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Excellent Q+A interviews with political leaders yesterday (transcript of Ardern, transcript of English). This summary of the English interview gets right to the point: English raises prospect of slaughtered cows, depopulated cities National leader BM English defended his party's attack ads during an appearance on…
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Young people of NZ, it's your election, if you want it. Jack Tame: Millennials - just get out and vote ... More than 200,000 eligible voters under the age of 30 didn't vote in the last election. Under-30s had the lowest turnout of any block.…
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Thread: https://twitter.com/Ellipsister/status/908984286098874368 Press release at scoop.co.nz: Electoral Commission Undermining of Maori Rights Saturday, 16 September 2017, 8:13 pm Press Release: Veronica Tawhai MEDIA RELEASE Saturday 16th September 2017 For immediate release Electoral Commission Undermining of Maori Rights – Complaints Nationwide Only a week into early…
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Rod Oram at Newsroom: Rod Oram: ‘Why new leaders and policies are needed’ ... National’s track record: It came to power in November 2008 at the height of the Global Financial Crisis. It was singularly unprepared for the job. It had spent the previous nine…
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This post by Invercargill Green Party campaign manager Dave Kennedy is republished with permission from localbodies-bsprout.blogspot.co.nz This has probably been the most dramatic election campaign that I have experienced in almost 40 years of voting. As with most elections, the media focusses on the drama rather…
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The system of enrolling to vote is is more streamlined this election. Eligible voters can enrol and vote at the same time as long as it is before voting day. There is a problem for progressive parties because far too many young people are not…
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https://twitter.com/robellcampbin/status/908922412774825984 Green Party Spokesperson for Trade, Barry Coates, writes about National's latest moves on the TPPA: In the two days before the election, New Zealand MFAT negotiators will attend a negotiations meeting in Japan on the successor to the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), now…
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Great read in London today - full page Guardian article headlined "I've got what it takes, says the charismatic Labour leader taking New Zealand by storm." Send it far and wide. Some choice quotes: Every stage of this job that I've been in, I've simply…
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I suspect that a few progressives' screens this morning had blobs of coffee sprayed all over them as they read John Armstrong's attempt to derail the Jacinda juggernaut through the power of his words. The only problem is his words now have little force and…
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From my perspective, what follows represents the ground on either side of a deliberate fissure or divide or fracture in NZ society/culture that's been brought about by the fear that is an inevitable political component of Liberal economic ideology. Theotherside's original comment and responses to…
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Martin van Beynen has been touring the country. He's of English's generation, but he can feel the winds of change blowing. Martin van Beynen: A changing of the guard is on the way ... As the Kingswood Election Tour winds its way up the North…
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RNZ have been covering a story this week about an Auckland branch of nationwide secondhand clothing business Save Mart. The story started midweek with descriptions of work conditions, Save Mart workers told Checkpoint last night they had to sift through clothing bins containing soiled nappies, broken…
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Guest post from @Invisiphilia On last Saturday’s episode of The Hui, Mahinarangi Forbes interviewed 'Ngā Wāhine Mōrehu' - four female survivors of physical, sexual and psychological abuse endured as children in state care. I watched it online on Sunday and felt so choked up after…
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Watch Jacinda Ardern on the Nats' nasty negative campaign - and the huge problems for New Zealand that they want to distract you from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFL368UGINY Check it out on Labour's web site with options to share. Bonus Michael Cullen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6g3cFeX_mc Bonus Jacinda Ardern at Otago…
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Saturday 16 Sept 2.30pm, Otara Town Centre, South Auckland. Let's all come together to rally for our communities that have been at the forefront on the fight to end poverty. Now, more than ever, we need to continue the conversation that Metiria started. We know…
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With the usual inane commentary from our aussie cousins, we get the final Roy Morgan poll. It shows Labour + Greens at 60 seats and with choice of partners to take them over 60 seats. It shows National at 50 seats and requiring NZ First…
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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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Video from the Green Party Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/chloeNZgreens/videos/554331798235797/ The Green Party plans to end poverty. https://twitter.com/_chloeswarbrick/status/908449155650949120
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When the history of this National Government is reviewed by academics and scholars the tale of Sheepgate will stand out. In future years people will wonder if it was even true or the insane invention of someone high on drugs. Because if ever a series…
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I had a child 10 years ago but the relationship with his father did not last and I became a solo mum with a one year old. I was working full time but had to then cut my hours back. Eventually I gave the job…
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What is it with the National Party and its candidates. No matter what happens this is the weakest and most amateurish campaign I have seen National run since at least 2002 and the results then were pretty conclusive. Putting to one side Bill English's clear…
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Massey University's Dr Mike Joy has been awarded the inaugural Critic and Conscience of Society Award for his work on water quality in rivers and lakes. The Critic and Conscience of Society Award, sponsored by the Gama Foundation, acknowledges academic staff who provide independent, expert commentary…
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Morning Report have been doing a series of 30 minute interviews with the main politicians in the election (Shaw is up this morning). Yesterday Guyon Espiner interviewed Winston Peters. It's a stunning interview, but not in a good way. https://twitter.com/KeraSauR/status/908274040564981762 https://twitter.com/denistegg/status/908199509938733056 The Spinoff did a…
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Labour's surge under Jacinda Ardern has us all talking about Labour vs National - who's in front. This discussion seemed inconceivable just 2 months ago, and it is a sign how far Labour has come! Maybe Labour is ahead, maybe it's National, rumour is that…
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Image by: abbi PJ 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 …