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David Parker will be joining us here live on Sunday at around 3pm. As usual all comments / questions will be strictly moderated. David writes... Thanks for the opportunity to join a Standard Q&A. Really looking forward to hearing from you. I'm happy to chat…
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The ideal of the news media as fourth estate is to provide a means for democratic debate about issues of social and political importance. It is a means through which journalists can hold those with power to account. Some journalists continue to try to fulfill…
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There was an interesting article in yesterday's Herald where Len Brown's future was discussed. Bernard Orsman raised the prospect of Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse having a tilt at the top job. He said: Auckland mayor Len Brown has returned from a month-long overseas holiday to a…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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Back when I was a teenager, a mate of mine decided that he was going to give up on school and would get in some combat. He was a bit of bigot and not exactly the brightest of people. So he went to Rhodesia and…
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To arms! We are about go to war partnered with multiple armies, none of whom is a champion of any of our democratic values of fairness, equality, human rights, or impartial justice. The war has no clear objectives, no extraction plan, and there are no…
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David Parker will be joining us here live on Sunday at 3pm. A post will go up Sunday around 2 for questions, as usual this will be strictly moderated. David writes... Thanks for the opportunity to join a Standard Q&A. Really looking forward to hearing…
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From I/S at No Right Turn... TPPA would criminalise journalism Wikileaks leaked the latest version of the TPPA intellectual property chapter last night. There's some nasty surprises from the US, including its efforts to revive the defunct Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement by the backdoor and its efforts to ensure poor countries fighting,…
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There's no point in state houses. Not according to the Nats anyway - here's twenty dollar Bill English on the subject: 'No point' in new state houses - Bill English Finance Minister Bill English says the proceeds from selling state houses are unlikely to be…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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Surely this should put Paddy Gower and co to bed once and for all. With great grace despite Shearer's baiting, and with great clarity, Cunliffe has declared he will never seek the Labour leadership again. It was Shermanesque. Now surely he can get on with…
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OK there are many West Wing affectionados out there and for those of us who were born in the late 1980s or later West Wing has had a seminal effect on the formation of our political beliefs. So if you were to compare a Labour…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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(Reposted from Boots Theory.) Three weeks ago I snarked John Key’s sudden desire to take serious action on child poverty. Now, thanks to Radio New Zealand, we know that not only has Treasury been tailoring its advice to meet National’s prejudices, and not only has…
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The greatest threat to this country is not terrorism, or beneficiaries, or Kim Dotcom - it is climate change. Great to know that our government is really on top of it: The text reads "This page lists all Ministry for the Environment climate change news…
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I know we lefties go on and on about how right-wing the media is. But it's hard not to innit? I mean - ffs: Hosking v Henry: Heavyweights to lock horns in radio breakfast battle Broadcasting heavyweights Mike Hosking and Paul Henry will go head-to-head…
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The news this morning is all about NZ winning a seat on the UN Security Council. Grant Robertson reckons... https://twitter.com/grantrobertson1/status/522797826309234688
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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As story after story comes out about Official Information Act requests, it shows how much contempt for transparency and the law this government has, and how little it intends to be held to account. Judith Collins ushering OIAs out in 2 hours to Slater. John Key's…
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The Latest News Bulletin from CNN “Concern is mounting in New Zealand over the whereabouts of the country’s leader, Kim Jong Key. The Great Leader has not been seen on television or heard on radio for over two hours. Observers say that his disappearance…
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John Key before the election: Key rules out sending troops to Iraq Prime Minister John Key has ruled out New Zealand military intervention in Iraq, barring an unlikely United Nations Security Council mission Today, on the 100th anniversary of the departure of the New Zealand…
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It is clear to anyone who has read Dirty Politics that the National government illegally games the OIA process for political gain. Now we have Key's confirmation of the fact (audio): PM admits using delaying tactics Sometimes we wait the 20 days because in the…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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So since David Cunliffe endorsed Andrew Little I've had a few mates ask me about what he's like because I helped out in a small way with his wage drive campaign way back in 2008 and met him a couple of times and I can…
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An excellent piece by Brent Edwards on Morning Report today, looking at official advice to the government on poverty. Edwards requested these documents in May last year - naturally they were delayed until after the election. Some selections from the RNZ piece: Govt advised not…
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Well, the list of Labour leadership contenders has defied the predictions of the pundits (myself included). Here's my 2c on the final field. First, with all thanks and respect to both David Shearer and David Cunliffe for their service and their time as leaders, I'm…
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Selections are never easy, but choices have to be made. I have worked closely with all four candidates over many years, and the reasons why my choice for Leader is David Parker are laid out below. Heavyweight Cabinet experience. As Minister of Transport, Climate Change…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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One of the interesting things that came across my desk today came from Matthew Blomfield. It was a PDF of a letter from the IPCA chair Judge Sir David Carruthers. It shows pretty clearly the way that the "journalist" Cameron Slater makes up a theory out…