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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 … (Photo courtesy of the talented Glenn Jeffrey (C))
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Hobson's Pledge (or is that choice) has emerged. Stock photographs aside they appear to comprise older folk mostly wealthy white males who are upset at the thought that Maori should also enjoy privilege. White privilege yes, black privilege no. They bring out the same old tired…
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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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Five-year old Brook Blair gives it to Theresa May about homeless people. Got the right answers too. Brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt0u77VD21Y [Video url added - MS]
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Yesterday we got a new effective Head of State. The Queen is of course still the nominal Head of State, so no change for 63 years there, but the actual person doing the duties was sworn in. Dame Patsy Reddy took over the role, and…
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So Paula Bennett has been giving a lolly scramble to her National mates with the Rules Reduction Taskforce. Which is fine, because the Taskforce did great work in finding out that the 'loopy' rule of lolly scrambles being illegal wasn't in fact true. I'm sure that…
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At last there is confirmation that the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was a war crime. Pro Russian rebels, using a Russian supplied ground to air missile, shot down the commercial jet, probably believing it was a Ukrainian military aircraft. The investigation found: The…
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At the Herald: Labour MP Phil Twyford has been given a leading role in the party's election campaign next year. Twyford has been made Labour's campaign chairman, which puts him charge of strategy for the election. The Te Atatu MP was given the role because…
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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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While politicos were concentrating on Hills defeating The Donald in the first US debate*, Roy Morgan released their latest poll, showing Labour massively up and National down a chunk. It brings Roy Morgan into line with the latest Newshub poll, and Labour's UMR poll. Labour low…
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I know that we should not celebrate good polls but given all the attacks by the usual suspects on Andrew Little after the last Colmar Brunton poll result I thought this particular Roy Morgan poll should be given a bit of air time. National is…
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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 first of the live Presidential debates kicks off at 2 pm this arvo (assuming I've got my head around daylight saving). On one hand, the candidate endorsed by every living being round the world who has both brain and heart in good working order.…
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The new Ombudsman has decided to investigate whether John Key should disclose communications that he had with Cameron Slater and David Farrar during the days of Dirty Politics. Congratulations to Felix Marwick for his insistence that the law should be adhered to and observed. From Newshub: The…
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There's milk in the fridge. The baby and the dog got fed. You get in the shower, do your teeth and hair, get dressed and get to work. Like millions of people doing the same thing over, every month, every year. None of that changes…
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Matthew Hooton sometimes lets his vehemence carry him astray as it did this morning on Nine to Noon discussing or rather dissing Andrew Little's views on the centre ground of politics. It was Hooton's topic of choice, picking up on a story in Stuff where…
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Since first posting Who should you vote for? a week ago I've been directed to even more endorsement lists and voting guides for local body candidates up and down the country. So if you still don't know who to vote for, check them out. Originally…
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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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Absolute h/t to Ovid who linked to proposals for a written Consitution for Sir Geoffrey Palmer this morning in Open Mike. The SpinOff 1. New Zealand should become a republic. 2. The Head of State should reflect New Zealand’s national identity, culture and heritage, and…
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Tertiary Education Union (TEU) members at the University of Auckland went on a one hour strike on September 22nd at midday. As a first strike action we wanted to send a clear, largely symbolic message, to the university’s leadership that we are unwilling to accept…
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Do you work irregular shifts (even only occasionally)? Overtime? Sometimes on Public Holidays? An estimated 1 in 3 employees have some level of inconsistent hours, and if you're one of them, then odds are you haven't been paid enough holiday pay by your company. 1 in…
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