Seven of New Zealand's most prominent environmental organisations have written an open letter to the leaders of the four largest political parties, thanking them and reminding them that the electorate now has high expectations of whoever forms government to work seriously on climate, water and…
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The Nats are desperate to make big concessions for a coalition with the Greens. The establishment is lining up in The Herald to beg for this to happen. So - Nats will strengthen environmental and social policies in order to cling to power - but…
I just listened to Bill English being interviewed on Radio New Zealand. He disclosed that he had rang Winston Peters personally on the weekend but that Peters had not returned his call. He also talked around and then gave a really weak response to the…
This Guest Post is by The Standard regular commenter Incognito. __________________________________________________________________________ This post is about the Green Party, mainly ... (1) It is written in a state of puzzlement by opinions I have read from both Left and Right. Opinions that suggest or strongly argue…
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