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This was predictable - Stacey Kirk: have the quakes locked in a fourth-term National Government? He'd never admit it, but the 7.8m North Canterbury quakes may have just handed John Key a fourth term as Prime Minister. It only "locks in" 4th term if we…
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The following is a Guest Post from Robert Guyton and is part of a series appearing over 12 Sundays. Other parts can be seen here. Robert is a sustainability pioneer who along with his family grows the oldest food forest in NZ. A long time organic gardener, permaculturist and heritage orchardist,…
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Today is the sixth anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster, where 29 men died. For six years the families of those men have not had clear answers about what happened. From the Pike River Royal Commission, they got some answers. From the government, they've…
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Posted on the #StandWithPike page this morning: Six years ago this morning, 31 men went to work in a coal mine. 29 of them still lay there. Since Daniel and Russell stumbled alone, unhelped, out of the drift that afternoon, no-one has ever gone back…
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National has for a while been talking about tax cuts and clearly was positioning itself to announce cuts during the election campaign next year. The justification is a $1.8 billion operating surplus and such details as book losses for ACC of $5.1 billion and for the Cullen Super Fund…
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You could not find a more sober, rational, and clear minded leader than Germany's Angela Merkel. She alone has opened the doors of Germany to Syrian refugees, and willingly paid the political price for it. So her message of congratulations to Donald Trump upon winning…
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In a world where the radical centre is being handed back to itself on a plate in election after election, we either progress from that point or we regress. Our choice. On the one path there is the likes of Donald Trump, who during a…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saP-C2H3cUg Transcript from Democracy Now! SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: The issues are very clear. For hundreds of years, the Native American people in our country, the first Americans, have been lied to, have been cheated, and their sovereign rights have been denied them. And today we…
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Wellington is vulnerable to quakes and tsunamis, as discussed in The Herald today. It could easily be cut off by land, as Kaikoura is (more or less) now. It is currently "in limbo" as damaged buildings and roads in the CBD are cordoned off. With…
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John Armstrong is back with a column at One News (or whatever they're called this week). John sees everything in terms of political horse racing - even earthquakes. - Government knows how to play a disaster During such national emergencies, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition becomes…
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Damien O'Connor has taken it to Nick Smith on the re-entry of Pike River mine this Question Time: https://youtu.be/NJF5RC2FefI O'Connor then tabled an email from a former Mines Inspector, Tony Forster, who told the families in an email yesterday that there was already a "suitable scheme"…
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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 perplexing thing about this moment is that it's getting worse. Emotionally it's a season of death. Pop stars are such losses because they manufacture and amplify so much meaning for our lives. Their death is a fugue of analogue-reality through metaphor and magic. Stadium-sized…
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Recent cataclysmic events, both political and geological, mean a few interesting stories have slipped under the radar. Here's two of them. National's surviving dirty politics blogger chose the (NZ) day of the US election to slip out this little beauty - Trying to rehash Dirty…
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Thirteen of the fifteen hottest years on record have occurred since 2000. 2014 was the hottest year ever. 2015 was the hottest year ever ("smashing" records). 2016 is going to be the hottest year ever. What if - what if every year from now is…
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The New Lynn Labour Electorate Committee is hosting a debate this Friday where the subject is whether a Universal Transaction Tax, also known as a Robin Hood tax, would benefit the economy. Because of a family bereavement David Cunliffe will not be able to attend.…
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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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I can recall at University learning in New Zealand history about the old thought that an apparent decay in Maori society was terminal and that the task of Pakeha was to "smooth the pillow of the dying race". Thankfully the view was wrong, and thanks…
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Our housing price bubble is sustained in part by lowish mortgage interest rates. We can borrow crazy sums (over long terms) and manage the repayments - in the short term - if nothing goes wrong. There is every possibility that Trump's economy is going to…
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For discussing the quakes and the aftermath. Here is today's RNZ update and key facts: Ships head to Kaikoura with supplies after New Zealand's 7.5 magnitude quake, see also: Day three: Ships join Kaikoura rescue efforts And The Herald: Live: State of emergency declared across…
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A post-US election space for engendering solidarity and resistance, because it was requested. Feel free to share links, wrangle thorny issues, re-centre inclusive progressive politics, and tell a story that takes us somewhere useful. (And no, you can't promote Tr*mp culture here). Please be kind…
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Via Scoop Te Ikaroa – Defending Our Waters Press Release SEISMIC TESTING PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT RISK TO EAST COAST Anti-seismic-testing campaign group Te Ikaroa are calling upon the government to immediately halt all seismic testing along the eastern seaboard, on the heels of this morning’s 7.5…
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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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Reprinted from the Labour Party website. I had the opportunity to join the PM's flight today over the parts of the South Island hardest hit by last night's earthquake. It was a sobering journey. This massive force of nature has seen huge land slips and…