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The obvious politics first. Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court decision in 1973 that prevented state and federal law from restricting or removing access to abortion services, has now been overturned. From the Guardian explainer The supreme court just overturned Roe v Wade –…
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Over in the UK industrial action by the Rail Maritime and Transport Union is attracting attention. And the RMTU head, Mick Lynch, is proving to be a media sensation. His clear and direct means of communication is laying to waste all of the carefully scripted…
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Plenty of experts will tell you about what Matariki ‘means to us’. Here’s what it means to Ardern. Prime Minister Ardern is the set piece queen. When there are highly concentrated media moments, she and her staff are the best I’ve seen here at commanding…
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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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The country is in the middle of a wave of influenza that is putting significant strain on the health system. And Covid has not gone away. Numbers continue to be stubbornly high. National are focussing their attacks on this. Chris Luxon was interviewed this morning…
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Not content to stay in the North Atlantic, a NATO conference in Madrid is shortly about to reveal its next ten-year plan to contain China. Jacinda Ardern will be there, who knows why. Are we nailing our colours to a flag at half-mast? Politik's Monday…
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It’s pretty commonplace now to observe that Prime Minister Ardern is doing well overseas but tanking at home. That's now a commonplace problem of many stronger democracies worldwide to look great as leaders on tv or Facebook but be increasingly unloved by their citizens. Democratisation…
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The Curia poll investigating Aucklanders preferences for the next Mayor has caused a bit of a splash. The published results suggested that Leo Molloy and Efeso Collins were level pegging and that Viv Beck and Wayne Brown were close behind. And various media outlets picked up…
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What started out as an ego driven campaign is now developing into full blown Trumism as Leo Molloy thrashes around attempting to court attention in the belief, Trump like, that it will convert into political support. From Toby Manhire at the Spinoff: At a launch…
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OMG diesel just hit $3 a litre in Auckland. 91 Petrol is over $3.15. Anyone wants to figure where inflation gets its rocket fuel from, start there. Add RUC. Every part of our energy-dense life from plastic to tarmac to food to clothes to building…
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This has been one of the quietest by elections I have ever witnessed. Normally by elections are rather dramatic things with quirks and strange events. This one has none of those features despite a host of fringe and weird candidates. They almost inevitably go against…
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RNZ's "The Detail" asked are New Zealand's sanctions against Russia working? They aren't, but one detail we learnt that MFAT has 100 staff members assigned to sorting out their complications!! Our sanctions are minor pinpricks and will have absolutely no impact on Russia. Their full…
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This week National and Christopher Luxon have been talking publicly about which human rights they could trash for gang members. Generally Luxon is pretty good at delivering the same old cliches time and time again. But every time he strays into slightly more specific comments…
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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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In late May this year Auckland Council determined that it would sell the Henderson Valley Film Studios. Relax. Auckland Council is trying to dig itself out of an enormous COVID-related financial hole, and anything not delivering immediate core outcomes is priced up. That’s not the…