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Congratulations Ralph
Ralph Hotere has been made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Given his contribution to art and to the political discourse, this is well deserved. Congratulations Ralph, from all of us here at the Standard.
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Whose Values?
Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here Another brutal attack on a young child and yet more hand-wringing. "If only we could do something" people cry, as if nothing can be done…
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Shapes of things (2012 and all that)
lprent: From Gareth at Hot Topic, his views on what 2012 will bring. I'm currently sceptical on the impact of the known Eastern Siberian methane releases - but Gareth is more worried than I am. The rest is likely. If anyone else wants to make…
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Self inflicted injury
FFS: If you are going to confess your foibles to facebook, then do the following:- Only publish it to the group that you want - like "family" or "close friend" when you publish it. Always turn the privacy settings to "friend only" for everything on…
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Concerns Mount Over Absence Of Social Media Gaffes
Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here A National Party MP's colleagues have become increasingly concerned about his wellbeing, after he failed for two consecutive days to make a fool of himself…
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Absolutely damning
No Right Turn turns up this gem of misgovernment. Last month, I highlighted the new Internal Administration Circular 11-10 [PDF], which requires immigration officials not to record reasons for their decisions, in violation of both the right to justice and the Public Records Act. I was curious about how the Department of Labour…
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Peter Jackson – “Satan’s Little Helper”
Ken Perrott at Open Parachute points out another of those strange absurdities of our time. The Christians (well some of the stranger sects) think he is... arghh it is absurd. And it is too early to be a shameless self-promotion. My only question is to wonder…
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Myths and moralising – the conservative trademark
The Economist has a wonderful blog post from "Democracy in America" tearing apart an argument by a conservative columnist for the New York Times DAVID BROOKS argues that analogies between today's America and that of the Progressive era are misplaced, and Progressive-era solutions ill-suited to modern times,…
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Inequality and the rich
In today's Herald, Geof Nightingale, tax partner and member of National's Tax Working Group, joins the argument for greater inequality in New Zealand. He quotes the OECD report saying that The OECD reckons it's vital Governments review their tax and transfer systems and increase the…
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Summer service: open mike 29-31/12/2011
As usual, it's reduced service over the summer break, unless anything big happens. We hope you'll get a good break with those dear to you, and that we'll have some decent weather to enjoy. And if you still need your politics fix... Open mike is…
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Petty
Under cover of Christmas, the Nats are following in their long tradition of intimidating journalists. The Herald reports: 'Tea tape' newsman's costs 'political vindictiveness' The Government's demand for court costs from cameraman Bradley Ambrose can only be seen as "political vindictiveness", according to political analyst…
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Rich attacks unions
Katherine Rich writes in the Herald: The Ports of Auckland strike action this Christmas period, the busiest time of year for the grocery sector, brings back bad good memories of how regularly New Zealanders were held to ransom by strike action at critical times. had…
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Will Collins walk the talk?
Radio New Zealand reports that Peter Ellis has a petition to the Minister of Justice seeking a pardon. The current Minister of Justice, Judith Collins, signed another petition seeking an inquiry into his case in 2005. The question is will Collins now walk the talk?
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Worst Election News Coverage
According to Janet Wilson (I know - I was surprised she's still around too) the Standard are blind to any rational coverage. Wilson makes this claim while posting her list of best and worst of 2011 (we got "Worst Election News Coverage"). Apparently someone may…