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Open mike 08/07/2023
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Daily review 07/07/2023
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Open mike 07/07/2023
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Rules-based cricket disorder
"It isn't cricket" supposedly set the ethical standard around the British Empire for over a century. Last week saw Lords, the 'home of cricket,' validate a damning report about racism, elitism, classism and sexism in British cricket just days after it was issued. The facts…
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Daily review 06/07/2023
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Open mike 06/07/2023
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Daily review 05/07/2023
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The Mind of Xi Jinping
An excellent interview with a well-connected American who would like to see the US and China work together, and knows Xi Jinping well, provides some real insight as to why he is a serious leader. Interviewed today by Richard Harman, Tim Groser backs it up.…
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New curriculum: science to be taught in the context of the great challenges of our time
The Ministry of Education has asked for some initial feedback from teachers on a new draft of the science curriculum. From RNZ, ... science would be taught through five contexts - the Earth system, biodiversity, food, energy and water, infectious diseases and "at the cutting…
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Open mike 05/07/2023
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Daily review 04/07/2023
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Open mike 04/07/2023
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Daily review 03/07/2023
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The Green Party’s Pledge to Renters
It's such a delight watching the Greens roll out progressive, left wing, green policy in election year. A fortnight ago they released their Ending Poverty Together plan, a suite of interconnected social security and tax policies with the bold-as-fuck goal of lifting all New Zealanders…
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Twitter and commenting on The Standard
Yesterday Twitter started limiting the number of tweets people with accounts can read. Once they reach that limit all tweets and twitter functions are blocked (including Direct Messages). This is because Twitter are having some technical problems and need to limit load on the site…
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Open mike 03/07/2023
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The very Kafkaesque attack on Kiritapu Allan
Franz Kafka was a 20th century writer who wrote about individuals finding themselves in surrealistic predicaments and being subject to incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The word Kafkaesque has been used to describe "bizarre and impersonal administrative situations where the individual feels powerless to understand or control…
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The Women’s Rights Party
People who follow my politics on The Standard will know that I favour strategic voting over voting for the people one ‘likes’ or whether a party is a good cultural fit. While I am a supporter of the Green Party, I primarily vote for them…
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Open mike 02/07/2023
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Open mike 01/07/2023
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Daily review 30/06/2023
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Greens release rental stories collection
Green Party press release 27/6/23 __________________________________________________________________________ The Green Party has today released a collection of stories showing how dire the rental situation is in Aotearoa. “We put the call out for renters’ voices nearly a month ago and have been overwhelmed with the response. Far,…
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Open mike 30/06/2023
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Daily review 29/06/2023
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Open mike 29/06/2023
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Daily review 28/06/2023
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Proper Race Politics In Your Face
Two items in my letterbox caught my attention, on quite opposing sides of the legitimacy of the Treaty of Waitangi. The first was an invitation: You’re invited! To hear Julian Batchelor, the author of this booklet, give an eye opening and inspiring public lecture on…
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Christopher Luxon struggles in Parliament. There is the need to think on your feet, be precise, and make incisive comments on important issues. Luxon has none of these skills. He has spent too long being the king pin where underlings have to decipher the crap…
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Climate: where we are heading
The United Nations University has released a sixteen minute film featuring world leading climate scientist and carbon budget specialist Professor Kevin Anderson talking about the utter catastrophe we are heading for if we don't take radical action on climate now. This isn't fringe thinking, it's…
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Open mike 28/06/2023
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