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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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What's your preferred Christmas paradigm? As a judgmental arse I find it calming to label every one of the people I meet over the next 48 hours under one of these labels: If you hate Christmas shopping and gifts as pretty much meaningless and classist,…
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In this year of topsy turvey politics and weird and strange events this is probably one that no one would have seen happening, the Standard praising Murray McCully. But he deserves it. He had New Zealand co sponsor a resolution condemning Israel's continued land grab…
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This year we have re-posted (with permission) some content from The Briefing Papers. Here's another, by Alicia Sudden: And so this is Christmas… Christmas time comes with many certainties in New Zealand. There won’t be any snow. Every mall becomes home to a Santa Claus.…
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Some leaders are not all completely bonkers. President Obama will use his executive authority to permanently block offshore drilling in large swaths of the Arctic and Atlantic. Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau will also halt all oil and gas exploration in its own Arctic waters. Obama’s…
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The erratic Roy Morgan poll has swung around again: First poll under PM English: Govt confidence drops sharply ... Labour, the big losers in the previous poll plumbing new depths at 23.0%, have been the main beneficiary rising 5.5 points to 28.5% – still below…
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Brian Rudman in The Herald today has a comprehensive take-down of National's housing fail: Government's new housing ploy - blame the market Obviously the thought of a grumpy Nick Smith waving hot tongs around the Christmas barbecue in darkest Dipton was too much for best…
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Maybe the Russians weren't coming. Or we must believe that "KGB chief Vladimir Putin put Inspector Clouseau in charge of Russian security and left him to get on with it." George Washington discusses the evidence. Fodder for the net-savvy
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Yesterday I came across a report claiming that the Security Council was meeting in camera after NATO officers had been arrested in eastern Aleppo. I sought verification (as you do) by looking for other news sources reporting the same thing, but didn't find much of…
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It is the second week of post John Key National and they are already struggling. Following on from the decision to bail out of the Mt Albert by election because of the concern of receiving a further shellacking National is trying to avoid accusations that…
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Via RNZ: Auckland City Mission pleads for donations amid Xmas rush Auckland City Mission says more than 300 families are queueing for food and presents every day, and it needs more donations to meet demand. You can donate here. https://twitter.com/CheckpointRNZ/status/810709930873409536
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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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Turkey under Erdoğan is a human rights disaster. It imprisons reporters, judges, activists and novelists. It tortures, censors, and abused broad powers under a state of emergency. A recent piece in The Guardian by Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran makes for disturbing reading: Truth is a…
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Judith Collins is probably the preferred choice for leader among Nat members - but of course they don't get a say in the matter. Instead she had her bid quickly crushed in the back-room leadership process - seems she doesn't have many friends among her…
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