Morgan Godfery is the writer of the excellent Maui Street blog which gave a real inside view into Maori politics. He has resurrected the blog and made it subscriber based. For the modest amount of $60 per year his analysis will go straight to your…
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Most people will know that Labour MP Dame Hodge called Jeremy Corbyn a "fucking antisemite and racist" to his face. Most people will also know that the Labour Party dropped disciplinary proceedings against her, and will also know that the Labour Party is under an…
Tracy Watkins at Stuff has provided an interesting review on Simon Bridges' handling of the leaked information about his travel and work expenses. It has been a weird story to dominate politics this week and you have to wonder about National's handling of it. I…
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Graphic borrowed from @LabourMemes. 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 …
Can’t see this Waimea Dam proceeding. This is the last dam project still going with state funding support, since it was underway when the government changed last year. Crown Irrigation Investments Ltd has lent it over $22m via Tasman District Council. They are also offering…
Soul diva Aretha Franklin has died aged 76. Amongst the many takes about her life and about her death Barack Obama possibly had the best. From the Guardian: “American history wells up when Aretha sings,” former US president Barack Obama said of her performance of…
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If she is I can't say I have ever noticed her at a meeting of the People's Republic of Aotearoa Tamaki Makaurau branch (this will get the right googling furiously). But Matthew Hooton, the person that (Red) Radio New Zealand trusts to comment on how…
The Building Nations event hosted by Infrastructure New Zealand, held in Auckland is happening on Thursday and Friday this week. Here's the agenda. It was sold out months ago, at $2,000+ per head. It's the peak event for construction and infrastructure funders including banks, global…
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It’s time we paid attention to RCEP, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. RPTPP was tough; this is even tougher. It’s a proposed trade agreement between Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.…
We have been contacted by concerned elements from within the National Party to provide urgent advice on the handling of a media crisis. Our bill has already been paid and we are happy to provide comment free of further charge. We note that over the…
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Guest post from Tony Veitch (not etc.) So what happens now? What happens when the understanding, the awareness, finally filters down and enters the minds of the sheeple that we humans have done irreparable damage to our only home, Planet Earth? Whether in eight years, as…
A Guest Post from regular contributor Adrian Thornton: After listening to this Sunday's excellent Mediawatch piece ‘Stormy Daniels vs Yemen: No contest’ I was moved to send the crew at Radio NZ's Sunday Morning show a few excepts from an email exchange I had…
Last night Newshub published figures showing that Simon Bridges had during his tour of the country spent quite a bit of money on hotels and limos. It was bread and butter click bait stuff. The left complained about the cost and the right, well they…
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Simon Bridges, the current National Party leader, has been been found with his snout deep in the taxpayer's trough. He's pissed away more than $100,000 in just the last three months, taking an extended holiday around NZ on what he cynically calls a 'road show'.…
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ACT is doing a rebrand. Here at the Standard we thought we should provide a fraternal helping hand and provide suggestions for what their new name should be. Please keep your suggestions pithy and err on this side of the law of defamation.
David Seymour is clearly searching for relevance. The ACT party had its annual conference last weekend. From the look of the video there might have been 30 people there. I have been to bigger meetings of the New Lynn Labour Party. It seems that ACT…
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