill and there was a pleasant surprise. I blogged about this bill earlier this year. I said that I thought the Bill did not need to apply to apply to young…
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 …
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 …
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 …
Anyone remember it was just a year ago that businesses and government politicians were crying about the loss of natural gas availability? The Business NZ Energy Council has been warning a gas shortage could lead to business closures. Business NZ Energy Council executive director Tina…
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 …
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 …
cross posted from Greenpeace International by Jasper Inventor & Dr. Jerry Jose. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned us that the global temperature will rise above 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, to levels that will worsen extreme weather impacts and intensify…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Christopher Luxon recently chose to put the boot into Air New Zealand after it had announced an after tax loss of $242 million in the past financial year. From John Weekes at the Herald: [Luxon] said it was a “pretty poor performance” and added: “It’s…
Press release from the NZ Labour Party yesterday. _______________________________________________ Labour will offer every New Zealand trained nurse a job in our public health system when they graduate, keeping our highly trained nurses here and strengthening the workforce. “National’s hiring freeze is fuelling a crisis in…
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 …