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I'm in two minds about the proposed name change for the Super Rugby franchise the Canterbury Crusaders. On one hand, it seems like a reasonable and considered response to the Mosque tragedies. On the other hand, it should never have been the name in the…
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This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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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 … (Mort says: hard week, it's friday, time to…
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Growing up, I always believed that Anzac Day was far more than a memorial service honouring the brave men that fought and died at Gallipoli. Thanks to my Grandad, it encompassed a broader meaning - one of a shared vision, putting aside differences and…
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The phrase "no collusion" has been resonating loudly in the USA during the past fortnight. And liberals are upset. We had hoped that following the release of the Mueller Report tall men in dark suits wearing sun glasses and having FBI badges would turn up…
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In the UK a trial has just finished where a neo nazi conspired with others to kill his local MP who happened to be a female Labour MP. Hope not Hate was behind the protection of a member of the neo nazi's gang who turned…
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Press release from the Child Poverty Action Group Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is pleased to see Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) has been able to produce some sound baselines against which the Government can measure its progress in reducing Child Poverty. As CPAG has…
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This is David. He is a Member of Parliament only because National lets him be one. After something really bad happened and everyone wanted to change the law except for a small group of military style semi automatic weapon gun nuts David decided to support…
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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 ...
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