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National's Harmful Digital Communications Bill may have had some genuinely well intentioned goals, but some clauses are too broad. It can be interpreted as criminalising any criticism of the government online. In its current form it should be opposed. Not a phrase I have cause…
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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 …
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Slightly redesigned in support of #CampbellLives. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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With every day new revelations concerning the scandal known as sheepgate are occurring. And so many questions arise. Here are a few: This super duper agri hub in the middle of the desert? Can anyone visit? What sort of foot traffic does the place have? Is…
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Brilliant photo Brett Phibbsy (The Herald) via Claire Trevett:
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See the full page at the Red Cross. Red Cross launches emergency appeal for flooding Red Cross has been responding to the severe flooding across the country and has launched an emergency appeal to further help the people hardest hit. New Zealand Red Cross Secretary…
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John Key, 26 May 2015: "The removal of the $1,000 kick-start contribution will not make a blind bit of difference to the number of people who join KiwiSaver." Yesterday: KiwiSaver enrolments drop by half after National axes sign-up payment ...ANZ, which has a 26 per…
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In a case that may have local implications a Dutch Court has ordered the Netherlands Government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their 1990 levels by 25% within 5 years. From the Guardian: To cheers and hoots from climate campaigners in court, three judges ruled…
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It all sounds so simple doesn't it: State housing tenants told to seek help The Prime Minister is urging people in unhealthy state homes to approach government agencies for help. ... Mr Key conceded it was a problem around the country, particularly as the weather…
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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 …
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Catriona MacLennan and Prue Hyman will discuss this topic at Connolly Hall, Guildford Terrace, Wellington, Thursday June 25th at 5:30pm. All Welcome. Catriona MacLennan will discuss these issues as they relate to physical and cultural power. She will look at the experiences of beneficiaries and…
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Slightly redesigned in support of #CampbellLives. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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admits it doesn't adequately address dairy products (one of NZ's main export products). That's right, the PM acknowledges that dairy products are not dealt with in a way NZ would like... He even has to contradict Tim Groser's views here and here to try to…
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I don't know the answer. However, although I haven't voted Labour in the last 2 elections, I do receive their email-outs. Increasingly this means receiving a petition on one issue or another for my digital "signing" and submission. I always make a point of writing…
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As widely reported this morning: CallPlus to axe Global Mode in deal to settle legal action Internet provider CallPlus and Bypass Network Services will withdraw GlobalMode in New Zealand to end legal action brought against them by television companies. ... GlobalMode, which was developed by…
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Bad news on the "rockstar economy": Fewer employers looking to hire, says recruitment firm Hudson Negative publicity about the state of New Zealand's economy has resulted in fewer employers hiring new staff, a recruitment firm says. Let me translate that for you. "The economy is…
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There was some crazy talk in Parliament yesterday. Greens leader James Shaw suggested that a National Cabinet Minister may have invited the Saudi Sheep Farmer whose sheep raising efforts have not been very successful to sue NZ Inc. James Shaw and David Parker asked John…
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If you thought the Auckland property bubble was bad now, then prepare for it to get a lot worse: Chinese investment set to boom The floodgates are set to open for Chinese buyers to pour US$10.9 billion into New Zealand real estate as restrictions on…
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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 …
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Slightly redesigned in support of #CampbellLives. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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Reposted from No Right Turn. Last month, I highlighted a very dubious OIA response from the Prime Minister's office regarding his contacts with journalist Rachel Glucina, who had just outed and smeared the victim of his pony-tail pulling. Following that post, I sent an OIA…
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From the Government that brought you Mike Hosking on prime time TV and an array of right wing guests on Radio New Zealand and from the movement that got rid of John Campbell and brought back Paul Henry comes more deeply concerning evidence of interference in…
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I/S at No Right Turn: Disgraceful Since coming to power in 2008, the National government has sold more than a thousand state houses and tightened access to the remainder considerably. The net result? People not getting the assistance they need: Families in urgent need of…
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https://twitter.com/toby_etc/status/613108553239261185 Help Colin name his new party... Update: https://twitter.com/MacFinlay/status/613123864587976704
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Originally posted at Boots Theory. Yesterday I posted about sexist discrimination in the workplace, and noted: So there's the gendered, identity-politics side of the argument. But there's a slightly broader set of assumptions in play, around work and workers, regardless of gender - and my…
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It's a shameful fact that the political right use refugees as a weapon to drum up populist conservative backlash. John Key was at it (again) earlier this month: People-smuggling boat 'credible risk and threat' to NZ A people-smuggling boat with 65 people on board was…
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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 …
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Weirdo leader/funder/face of the Conservative party Colin Craig has admitted inappropriate behaviour with his former press secretary Rachel MacGregor. Echoing the Parnell Ponytail Puller, he claims the conduct was not sexual. Oh, and in talking about the matter at all, he admits that he has probably…
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Slightly redesigned in support of #CampbellLives. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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Rob Salmond at Polity... Reductio... ROB SALMOND DPF and Chris Bishop have conspired to come up with a new canard-of-distraction de jour. Today's trope: "Labour are the conversatives, National the progressives, and Labour is the party of No." At the risk of a conviction for…