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As some of you will be aware, I'm a dedicated computer programmer. Contrary to popular opinion in some circles by people who see me on the net, things like blogging and politics are merely minor interests. I just like writing code across a large number…
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(Cartoon courtesy of #Foxycartoons) 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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Shocking news! An urban development authority with the power to acquire private land for large-scale housing developments is one of 38 recommendations being made by the Productivity Commission. What? I'm just reporting it the way the media would if it was a remit at a…
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So the Minister of Health has just dismissed all members of the Board and replacing it with a Commissioner: Southern DHB Board dismissed - Commissioner appointed Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has today written to Southern DHB dismissing all members of the Board and replacing it…
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Kill off Campbell Live. Drive Mihingarangi Forbes out of Maori TV. Sack a bunch of sub-editors. Then they came for the cartoonists... https://twitter.com/bryce_edwards/status/610902786943815681 https://twitter.com/danylmc/status/610903336779280385
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As National's Auckland housing omnishambles spirals out of control it is of course the poor that suffer the most. There was a good summary in The Herald yesterday: Vulnerable worse off in frantic housing market Record numbers of people are sleeping rough or in cars…
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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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Basic common sense from the Pope on climate change. The fact that it will come across as radical, or too radical to many, is lamentable. All in all, it merely reads, to me at least, as an echo of reports and analyses that reject or…
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The Nats want to turn over social problems to the private sector for profit. This account from the UK should give them pause: Welfare cuts deaths: 60,000 demand Tories reveal how many people died after being found 'fit for work The government is refusing to…
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Yup, it's a knucklehead to blame: https://twitter.com/BrookSabin/status/610573014586028032 In related news... https://twitter.com/LIVENewsDesk/status/610573837999210499 Just remember, National is the party of economic credibility. Baaaaaa!
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Yesterday John Key spent most of the day saying that the Crown's legal advice was sound, and that as it wanted to use the land for social housing it did not have to offer the land to Iwi under the treaty settlement reached with Ngāti Whātua and…
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Just when you thought the Auckland housing fiasco couldn't get any worse: 'Ghost houses' hit Auckland renting market ... Prices are rising so fast that speculators are buying homes and refusing to rent them out, instead looking to sell them for huge profits without the…
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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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Well, this is downright scary. https://twitter.com/helenkellyCTU/status/610175109781811200 Whenever unionists talk about the bad employers who put profit over people's lives, the right are quick to wave it away as fear-mongering, blowing a few small examples out of proportion. Well, here are the words of a man…
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Hope folk are staying away from the Wellington coastline today: Huge waves smash Wellington rubberneckers amid fears for coastal roads' survival ... More than 3m swells are forecast to continue to hit the Lyall Bay after large waves washed debris and boulders onto Moa Point…
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It only seems like yesterday that John Key was forced to admit a series of assaults on a young cafe worker. It is now possible that Key has broken the law again. It is a significant offence to conspire to smuggle migrants into New Zealand…
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Nick Smith's handling of Auckland's housing crisis had added pressure applied today. Ngati Whatua and Tainui have announced they will be seeking a declaration from the High Court in an attempt to clarify the nature of their right of first refusal of Crown land for housing…
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Nick Smith, who Duncan Garner astutely characterised as "the cold-hearted politician", is at it again: Nick Smith defends 'affordable' homes The Building and Housing Minister is defending the use of the word "affordable" for around 200 new Auckland homes. Nick Smith has announced a third…
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I wrote yesterday about our heartless, penny-pinching government, which emphasises Getting To Surplus at all costs even if that means kids dying in cold state houses. This is the true irony of National governments. Their entire platform is one of "fiscal responsibility" and "good economic…
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There has been some talk this week about Tony Blair's third way politics. Some think that he has the ability to walk on water because he succeeded twice at general elections even though it was against a tired dispirited Conservative Party that had clearly gone past…
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The death of Emma-Lita Bourne is not just a personal tragedy for the family: it is an event that should make New Zealand angry with the powerful people in our society who control the purse strings. They are responsible for condemning thousands of children to…
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A few stories of recent weeks which show exactly what kind of government we have. Last August, Emma-Lita Bourne died of pneumonia because the state house her family lived in was cold and damp. Soesa Tovo died after being admitted to hospital with heart and…
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I grew up in Thatcherite Briton where property ownership was not just seen as something to aspire to but more of a birth rite. A 25/30 year mortgage was a badge of honour as you had provided security for your family and a perpetual hobby…
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Since the inexcusable axing of Campbell Live (and reinforced by the circumstances in which Mihingarangi Forbes left Maori TV) there has been lots of talk of boycotting TV3 - see for example the energetic Mr Bradbury at TDB. The anger at TV3 is understandable, but…
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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.