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Andrew Little has made it clear that the Labour Party in Government will defy provisions in the Trans Pacific parrtnership agreement that weaken NZ's sovereignty. Interviewed on Radio NZ this morning, the Labour leader spoke out about the pisspoor negotation that has led to the…
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Ex Act Leader Jamie Whyte wrote an article yesterday for the Herald about how poverty is not a problem in New Zealand. The Wellington twitterati checked out the background and discovered an unfortunate fact. He had written basically the same thing ten years ago. About England. And…
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From Scoop: The ministers from the twelve countries who negotiated the the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will sign it in New Zealand on 4 February, a government spokesperson from Chile has confirmed.[1] The New Zealand government has made no formal announcement, despite reports that it…
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Spoiler alerts. Though with this many dumptrucks of recycled repetition poured in your lap, who cares? The music's the same, the font's the same, so yawn from get-go. It's got a trail of sickly boomer-focused nostalgia thicker than the plume of plastic bags rotating the…
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Saudi Arabia's recent behedding of 47 dissidents including a prominent Shiite Cleric has attracted world wide attention. The behaviour makes a mockery of the appointment of Saudi Arabia to chair an important United Nations Council involved in human rights oversight. And questions have been asked…
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For those who need one extra helping of anxiety-inducing risk discussion for 2016, here’s a summary of what the Eurasia Group have to say: The Middle East is the most vulnerable to a geopolitical leadership vacuum and is heading toward conflagration. There are six failed…
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I wrote about the Chinese Sharemarket crash about six months ago and followed it up with this post in August. It appears clear that the steps taken by the Chinese authorities are not working and on the back of poor manufacturing data, increased debt and…
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A group of good old boys self described as patriots have decided to hole themselves up in a Federal Wildlife Reserve building in Oregon essentially because two local ranchers were sent to jail for burning state property. The strange thing though is that the ranchers involved have refused…
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Jeremy Corbyn recently passed a major milestone and celebrated his first hundred days as Labour's leader. His reign has not been without its problems. Never ending claims about how his leadership was doomed and its end is just a matter of time have been voiced for some…
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Remember our beloved leader saying this? John Key says drug dependency is a major contributor to New Zealand poverty. The latest Child Poverty Monitor suggests poverty is much worse that it was in the 1980s. … He said issues like drug dependency were key factors…
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A month on from COP21 and it appears that the Government's sense of urgency is not as high as most people would want. In a typical pre christmas example of bury the report Paula Bennett released these reports and suggested that New Zealand was complying with…
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Two different nations but in each of them the conservative Government is rewarding its friends with antiquated titles. https://twitter.com/MaryCreaghMP/status/680896434451931136 https://twitter.com/MichaelByrnes/status/681331359873236992 https://twitter.com/GlenMitchell1/status/680874919287255044 https://twitter.com/radioovermoscow/status/682289864109199360 https://twitter.com/Suzyiam/status/682288904238583808 https://twitter.com/TaylorMooreK/status/682281950241898496
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And now for the list of the ten most commented on posts for 2015. These are the posts where the debate was most intense. Interestingly only one of these posts was also in the list of the ten most popular posts. Anyway here they are.…
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It has been a big year for the Standard. Page views are just short of what they were last year, which given the general election and the subsequent Labour leadership contest that then occurred is remarkable. As at the time of writing a total of 2,106…
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This year saw the continuation of a trend that has been evident for some years. The media became dumber and nastier and more superficial as cuts to spending on serious journalism increased and power was increasingly dominated corporate interests. The two primary examples were the axing of Campbell…
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The focus of the 2015 White Ribbon Campaign is “respectful relationships”, what does that mean when you are the Prime Minister? In light of recent and historical events surrounding John Key, White Ribbon need to take a long hard look at whether he is still…
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There is an interesting battle ahead for the head of the United Nations. Current Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is due to stand down at the end of his second term on December 31, 2016. Helen Clark who has performed outstandingly in her role as…
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