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Blueskin Bay is one of those idyllic places you drive past on State Highway One and think, wow, unspoiled and underdeveloped New Zealand beach that is incredibly pretty, and the tiny number of people within those houses are so, so lucky to have chosen to…
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"Jonah Lomu tribute shows need for a new flag, PM says". Well that's a new low. Speaking of amazingly powerful images with a fern / flag motif -
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Max Rashbrooke has another excellent piece on inequality in The Guardian: New Zealanders need to share our common wealth. Let's start by discussing inequality The emergence of a young, monied elite whose inherited wealth is highly visible is a new thing for New Zealand –…
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Good to see Andrew Little taking some action on this issue: Andrew Little to speak out on treatment of Kiwi expats in Australia visit Labour leader Andrew Little hopes a visit to Australia will "shake the tree" on the country's treatment of Kiwi expats who…
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https://youtu.be/9hmDZz5pDOQ It has been one of those days ...
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Via The Economist: The Iraq war started in March 2003 http://econ.st/1lwnAmZ
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The worst kept secret in New Zealand politics has now been confirmed, Phil Goff is running for Auckland Super City Mayor. The formal announcement was made yesterday. He is clearly well prepared and rightfully has front runner status at this stage. His speech was carefully…
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Two weeks ago John Key was in a corner for failing to act to represent and protect the rights of Kiwis detained by Australia on Christmas Island. As usual he went on the attack, but this time he went too far, ranting that Labour was…
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The Andersons Bay Peninsula Branch of the Labour Party has been one of the most active, progressive and politically innovative branches of the Labour Party over the last 18 months. IMO no other Labour Party branch in Dunedin North or South has come anywhere close…
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The latest Reid Research/3 News poll is out. National have dipped slightly and Key's personal support has dropped despite the PM's sucking up to the AB's. He's been mired in the thirties for months, when for years he used to be comfortably in the forties.…
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Audrey Young almost manages an epiphany in this piece: A week's a long time in politics It is a frosty start to a long week with John Key. Several of the travelling media, including me, have been highly critical of Key, not so much for…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM-mfEMssy8 Humanity is getting to the business end of the debate about climate change. The science is well and truly settled, the consequences through rising sea levels and adverse weather events and melting icecaps and glaciers is clearly evident and the right wing corporate strategy…
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Not exactly light or cheerful Saturday morning reading - but we should all read it anyway. Stuff's (Katie Kenny & Blair Ensor) excellent special investigation: Special investigation: New Zealand's shameful record of child abuse New Zealand remains one of the most dangerous countries in the…
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The Tertiary Education Union has an interesting piece on an ILO report. It's a short post with a lot of information in it, I hope they don't mind if we reproduce the whole post here: ILO WARNS AGAINST NEW AGE OF AUSTERITY Brace for more…
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Ballot papers are appearing in letter boxes for the first part of Key's expensive flag distraction. The instructions are to rank the flags in preference 1 - 5. A second referendum in April next year runs off the winner of this process with the current…
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This man is not a terrorist. Hell he is not even a muslim ... 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…
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There is massive entrenched economic, social and psychological inertia which IMO will finally prevent our leadership class from successfully addressing issues of climate change, environmental degradation and fossil fuel depletion. Like dumping the CGT, virtually all of our politicians and corporate leaders are personally better…
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No. No. No no no no no: Trump won't rule out special ID for Muslim Americans noting their religion ‘Some people are going to be upset’ Republican frontrunner says, adding he would consider warrantless searches of Muslims and surveillance on mosques Donald Trump would not…
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Online shoppers could soon be hit with GST iTunes, Netflix, could have GST added Promises promises... (Image: Foxy)
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Late yesterday a judgement from the Court of Appeal was released and promptly written about by David Fisher at the NZ Herald. The salient points from the article are An attempt by the blogger Cameron Slater to use a journalist's legal protection for sources has failed.…
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I was at Pike River mine the morning after the explosion that claimed the lives of 29 men. It was five years ago and I remember that day vividly. There was an eerie sense of foreboding; our union organiser was in a state of shock,…
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The groups leading the Hikoi believe that because housing is a basic human need access to decent quality, affordable and safe housing should be seen a human right. This means that our society and more specifically the State has an obligation to ensure that everyone…
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The global warning signs are now flashing bright red: Record-crushing October keeps Earth on track for hottest year in 2015 It was Earth’s warmest October ever recorded and it wasn’t even close. The record-shattering month was right in step with most of the preceding months…
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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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The disasters in Iraq and Syria were caused by American intervention. The refugee crisis is a direct result, as is the increased likelihood of acts of terrorism, such as has just occurred in Paris. The whole mess of ongoing bombing / military intervention and terrorism…