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Someone, god bless them, has leaked video evidence taken in Pike River in 2011. The video shows a robot travelling 1500 metres along the infamous shift before its travel was blocked by a wagon. The robot then starts smoking somewhat alarmingly. The way the Government…
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Interesting series of articles in The Herald, where Bryan Gould schools Don Brash on how money works. It started with this piece by Gould: Bryan Gould: Banking should be under closer Government control It's not every day that monetary policy dominates the news. It is…
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When in September 2017 the new Minister of Housing first opens their office door, where do they start? Heading into winter again, few dispute the housing crisis. But the musculature of state needed to shape the whole of New Zealand's built form no longer exists.…
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Pencilsword does brilliant analysis and commentary in cartoon form. Go check out the latest on the invisible rental crisis... https://twitter.com/XTOTL/status/857704804759384065
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Dunedin South MP Clare Curran says she is almost at the stage of encouraging people to squat in vacant state houses in Dunedin as the waiting list climbs above 100. Good on Curran. She's not the first MP, Pita Sharples suggested the same thing in post-quake…
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This probably won't come as a surprise to to anyone who has been paying attention - 'I thought being president would be easier': Trump's Reuters interview highlights: “I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my…
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The Nats are settling in to election mode - smoke and mirrors and they hope we won't notice - Billions for infrastructure reflects booming economy - Joyce Finance Minister Steven Joyce yesterday promised to pump an extra $11 billion into new infrastructure over the next…
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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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From greens.org.nz The Green Party’s Māori Caucus is excited to be launching a national outreach tour to engage with Māori communities, kicking off in Northland today. “We take our role as a voice for Māori very seriously. We’re getting out and listening to Māori communities…
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From the Southland Times, Environment Southland councillor Robert Guyton has been shut down from speaking about a damning water quality report at a council meeting. Councillors instead decided to speak about the issue at a closed workshop in which the public and media will not…
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Guyon Espiner’s excellent RNZ series The 9th Floor, consists of interviews with five ex NZ PMs: Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley, Helen Clark. Here's Jenny Shipley: The Challenger - Jenny Shipley In part four of The 9th Floor, Guyon Espiner talks to…
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We won't be able to say that we didn't have ample warning, with a another detailed and damning report on our water out yesterday. The Herald has a good summary: 'Damning' rivers and lakes report: Nitrogen levels rising, fish threatened A major report out today…
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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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Rachel Stewart asks: Are we in the dying days of democracy? Are we in the dying days of democracy and, if so, can humanity survive it? There is so much crazy, weird bizarro flitting all around us like a flapping demon, it'd be hard to…
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Some of you will be aware of Donald Trump's extensive Florida real estate holdings. If he hasn't seen good evidence of climate change, perhaps the interests of his own portfolio will focus his mind. They have certainly focussed the mind of one of the Florida…
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Over in Australia a wanna be politician who is a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party was recently seeking election to their Parliament. His name is Mark Ellis and he had a couple of dark secrets which he wanted to keep hidden. He was one…
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Yesterday Winston Peters chucked a gallon of petrol onto the smouldering immigration debate: NZ Herald ‘Alternative Facts’ Misleading Over Immigration ... Press Release: New Zealand First Party Rt Hon Winston Peters ... New Zealand Herald propaganda written by two Asian immigrant reporters Stop right there…
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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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Am I the only one who is upset, over mealy mouthed politicians making flowery speeches saying "We will remember them" when they manifestly don't. "Remembering them" by making sure their grandchildren lack housing, health care, education, and a future. I doubt the the Maori Battalion…
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I/S at No Right Turn... Spying for the whales Japan is a country with whom we have generally positive relations. So naturally, the GCSB has been spying on them to help the US at the International Whaling Commission: New Zealand spied on Japan to help…
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In a crowded field Nick Smith stands out as one of the Nats' most incompetent ministers. Only his friendship with English has protected him for this long. But even English can only take so much in election year - Patrick Gower: Bill English delicately knifes…
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Why is it so hard to conceive of a radical alternative to the kind of government on offer? The French Presidential runoff, like the recent Dutch election and others, brings to mind the question of German sociologist a century ago when he asked: Why is…
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In the warm afterglow of the huge wage increase for health care workers the case for addressing NZ's creaking low-wage economy is getting some recognition: Bosses need to 'bite the bullet' and lift wages Employers will eventually need to "bite the bullet" and start paying…
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Although many of us feel relatively happy & content there seems to be an increasing feeling of ‘unease’, that something is not quite right in/with our society and where things might be heading. In a typical human fashion, we point the finger to certain (external)…