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Yesterday, reports came out that the average salary for David Seymour's new Ministry of Regulation was $154,000. That far surpasses the public sector median salary of $82,000. His Ministry received funding of ~$80mn in the last budget and 91 staff - including from existing teams…
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When I was a Waitakere City Councillor I had the misfortune of occasionally attending the same meetings with then Auckland Mayor John Banks. It did not matter what the meeting was about, regional transport, environment, libraries or sport he always gave the same speech. He…
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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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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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It gets rather depressing reading the statistics on National's induced recession as they steadily push New Zealand into stagflation. The Reserve Bank's previously unsignaled OCR decision last week wasn't a hopeful sign. Rather than sticking to their planned reductions over the next couple of years,…
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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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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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All the major parties bar one headed yesterday to Ngaruwahia to visit Kīngi Tūheitia for the annual celebration of his coronation. In speaking about Act's proposed Treaty Principles Bill both Christopher Luxon and Shane Jones were as definite as could be hoped for. They both…
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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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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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Last week Dr Lester Levy, Health NZ Commissioner, ended a talk by invoking Winston Churchill and asking the audience to pray for him: If you just wonder how you do this job, I am reminded of what Winston Churchill said. If you really want to…
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It is well time the Prime Minister set out how it is in our interests to move against China by buying into AUKUS. For decades, China has moved methodically to dominate in ever more global product categories from toys and clothing in the 1980s to…
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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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By Elliot Crossan - Cross-posted from post at System Change It is a painful experience, to have fought long and hard for something you knew was inadequate and to have even that taken away. This whiplash is being felt by activists across Aotearoa, some of…
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We are entering into unchartered waters. The Waitangi Tribunal has in a scathing interim report slammed Act's Treaty Principles Bill. This paragraph from the letter of transmission addressed directly to the Cabinet is possibly unprecedented. From the Judgment: With respect to the Treaty Principles Bill…
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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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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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This is an excerpt from Mountain Tui's Substack. David Farrar, a co-founder of Taxpayers Union, who he remains in lock-step with, has “resigned” his research firm, Curia, from The Research Association of New Zealand (RANZ). For those of you who don’t know, RANZ is NZ’s…
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It is a time when you wish that Ipredict was still around. Who will be the next Ministerial scalp? Will it be Nicole McKee who is attempting to smash through changes to the Arms law to allow really dangerous guns back and who refused to…
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This an edited excerpt from Mountain Tui: "Lester Levy asks audience to pray for him as he says Health NZ needs painful, significant changes" Two days ago, at an Atlas Network New Zealand Initiative Health Conference, Lester Levy gave a keynote speech. In his capacity…
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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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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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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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This is a partial excerpt from Mountain Tui's substack post - "Despair is free. So is a a smile" Job seekers cost 2.5% of Crown Revenue, Superannuation costs 15% It’s easy to chat about how Luxon is a bit of an out-of-his-depth tosser, and how…
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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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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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This is an excerpt from Mountain Tui's substack post National’s beneficiary sanctions announcement wasn’t really new news. Most of it was announced as part of National’s pre-election suite. In September 2023, Stuff headlined the traffic light system with: Advocates see trouble with National's 'traffic light'…
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Something strange has happened in Aotearoa New Zealand since National won power last October. The unemployment rate has increased from 3.9% to 4.6%. Over the past year the number of people who are unemployed has increased by 33,000 to 143,000 and the total number of…