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Patrick Gower has broken the story about the latest turn of events down at Pike River: Newshub can exclusively reveal efforts to seal the Pike Rive mine now face a legal and physical roadblock, with the victims' families taking legal control of a privately owned…
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I've been arguing for a while that Guy McPherson is as much a problem as Climate Change deniers. I won't read his work now for a number of reasons. It is scaremongering at its worst and I don't need to be more alarmed about CC…
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Key was always pushing tax cuts, English was always cautious. Was it incoherence or was it a deliberate cop bad cop routine? Either way we seem set to continue with this sort of nonsense. English remains realistic - Bill English gives financial update, says reducing…
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Some on the left thought we had nothing to fear about Donald Trump. He was just all bluster. He was saying things to get support amongst his base. He would never actually do the things he said he would. As a for instance it was said…
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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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Bill English finally gets to name his own cabinet on Monday. It will be interesting to see what happens to Murray McCully. In February McCully announced his intention to stand down in East Coast Bays and that he would seek a list place, but only…
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Reprinted with permission from Denis Tegg's blog Tegg Talk. The two tailings dams near Waihi are some of the largest structures in the country. Should either of these dams fail in an earthquake, we could be facing potentially New Zealand’s worst ever environmental disaster, and…
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Reprinted with permission from the Political Scientist. Apparently, McDonald’s hamburgers are the result of the best technology that food and taste engineers can provide. All ingredients and processing events are managed to within an inch – maybe less – of their lives. The consumable item is…
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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 … Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good…
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From an old but useful piece on how all opinions aren't created equal, something for us here at The Standard to think about. Every year Deakin University philosophy lecturer Patrick Stokes says something like this to his students, I’m sure you’ve heard the expression ‘everyone is entitled…
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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 never thought that I would type these words but in this post John Key world things are getting pretty strange. [Snip] Josie Pagani has posted something a lot of which I agree with. In the past I have been rather critical of Josie, another description…
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Education for profit is all about profit, with education hardly getting a look in. There have been many warnings lately on the appalling state of the private education sector - The $25 million student funding scandal NZ dream turns to nightmare for international students Student…
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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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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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Judith Collins has withdrawn from the leadership race and pledged support for Bill English, essentially confirming that he has the numbers and will be the next National leader and Prime Minister. Our thoughts are with Cameron Slater at this most difficult of times.
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Grant Robertson had a highly-entertaining look at the 3 'contenders' for PM in the snap debate on the National Party Leadership they had in parliament, it's really worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYNxbmCXhAw Caretaker Bill: Cigar Coleman (also known from NZ Doctor as "To the Bedside Manor…
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Lots of bad news continues for the EU this year. Let's polish the ball of the future. Some might agree that the EU was only necessary in order to cement a post-World War 2 reconciliation of Germany and France. So perhaps the post-WW2 thing has…
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The Herald has reported that David Shearer is expected to resign, forcing a by election in the new year. Labour MP David Shearer is poised to resign from Parliament to take up the tough job of leading the United Nations' mission in war-torn South Sudan.…
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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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Here at the Standard during previous Labour leadership campaigns the contenders have been offered guest post slots. These have been warmly received and well read and arguably have had a significant effect on the outcome of the two contests conducted under Labour's democratic leadership contest rules.…
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While National's caucus focuses on itself, as backbenchers enjoy their one shot at relevance, the country's big problems continue. Auckland's housing supply continues to lag behind demand. National's answer - Special Housing Areas - aren't going to deliver the 39,000 houses promised - or even…
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The policy wonk, the ambitious change-maker, or the no-bullshit bullshitter - the contenders for National Party Prime Minister set out their stalls yesterday with John Campbell. Just like the Kaikoura quake, their pitches exposed some complex fault-lines. It'll be a long week in politics. Bill…
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Just in case the misery of 2016 was presumed to be the preserve of the bourgeoisie left like myself, or music-lovers, its misery has hit the conservative side as well with John Key's resignation. Good news. The world will be redeemed one barbecue at a…
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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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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 was tempted to just have an empty post, but John has of course had his achievements. There are the 3 election wins, and enduring popularity, that was only now starting to decline (only 36%!). But what he's done with that popularity, that mandate, for…