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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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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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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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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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Yesterday Statistics New Zealand dealt a rather large blow to National's election chances when it announced that the latest rate of inflation was 6.7%, a significant drop below the previous rate. You could hear the fear in Nicola Willis's voice on Radio New Zealand this…
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So National has yet another candidate problem. His name is Stephen Jack and he clearly has difficulties in negotiating reality. He was selected as National's Taieri candidate yet clearly thought that he he had a chance of being an MP and lamented the fact that…
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In case we just missed it, New Zealand really has picked a side. Prime Minister Hipkins will in May head to London for the coronation of King Charles III, and then it’s on to the NATO summit in Lithuania together with Australia, Japan and South…
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