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I've been wanting to write about sustainability for a while, taking a deepish dive into what it is, why it's important, and how the mainstream is moving in the right direction but still allowing neoliberalism to co-opt and undermine it (aka greenwashing). Sustainability is meaningful…
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I'd thought I'd take a moment to celebrate the life of John Edgar, who passed away a few days ago. Some will remember John primarily as an artist. He developed painstakingly accurate cutting techniques for fitting parallel pieces of stone and glass into tight geometric…
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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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This is a desperately difficult issue. India is currently experiencing a surge in Covid cases. Per head of population the number is not huge. But Mumbai, where a significant number of returning kiwis transit through is a hot spot. And the number of infected people…
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Judith Collins has more reasons to be worried. There is a rumour of a Simon Bridges-Chris Luxon leadership ticket potentially having a run for the leadership of the National Party. In this paywalled article Claire Trevett in the Herald reports that there is talk about…
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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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Media has been awash with discussion about Mike Hosking's recent interaction with Jacinda Ardern. She was invited onto his show, agreed to appear, was grilled on isolation facility beds, and gave responses. End of story you would think. But NZME then constructed a story out…
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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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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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Kiri Allan has announced that she is suffering from stage three cervical cancer. It says so much about her character that on the day she had ultrasound tests was the day that she fronted the media to guide the country through the threat posed by…
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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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An announcement on the Trans Tasman bubble is expected this afternoon. From Radio New Zealand: The government will today announce when the country will begin a long anticipated trans-Tasman bubble with Australia. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make the announcement this afternoon, after meeting with…
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Possibly the greatest grifter the world have ever seen has been caught out involved in the most spectacular grift you can imagine. Basically his campaign team sucked in a whole lot of republican voters by asking for urgent donations but then treating them as regular…
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I know I should not take the bait but occasionally I bite at the Herald’s click bait masquerading as opinion pieces. One recent example was this dumpster fire of an opinion piece by Merchant Banker Troy Bowker. He is the Executive director of Caniwi Capital,…
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