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National talks about regional development, but its actions don't match. Dunedin will not forget the closure of the Hillside Workshops. Northland celebrated decades of neglect by kicking the Nats out and choosing Peters. Rod Oram looks at the way the regions are held back in…
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From the wonks at Colmar Brunton: Bonus graph from Danyl Mclauchlan:
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Radio New Zealand has been leaked a policy paper suggesting that a radical change in the way Health Boards are run is being investigated. Currently there are up to 11 board members in each board with 7 positions being elected and four appointed by the…
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John Armstrong pretty much called it on Saturday: If this weekend's National Party conference runs true to recent form - and there is no obvious reason why this year's gathering of the clan will depart from that script - it will be so stage-managed that…
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The latest 3News/Reid Research poll is out. Considering the margin of error (+/- 3.1%), there is no change whatsoever in the standings of any of the main parties: National – 47 percent, up 0.6 percent (on last poll in May) Labour – 31.1 percent, up…
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Tonight's 3News/Reid research poll sees National and its franchises one seat behind the combined opposition. Labour could take over with support from the Greens and New Zealand First. Good news for Colin Craig; his party is still more popular than ACT, the Maori Party and…
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National Party delegates were greeted at their conference today by a sea of crosses representing the 291 workers who have died on the job since the Pike River disaster, when John Key promised action on health and safety law. Radio NZ: Deborah McMillan has set…
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When historians look back at the records of the fifth National Government I think they will agree that the past week was their worst to date. The weeks when Dirty Politics was released and when Judith Collins’ ministerial career was terminated were bad ones but…
capitalism class war Hekia parata labour national national/act government Politics same old national the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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The National Party Conference is on this weekend. In Sky City in Auckland. How appropriate. Yesterday Paula Bennett gave a speech to the conference about how people on the Housing Corporation waiting list are basically rorting the system. She said: "What often happens is that someone…
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Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, one of the 18 arrested during the Urewera Terrorism Raids, has written a detailed piece useful for anyone interested in finding out more about the NZ correctional system and why penal reform in NZ is absolutely necessary. (Hat tip Gangnam Style/Tautoko Mangō…
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The Nats have been forced to call in the good old-fashioned state to clear up Serco's mess: Corrections 'stepping in' over Serco debacle The Corrections Department has confirmed plans to take over Serco's management of Mt Eden Correctional Facility. Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga said…
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Back in 2010 National were progressing the Electoral (Disqualification of Convicted Prisoners) Amendment Bill denying convicted persons in prisons on election day the right to vote. This Bill was against all advice, including that of their own Attorney-General Chris Finlayson who called the proposal "irrational"…
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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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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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The CTU's excellent campaign to get a stronger version of National's post-Pike River Health and Safety law has produced this excellent video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jONFCuRJlU National are removing a lot of the rights proposed in the bill from workers in companies with fewer than 20 employees -…
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Friday afternoon is the dead time in politics. If you have any bad news now is the time to dump it. In a result which is that crazy it will potentially overshadow the Serco fiasco, at least for a while, Hekia Parata has decided to…
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Good luck Sam - Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga thrown under a train by Corrections bosses
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The first thing that David Cunliffe did after being elected Labour leader was to announce that Labour would not support the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement unless the text was released to the public. At the time I thought the positioning was deft and principled. It…
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John Key explaining recent events at our Serco run prision: "One of the claims that had been made, I think, was that someone had been thrown off a balcony - in fact, actually, Serco say that the person jumped off the balcony, or tripped, or…
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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. [EDIT: Changed date! TRP]
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Well it took seven long years (and a seemingly unending parade of scandals), but some of the media seem to be assessing Key more realistically these days. The "rags to riches" narrative is changing to "out of touch". Prime Minister John Key defends Hawaii holiday:…
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National's ideological blindspot is that it believes that private enterprise is better than the state, every time. Recent news about Serco suggests very strongly that this is not so. The privatisation of Auckland's remand prison system was based on the premise that private enterprise can do…
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A second curious similarity has emerged from the wreckage of the UK Labour party's disastrous General Election defeat. The first was the Tory's successful re-running of the informal Crosby/Textor dog-whistling during the NZ election that Labour could only win with the help of Hone Harawira…
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I love how right-wing ideology is just some thing that can be switched on and off at will. Consider this article: All state house sales could go to a single buyer - Treasury Charities wanting to take part in state house sales have been told,…
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