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UK votes to bomb Syria
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A Labour Mayor for Wellington
Deputy Mayor Justin Lester is running on a Labour ticket in next year's local body elections. Stuff reports: Wellington's mayoral team may be side-by-side for now, but they'll come head to-head in next year's local body elections. Deputy mayor Justin Lester has broken his poker…
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The great future tide of homelessness
The Salvation Army recently reported on the fifth of New Zealand who will be forced to be without their own home by the forces of unrestrained real estate capitalism. In 2030, over 200,000 New Zealanders over 65 will not own their own home. Does anyone still…
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Mopping up the fossil fuels subsidy shame
' National Ltd™'s Todd McClay was up to his usual tricks in Parliament this week. McClay's speciality is helping mop up National Ltd™ messes. He's had a lot of practise. His deeds this year range from denying a minor MP was caught out in a bald-face lie through to…
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Open mike 03/12/2015
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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Daily Review
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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Deportee
In a world awash with people transiting from one country to another, it’s rare to meet someone who has moved involuntarily, under the threat of being shipped from his urban incarceration to a far worse prison island thousands of miles away. We are sadly familiar…
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Good reviews for Little’s reshuffle
Good reviews for Little's reshuffle of the Labour lineup. The perspicacious Vernon Small: Andrew Little's canny reshuffle rewards effort, softens blow for losers Labour leader Andrew Little has unveiled a canny reshuffle, rewarding energy and talent in roughly equal measures. He has also avoided any…
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Our man in Paris
' Some time today, New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, will be wandering around the hallways of his Paris hotel in his underpants. Or maybe his swimming togs. Its tough to get leadership "face time" at international events and John's dress-code is part of his unique way of…
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The great greenhouse gas research funding switcherooni
Two months ago National cut the funding for Agresearch's work on greenhouse gas production in the Agricultural centre. At the time Radio New Zealand reported: AgResearch staff are being forced to abandon burgeoning careers and years of important work is being cast aside, a scientist…
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Police raiding journalists is a thing now
Yesterday, this happened: Heather du Plessis-Allan says police home search "unsettling" Journalist Heather du Plessis-Allan has said the police search of her Wellington home was "unsettling" but says she will stand by the story she delivered. On Tuesday morning police officers searched through her drawers…
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Open mike 02/12/2015
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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Daily Review 01/12/2015
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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Chris Cairns: Song of the Tall Poppy
Former Kiwi cricketer Chris Cairns and his legal advisor Andrew Fitch-Holland have been cleared of all charges of perjury. Any other result would have been a travesty, because the prosecution case was entirely based on gossip and innuendo. How the case even got to court…
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Coleman to regulate high sugar industry
Remember the squeals about Nanny state when Nats were in Opposition? And the squeals that we can't possibly legislate against the high sugar foods that are killing our children and costing billions in healthcare bills cos that would be interfering in people's freedom to…
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The official New Zealand COP21 negotiating guide
The Youth Delegation at COP21 have secured a copy of the NZ COP21 negotiation guide. For an original copy have a look here. Following is the text: IN BRIEF AND CONFIDENCE New Zealand COP21 Negotiating Guide Operation #PulltheWool When there’s no low hanging fruit, cut…
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New Zealand shamed at Paris
' Well, no one can say John Key was talking up expectations with that statement. Just as well because, once again, New Zealand has won the "Fossil Of The Day Award" for being the most regressive country at the 2015 UN COP21 Climate Summit in Paris.…
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My Labour Party Caucus and Rankings
I've just finished reading all the comments on the reshuffle thread. It gave me an idea. Post here YOUR rankings of the top 20 Labour Party MPs, the role you would give them and WHY. So that is 3 criteria for posting Rank the…
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Nats failing Christchurch and lashing out at Treasury
National like to sell things built by better governments of old, but they aren't good at building things. They aren't good at building houses in Auckland. They aren't good at building a robust economy. And they aren't good at (re)building Christchurch: Anchor project delivery appears…
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Open mike 01/12/2015
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 …