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I am not sure that there was anyone, apart from John Tamihere, who were publicly predicting that Te Pāti Māori would pick up six seats. So what happened? The final results clearly indicate that there was a great deal of strategic voting taking place. Labour's…
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Press Release from Christine Rose at Greenpeace 1/11/23 _______________________________________________________________ Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon to commit to real climate action, as reports reveal New Zealand is now at risk of not meeting its Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets. “It’s not enough…
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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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National loses 2 electorate seats to Labour, Nelson by 29 votes and Te Atatu by 131 votes. National will probably pick up Port Waikato in the by-election. Te Pāti Māori picked up two electorate seats from Labour which means that parliament will have a 2…
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Today we will get the final election counts. It will now include the estimated special declaration vote of 567,000 (20.2% of the vote) to count including and estimated 80,000 overseas and dictation votes. This can change the precise balance in parliament and in electorate seats…
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Now that the dust is settling it is time for the Labour Party to think about its future. The last election result was a disaster. Special votes due today may get the left a few electorate seats and another seat in total but Labour looked…
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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 2021, I voted against Labour's conference proposal for midstream leadership change to be determined by Caucus alone, saying that it risked Labour becoming a cadre party. A friend liked what I said, but thought few would understand what I meant. A series of posts…
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There is no "just transition" occurring on New Zealand's west coast and there should be. Blackball was in many senses the start of the labour movement in New Zealand, with the big 1908 miners strike going for 10 weeks making it the longest in New…
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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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Bryce Edwards has posted this article suggesting that the country needs more working class in Parliament. At one level I could not agree more. There are far too many wealthy people in Parliament and most of them are interested only in maintaining and improving their…
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