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On Newshub tonight: New Pike footage shows no sign of inferno New footage from deep inside Pike River Mine shows no sign of an inferno or underground fire. ... Filmed in 2011, just over a month after the fourth 2010 explosion, the footage shows the…
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The decision of Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) to re-tender bus contracts in the region, without protecting conditions of employment could harm not only the drivers and their families but public transport in the region if it is not reversed. Wellington has one of the…
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A little bit of UK political parody grime... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjc2F4sIZG8
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For almost two decades there have been a number of perfectly acceptable domestic fire sprinkler solutions available in the NZ market. When building new I always wear the modest extra cost of installing them; our first ones during 2002. For most units it amounts to…
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Nicky Wagner, the National government's Minister for Disability Issues and Associate Minister Health, tweeted last week on what she'd rather be doing instead of her actual job, https://twitter.com/nickywagner/status/875156945535029249 Understandably many people are unimpressed. Twitter responses, https://twitter.com/fuzzywuzzie/status/876041397861732353 https://twitter.com/MandyHager/status/876149170435833857 https://twitter.com/MandyHager/status/876149446005866496 https://twitter.com/mojomathers/status/876187998617952256 https://twitter.com/Megapope/status/876186225199071232 https://twitter.com/neelish/status/876174382422310912 Newshub have picked it…
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The Nation did good work on the housing crisis yesterday: Is the Government doing enough on housing? (video) Boarding house horrors (video) There's a companion writeup on Newshub: Rogue landlords on the taxpayers' payroll There are growing calls for a tighter controls around boarding houses.…
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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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Simon Bridges seems to be as full of third term arrogance as the next Nat, if this fiasco is anything to go by. RNZ: Rail proposal that Minister's office tried to block released Kiwirail has publicly released the proposal for a new Auckland railway line…
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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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Jeremy Corbyn and senior Labour MPs have called for homes left vacant in Kensington and Chelsea by overseas investors to be “requisitioned” in order to rehouse those left homeless due to the Grenfell Tower fire. Now, if that's a permissible thing for a prominent politician to…
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What a mess - 'This can never happen again': Health minister furious at $38m Budget blunder Cash-strapped District Health Boards are being made to hand back some of their funding, after a Ministry of Health blunder saw some given too much money in the Budget.…
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Do voters really vote on "the economy"? I'm not so sure, but if they did, they shouldn't vote for this lot. Grant Robertson: Economy stalling after nine years of National's complacency The second successive quarterly fall in per person growth shows the need for a…
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Here's how the Brighter Future is working out for NZ kids: Unicef report: New Zealand 34th out of 41 developed countries for child wellbeing The wellbeing of New Zealand's children places us 34th out of 41 developed countries, according to a report released by Unicef…
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https://twitter.com/publicaddress/status/875230374883844098 Russell Brown has written a moving, hard hitting post, about the Grenfell Tower fire which has so far taken 17 lives. He talks about living in London, outlines half a dozen life-stealing, preventable tragedies all with a common core of underfunding and ideological commitment to 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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It's 100 days to the election! Grant Duncan puts his finger on a defining issue: 'Completely broken'? Widening inequality fuels discontent among Kiwis Audrey Young has a roundup of where the party campaigns and organisation are at: 100 Days to Go: Parties gearing up their…
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Has anyone noticed that it’s now much harder to sell a house? I sure ain’t giving advice. But I suspect existing home owners are finding it takes longer, and no-one’s still getting the great life-altering profit they thought they would from selling. Back in October…
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Good coverage of Labour's immigration policy from an anonymous editorial on Stuff: Immigration cuts are not xenophobic, but economically necessary Labour's immigration policy is not racist or xenophobic. It is a careful and moderate policy designed to deal with several serious problems at once. Net…
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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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Something to check out if you are in Auckland tonight: What would a people's Budget look like? The election-year Budget is always a big part of a Government’s campaign for re-election. If it’s possible, there’s even more spin than usual. The bank economists and the…
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National has surrendered its former principled position concerning the illegality of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. It has now apologised to Israel for causing offence for sponsoring a UN resolution condemning the continued Israeli illegal occupation of Palestinian land. Israel has in response resumed diplomatic…
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National's go-to response to anything that Labour suggests is scaremongering. Case in point: English says Labour's immigration 'breather' would stall momentum in the economy Prime Minister Bill English's strenuous opposition to Labour's proposed "breather" in immigration draws a clear battle-line in the election. ... English…
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It's a pretty bleak political landscape out there in the UK and USA, but here's a couple of spots of good news. The Sun slips below 2m daily sale for the first time in 43 years The Sun slipped below the 2m sales mark in…
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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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An edited version of this article was first published in the Green Party newsletter Te Awa. Reposted here with the authors' permission. Point England is a suburb on the east side of Auckland, the reserve borders the Tamaki Estuary. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Modern Day Land Grab or Treaty Settlement? Point…