Imagine for a moment that you're laying in bed, the sun slices a thin wedge through a dim curtained room. You feel its warmth on your face as it whispers of summer days filled with laughter and joy. You open your eyes only to feel…
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British PM Theresa May will meet with her cabinet overnight, our time. At the end of that meeting, she will let the long suffering public know which of five politically unpalatable Brexit options the Tories have decided is the least worst. This follows another calamitous…
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I get the faint sound of banjos duelling in the background. Because the more insane element of the gun lobby is getting ready to fight for its hard won constitutional right * to bear military style semi automatic weapons in Aotearoa New Zealand. And I…
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Our prisons have appeared in the media recently amidst reports and claims of violations to human rights. Whilst there will always be some in prison who complain that their juice isn’t served cold enough or that they didn’t get a bedtime story it would be…
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Today increases to the minimum wage and superannuation come into being. Yesterday Radio New Zealand said this: Increases in the minimum wage and superannuation kick in tomorrow, along with several measures aimed to help businesses.Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the April 1 changes are intended…
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The Standard understands from two reliable sources that Simon Bridges has applied for membership of the Labour Party. More news as it comes to hand ...