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I know here at the Standard we often chip at the Herald. Any publication that regularly promotes Mike Hosking deserves it. But occasionally the Herald produces outstanding journalism. And when it does we should acknowledge this and praise the Herald. It has some outstanding writers.…
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Prime Minister Ardern is due to give a big speech today. I'll put the text link up as soon as it's available. In the Prime Minister's view it will provide a "reset" to the coalition. Hopefully it's stirring, substantive, and convincing. Plenty of government supporters…
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This column from Ros Wynne Jones in the Daily Mirror deserves linking to and repeating. It is that damn good. It is about the response in the UK to the global financial crisis and details how they missed a chance to put through proper reform…
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The UK government just couldn't help itself, could it? Faced with the possibility of scoring some points against Russia, well....grab that there opportunity with both hands and to hell with everything else, right? I said a while back, and I'll reiterate. The likely courier of…
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North Carolina is currently battening down getting ready for Hurricane Florence to strike. The Hurricane is not huge, there is a larger hurricane approaching the Philippines right now. But hurricanes do not normally go so far north. And North Carolina is particularly poorly placed to…
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The National Party and their paid stooges have been promoting the narrative that NZ First is the party that's really in control of the new government. That's bollocks. What's actually happening is that we have an MMP Government that is functioning in exactly the way…
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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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Fonterra’s $196 million loss for the June year - the first loss in the co-op’s 17-year history and a staggering reversal of last year’s $745m profit - failed to seriously dent the remuneration of its former CEO Theo Spierings. Spierings has retained the same out-sized…
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Fonterra has just reported an after tax loss of $196 million for the 2018 year. It’s never had an annual loss in its history. The new Chief blames optimistic forecasting, high butter prices impacting sales and margins, and increase in the forecast farmgate milk price,…
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He has form for this sort of behaviour. But his sensitivity about the class action concerning the use of sub standard steel in Christchurch is a major cause of concern. And his decision to ring a junior lawyer working at the law firm bringing the…
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I half thought about doing a post on the overthrow of the Allende government in Chile in 1973 - the coup that arguably marked the beginning of the end for social democratic priorities of governments across the English speaking world, and the resurgence of liberal…
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Past New Zealander of the year Ray Avery has complained to Netsafe about Newsroom's coverage of his charity. Andrew Geddis at Spinoff describes the background: In a series of articles, Newsroom has raised doubts over some of Avery’s widely praised past and promised contributions to…
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The next time you are subject to news that business confidence is declining question the validity of the survey. This is the only response possible after news that Business NZ has run a faulty poll. From John Anthony at Stuff: A business confidence survey conducted…
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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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Ten years ago this week massive financial businesses in the United States started collapsing. In New Zealand, the Global Financial Crisis was a short term catastrophe that caused many people to lose their jobs, trade to fall, business confidence to plummet, and real fear that…
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There is an interesting article in the Herald this morning where Green MP Golriz Ghahraman responds to questions put by Jennifer Dann and is asked about the online treatment that she has received in the past 12 months. It is clear that some on the…
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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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It is te wiki o te Reo Māori or Maori language week. Make sure that you use te Reo Māori as much as possible. Te Reo Māori is of course one of our country's treasures. As the Waitangi Tribunal said in one of its most important…
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While the Democrats and their fellow travelers go off tilting at some "Made in Russia" affairs, Donald Trump found himself some real live windmills to tilt at. Big ones too. In fact, the biggest and most powerful in the world, of course - what with…
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Jimmy Dore has amplified a piece published in The Intercept from four days ago about Nancy Pelosi’s intention to have any future Democrat President bound by “pay go” legislation. In New Zealand political parlance, it’s a commitment to “fiscal responsibility”. All new spending will have…
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Any caring, loving, and protective mother wants best for her child and nurtures them in the best way she knows and can. Let’s say, for argument’s sake, this means to feed the baby breastmilk. However, there comes a time when the child needs to be…
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