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lprent: Note for confused journalists and others. This is a proposal for a policy from a Standard author for Labour to adopt. It is not a Labour policy. Hint: read our About "We write here in our personal capacities and the opinions that are expressed…
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Unions are not for everyone but just shy of half a million (488,700) or just under 20% of all paid employees belong to a union (24Q2). Over the last 8 years this percentage has increased, slowly but surely. Union membership is relatively evenly spread between…
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It is difficult to work out what is more concerning about the latest mistake committed by this Government. Is it the deeply cynicial attacks on workers' rights and conditions of work that are in breach of international labour organisations rules as well as foreign trade…
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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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Remember when Christopher Luxon told the National Party that we had a maths teaching crisis? His exact words were: Today we can tell you about shocking new data on student achievement in maths last year. Looking at kids who are about to go to high…
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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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Shane Jones has been getting into the news recently after his comment that High Court Judge Cheryl Gwyn was a communist made at a private meeting was revealed in the media. Yes Judge Cheryl Gwyn has some historical links to the far left. Back in…
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This article is a repost from the Mountain Tui substack. Today, RNZ revealed that despite MFAT advice to Nicola Willis to be very "careful and deliberate" in her communications with the South Korean government, prior to any public announcement on cancelling Kiwirail's i-Rex, Willis instead…
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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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The year is 2035. After a successful three term Kieran McAnaulty-Carmel Sepuloni joint Prime Ministership which started in 2026 after the last National Government imploded, National, this time led by Simeon Brown, regain power. The last Labour Government may have eradicated child poverty and homelessness,…
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Yes, Labour can restore its woeful tax position. In 2019, at the height of her popularity and despite her campaigning on it for over three years, Labour’s Jacinda Ardern ruled out the capital gains tax that her own tax advisory group had just recommended. This…
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This is going to take some explaining. The police have decided to take no action against National MP David MacLeod for failing to declare $178,394 in electoral donations. No this is not an Onion headline. From Jo Moir at Radio New Zealand: Police have decided…
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Today marks the day 50 years ago when former Labour Prime Minister Norm Kirk died. The following is an email sent by Labour President Jill Day to mark the occasion. "Today, Saturday 31 August, mark exactly 50 years since one of the saddest days in…
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Gerard Otto recently posted on his Facebook page an account of a Labour Party meeting, held on Waiheke, in which David Parker discussed taxation and ways in which Labour might address growing income inequality in New Zealand. That post has been taken up subsequently in…
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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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Reposted from Mountain Tui Substack post One of the things that has got me interested recently is updates about Māori wards. In April, Stuff’s Karanama Ruru reported that ~ 2/3 of our 78 councils had adopted Māori wards in NZ. That meant that under the…
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Here are some snippets from Wednesday's Parliamentary sitting. I thought others might find some clips of interest. Kieran McNulty urges the Government to tell Kiwis the truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-WQOfJmDYI Louise Upton fires up after being called "heartless" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWBGl-VGybc Casey Costello gaslights the opposition yet again, daring…
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