If you want to understand the Greens, listen to them in their own words. Chloe Swarbrick's press conference: Video here, starts at 10m 30, 7 minutes then press questions. She's not holding back and it's well worth listening to the press Q&A. Lots of very…
Respects to the falling of the Rt Hon Jonathan Hunt. Jonathan Hunt emerged from being a History, English and Latin teacher at Kelston Boys High School, then went pretty much into being selected as the New Lynn Labour candidate and romped home. Back in that…
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in a war over Taiwan" is the title of an Atlantic Council paper produced last September. They mean nuclear weapons use. These are serious people; Undersecretary Bonnie Jenkins addressed them last year about AUKUS. The Atlantic Council paper's conclusion is specific: The United States might…
How do we prevent the decline of broadcast tv news being a deep wound to our democracy? The 2024 collapse of TV3 news, a rapid contraction in TV1 journalism, and the sustained decline of print newspaper news, underscores how much our entire political order relies…
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The Atlas aligned Taxpayer's Union has released its latest Curia poll results. I always have a certain sense of incredulity when reading Curia's poll results. Like the last one which suggested that Act's racist anti Treaty campaign had resulted in a surge of support. I…
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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 …
Cross posted from Te Whare Whero Dear Judge Glubb, Let me say at the outset that I am against sending people to prison unless there are compelling reasons for doing so. I would much rather New Zealand's judges did not use remand and custodial sentences 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 …
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 …
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 …
Three months ago Nicola Willis was talking about fiscal cliffs. These were areas of activity which the previous Government had funded but not into the distant future. She presented it as some sort of conspiracy to not continue with beneficial activities when the reality is…
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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 …
The New Zealand media sector has been in turmoil during the past week. Warner Bros Discovery is consulting with workers about the total shutdown of its media wing Newshub. You would think that leaving such a big hole in the country's media infrastructure would require…
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