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It has been announced that the Labour-New Zealand First-Green government is going to, as a matter of urgency, repeal the Hobbit law, urgent legislation enacted by National in 2010 in a clumsy attempt to stop workers on film sites from acting collectively. I hope they…
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There's been a fair amount of talk about why James Shaw took the Statistics portfolio in negotiations with the government. While some people don't understand, I actually think it's an excellent fit, and will explain why, without resorting to parroting anyone's dad jokes about numbers…
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I keep hearing people slamming the Greens for their allegedly evil stance on 1080, so why don't we look at what their actual policy says. This was updated in June 2017, so is very recent. I suggest for people who are really interested to read…
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I wholeheartedly support the right of the people living in Catalonia to determine their own modes of governance. That shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone who's been a reader of the standard for any length of time. Neither should it come as any surprise…
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I am a New Zealander living in Norway lecturing at NTNU, Norway’s largest University. For the last few months I have been thinking about the challenges of providing free post-secondary education. Norway offers free education for all students including international students. Norway’s pays for this…
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Professor Jane Kelsey was interviewed about the TPPA on bFM last week, giving an update on where NZ is at with the agreement. Kelsey said that when Trump withdrew the US [Jan 2017] the remaining 11 countries, including NZ, then started to look at how…
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For those that missed the detail last week, here are the new government positions for the Green Party. From the Greens' website: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Green Party ministerial and undersecretary portfolios James Shaw MP on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 12:59 The Green Party is today…
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This will teach the LibNats to attack Jacinda and Labour. Deputy Prime Minister Baranaby Joyce, who had been nominated for the kiwi of the year award, has been declared ineligible to be elected to the Australian Parliament because he is a kiwi. And so his…
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Surface air and sea temperatures of today's global warming are typically compared to past global temperatures, and the comparison is then used to judge how severe current warming is. The commonly held view is that 100 million years ago, the world's oceans were about 15…
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Stuff are reporting that Jericho Station near Te Anau in Southland is being sold by Landcorp. An offer had been accepted from an overseas investor while an offer from a Southlander has been rejected even though it was only around $200,000 less. The bid is…
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Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: _____________________________________________________________ Back in May, National, ACT and United Future got together to vote down Jan Logie's Equal Pay Amendment Bill. The bill would have provided greater information and transparency around gender and pay, allowing discrimination to be uncovered and…
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If you wanted to get stuff done, who would get it done for you? I'm not going to cover them all of course, but here's a few highlights in both winners and losers. RISING Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet In this first half of…
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Spare a thought for the intellectual titan that is Steven Joyce. He is getting something of a bad rap lately ... Yesterday the High Court ruled that National's use of a piece of music for its 2014 election campaign described as being "eminem esque" was…
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Cross-posted with permission, this post is by Barrister and journalist Catriona MacLennan. _________________________________________________________________ Beneficiaries who borrow money to feed their children should have their benefits cut but those who borrow to buy shares should be entitled to benefit support, according to the Ministry of Social Development. The Auckland…
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There's been a lot of noise about how "unfair" it is to National for them to win a plurality of the party vote in this election, but not have succeeded in forming a government, necessitating some other pretty interesting smackdowns of that meme. I'm not…
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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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National's week from hell just got worse. The High Court has declared that it effectively ripped off Eminem's song Lose yourself for its 2014 campaign ad. From the start it seemed to me that National had overstepped the mark. Here is something I wrote in…
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While others step back, new faces will step forward. I'm Matthew Whitehead, and have been contributing guest posts for a while courtesy of our friend Weka, and was recently extended an invitation to contribute more directly here at the Standard, and I thought it would…
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Portfolios are listed in the left-hand column. Other responsibilities assigned by the Prime Minister are listed in the right-hand column. CABINET MINISTERS Portfolios Other responsibilities 1 Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister for National Security and Intelligence Minister for Child…
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For me, the vivid image of pigs rooting around in a trough of food is the image that comes to mind every time I hear the powerful trucking lobby group speak. Their ex-Act MP head put out a press statement yesterday, as reported by Politik's…
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This is a long post that undoubtedly contains many errors and misconception on my behalf; it is my rant against what I see as the single biggest problem of our time: capitalism. My aim is for each and all of us (realistically: some of us)…
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One of the most appalling wasteful destructive things that National did when it was in power was to invest in so called roads of national significance. They were huge boondoggles, kept the base happy, provided high quality ribbon cutting opportunities, gave the impression that the…
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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 …