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Yesterday National's social media team sent out this tweet: https://twitter.com/NZNationalParty/status/1066836558139994112 It received a number of tweets and likes and comments. I thought it was strange. It said on the face of it that National would repeal the bright line test tax that it imposed in…
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BLiP used to have this very popular regular post where he listed porkies that John Key had said over the years. A few of them involved tax. National promised that New Zealanders could wave goodbye to higher taxes before the 2008 election and then imposed…
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It's high time this government woke up to the intelligence gathering capacity and ambition of China in New Zealand. If we have a counter-espionage capacity of the New Zealand state, it's time it was put to work. Charles Sturt University academic Clive Hamilton made a…
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Ho ho ho and ‘tis the season to be jolly. The latest piece of click bait social media is the unfortunate tale of a poor Santa Claus provider who apparently lost his contract because he thought the suggestion that there could be a female Santa…
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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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Over the past two weeks the New Zealand LGBTQIA+ and takatāpui communities have had one of the most divisive and difficult conversations of our time played out very publicly. At the centre of the media coverage is the decision by the Auckland Pride Board to…
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The strange case involving Professor Anne Marie Brady and the apparently politically inspired burglaries of her home and office and the allegation of tampering with her car received further coverage by Matt Nippert in the Herald this morning. Police investigations are continuing. As detailed by…
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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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According to The Guardian, which is promising (if ‘promising’ is the right word) to run a six month “investigative series” on populism, Jeremy Corbyn and UK Labour aren’t a part of the picture. Which is odd given that The Guardian is working from the definition…
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The government has just announced the creation of the most massive and powerful housing and land development agency that we have ever seen. The Housing and Urban Development Authority will have cut-through powers to build quality state and affordable homes and create thriving master-planned communities.…
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What does National do? Stick with Simon Bridges who is dying on his feet and appears to be incapable of bringing things around. Or switch leaders? Like to Amy Adams who is part of Canterbury's landed gentry and the recipient of central government largesse. And…
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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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What is it with National and grandiose claims of billion dollar deficits? During the past election Steven Joyce claimed infamously that there was a $11.5 billion deficit in Labour's budget numbers. No one, including all the country's leading economists, could find it. But this did…
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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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Actual press release from the Trump White House. The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq’s fragile attempt at democracy, supporting the terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon, propping up dictator…
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National is keenly looking for someone to stand in the next Super City elections as the Mayoral candidate for the right. Someone who is well known, a household name. Someone who occupies a senior position in the party. Someone can relate to Auckland's ethnic and…
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Harry Leslie Smith, the conscience of modern Britain, is seriously ill in a Canadian hospital. Harry was visiting his son Canadian resident son John, who has been by his father's side since the 95 year took ill. John has been regularly updating Harry's twitter feed…
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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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Auckland Council wishes to conduct a trial of online voting at next year’s local government elections and the local boards are being asked to comment. People that know me will be aware that I am a somewhat self confessed technophile. I have owned a computer…
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China certainly has interfered in New Zealand politics, most notably by the offer of a free trade deal which delivered huge benefits to our economy. Party and government officials all stressed to us that they were grateful for New Zealand's support for their accession to…
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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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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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The media must feel like this is becoming a daily event, where they beat up on Simon Bridges because of the crazy things he says ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GW0Vnr9Yc The latest episode includes his brazen claim that the increases in rentals are all Labour's fault because of…
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