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It was the line of the debate: Bill English 'discovered poverty last week' - Jacinda Ardern Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has heavily criticised National's Bill English's response to poverty, accusing him of only recently putting it on his agenda. In the final TVNZ Leaders Debate,…
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Daily review is also your post. Also for discussion of tonight's poll and the last Ardern English debate on TVNZ 1 at 7pm.
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The organisation Federated Farmers continued their fear campaign today in a Herald editorial. Their anonymous spokesman made their demand that "Farmers should know they are still appreciated". Of course, in the Federated Farmers usual style, their unsophisticated propaganda managed to avoid actually discussing the underlying…
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Have to say that normally my eyes would glaze over at the term 'fiscal plan'. But listening to Shaw's speech on this, I was drawn into a compelling story of why the Greens should have a large influence in the economic management of NZ by…
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Way back whenever this election campaign began, I said the election, at least for those on the left or progressive side of politics, was far more about The Greens and NZF than it was about National and NZ Labour. And so yesterday I threw my…
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I voted yesterday. The electorate vote was simple. Dunedin North - Labour's David Clark is a great MP and a lovely guy, very easy to vote for! I struggled with the party vote. I happen to be a Labour Party member, but that's mainly a…
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Gower on the Nats and their lies - Patrick Gower: National guilty of biggest campaign lie My verdict is in: National is guilty of the biggest campaign lie. It has been deliberately spreading misinformation that "Labour is raising income tax". This is not true. But…
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Stunningly depressing piece by Kirsty Johnston in The Herald yesterday - Number of New Zealand children hospitalised with malnutrition doubles as food costs bite Malnutrition is putting twice as many kids in hospital compared with 10 years ago, as food prices continue to bite into…
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The Climate Debate organised by the WWF. We know it’s 100% possible to unlock a safe climate future for all New Zealanders. Climate action is bigger than politics – but it’s election season right now. Will political parties come together to set a course for a 100%…
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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 … Graphic courtesy of the outstanding @nzsaysfun
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Deliberately pitting Kiwis against Kiwis so he can retain power may be his worst action so far. Worse than engaging lawyers and accountants to rort $900 a week. Worse than deliberately lying about the "hole" when he ran zero budgets himself in 2014 and 2015…
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Ignore deny ignore deny ignore deny crisis! Rinse and repeat. Herald graphic.
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TOP released its Youth to Adult Unconditional Basic Income policy a while back. It aims to give every 18 - 23 yr old $200/wk and for that income to be unconditional. You don't have to apply, and you can spend it on what you want,…
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We've been neglecting team WMBAD recently (sorry!) - but they're out there doing great work. Great work like explaining why everyone should get on out there and vote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-O4h7oByT8
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Gordon Campbell on Werewolf sets out ten reasons not to vote National: Ten Reasons For Not Voting National Three more years of business as usual is the real risk. by Gordon Campbell ...the last time Labour was in power it ran eight straight years of…
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James Shaw said at the policy launch that over half of New Zealanders rent and deserve the same standard of housing as owners. So the Greens have a bold addition to their housing policies. From the press release, Greens announce plan to make every house…
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I finally had some time to delve into recent statistics for the site. Apart from the usual election year rise of the readership, the demographics have been moving a lot. The most noticeable statistic in the recent months has been to do with gender. Google…
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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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Note: I had a look last night and this morning and could find very little in the MSM about the environmental impact of the spill. Morning Report interviewed the CEO of Refining NZ, who said that the regional council were satisfied with the initial recovery.…
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The farmers' protest in Morrinsville today unfortunately shows that we have made no progress in the 15 years since Bill English attacked the wrong PM with his "mad cow" insult. Meanwhile the effects of climate change have got worse, our options for dealing with it…
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I see that David Farrar, the National parties favourite polling poodle, is trying to spin up the old line about politicians not being business people. He is a blithering idiot. As a died in the wool private sector advocate who only works in the private…
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The irony election just went into overdrive. https://twitter.com/sonyapryr/status/909369907644555264 https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/909281656980127745 Peak Oil theory is an analysis of the relationship between the peak in fossil fuel production, time, energy returned on energy invested, and the global economy. It's not about running out of oil reserves in the…
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This has been a strange election campaign, unlike any I can think of. Four weeks ago it was meant to be a walk in the park for National. A coronation of Prime Minister Bill English as he swept all aside. And Labour in disarray. But…
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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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