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Meka Whaitiri has quit Labour and confirmed that she will stand for the Maori Party in this year's election. She intends to stay on as an MP and sit with the Maori Party. This is quite a coup by the Maori Party. John Tamihere's aide…
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Recent days have provided a further example of why Aotearoa's response to climate change has been compromised by politics. Labour's clean car discount policy, where purchasers of gas guzzlers subsidise the purchasers of fuel efficient and electric vehicles has been an outstanding success. It has…
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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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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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Judging by recent events we are in for a hell of a year. Yesterday I posted about National's redidential tenancy policy. I could not believe the degree of spin applied to their language, especially when their claims of landlords leaving the rental market en masse…
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Back in 2008 when John Key was seeking power National's policy mix was very middle of the road. They tried to look like Labour lite but also offering a tax cut. The policy worked and it took the country a while to realise that they…
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Keep it seemly.
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I’ve worked my way through two books recently, both on extremist sects, one about New Zealand groups and one about those in the United States of America. It’s startling. The New Zealand book is by Byron C. Clark called Fear: New Zealand’s Hostile World Of…
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This government has within its power the ability to alter the crippling cost of living increases we now face. If they don’t do the political job they can do with prices, they will lose power at the election. New Zealand has one of the most…
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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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David Parker is one of the most important members of this Government and one of the most influential. The current Government has said that it will not implement a full Capital Gains tax although it did implement an extension to the bright line tax for…
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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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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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Andrew Little says our government is willing to “explore” participating in AUKUS Pillar 2, but “foreign or local voices would not be a factor.” Our leaders will decide he says. I say “taihoa.” It is deeply ironic that we have a national holiday, ANZAC Day,…
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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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We're trying something new, an intermittent post called Debate of the Day, that presents an idea or current event as a starting point for discussion and debate. Same rules apply as elsewhere on The Standard. Bring your best game, share your thinking, with humour or…
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Rupert Murdoch and his family have had a very bad week. They settled the claim by payment of $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems which, given Dominion is worth maybe as much as $226 million is a pretty hefty pay out. Dominions owners and lawyers…
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I’ve been talking with other feminists lately about the patriarchy and how, in order to dismantle it, we have to know what it is: its structure, purpose and intent. Part of this means acknowledging that the gains women are making have made under patriarchy’s current form, neoliberal…
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Right wing twitter thought it was onto something big yesterday after there were revelations that Human Rights Commissioner Meng Foon had donated funds and cheap premises to Kiri Allan's election campaign in 2020. Their belief that Foon was politically biased now had solid evidence in…
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