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greens.org.nz press release Bill to ban mining on conservation land pulled from biscuit tin 2 minutes Following months of work by the Green Party and community and environmental organisations, Parliament will have the opportunity to pass legislation to protect public conservation land and waters from…
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I am going to exercise my author's privilege and plagiarise this post that I wrote in 2018 which is still relevant. The three strikes legislation, the brainchild of dead baby identity stealing former ACT MP David Garrett, is no more. The legislation was a sports slogan…
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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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Allegations of inappropriate behaviour being made public always run a risk. Sometimes they reflect a one off episode of bad behaviour. There is nothing better to deal with this than a serious attempt at atonement unaffected by calculations of personal interest. Other times they are…
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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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Crises that profoundly test a small developed state like New Zealand have required huge growth in state strength and policy power. But was it the change we needed? In April 2020 few knew how deep the COVID crisis would go. Would it liquidate our jobs,…
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I wrote a post with the same heading just over a year ago. To be frank I could not believe our (lefties) luck. National kept selecting these weird candidates, mostly male Alpha sorts who kept on screwing up badly. Who can forget the following: Richard…
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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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Chris Bishop has recently accused Labour of engaging in dirty politics. Because, and I am being careful to describe this accurately, Labour has poked fun at National's problems with presenting a coherent position on tax. He should read up about New Zealand's recent history which…
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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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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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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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I can see this being a regular post. And it does appear that Christopher Luxon's honeymoon is well and truly over and many Kiwis are realising that he is lacking in substance. And it seems lately that every time he opens his mouth it is…
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The Government's Climate Adaption Plan was released yesterday. It is a complex report that traverses what we are going to do to respond to the threats of climate change. The comments in the report are general. As is the analysis of the threats posed by…
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Guest Post by Harriet. Transphobes or whistleblowers? Two months before the closure of the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in the UK, registrations opened for a conference in Aotearoa, “Children, Adolescents and Gender, Impacts of Transgender Ideology”. The announcement that a group of Child…
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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 recently released Ipsos poll was heartening, New Zealanders’ Attitudes & Behaviours Towards Climate Change 2022 (PDF). Conducted in late May, it asked questions about climate change in the context of the global situation, Over two thirds of people globally are concerned about the impacts…
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Remember when National's Chris Bishop thought that Labour was not being staunch enough of mandates? I do. From Newstalk in October last year: National says the Government needs to move urgently to make vaccination mandatory in more frontline roles. Cabinet ministers are due to discuss…
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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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The latest attempt to construct a sensible political donations regime will likely again prove to be full of holes. Going back to basics would be much better. The good news is that the basics were comprehensively assessed 36 years ago by the 1986 Royal Commission…
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