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It is that time of year when during the brief hiatus of civilisation known as the holidays we get the time to reflect on what has happened over the past 12 months. Just over a year ago National and its allies had assumed power and…
casey costello chris hipkins Christopher Luxon climate change david seymour health and safety karen chhour Maori Issues maori party nicola willis politicans science Shane Jones Shane Reti simeon brown uncategorized
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In Australia, the Fair Work Act has now been enhanced from January 1st to provide for jail time and large fines for individuals and companies who can be proved to have "deliberately" underpaid their workers. This is a federal act that has a body dedicated…
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It did not take long for the first example of the absurdity of the Government's gang patch ban to appear. A 12 year old has been questioned by police for wearing a black t shirt depicting a fist and with the words "Kia Kaha Boxing…
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Reprinted from last year. It is Christmas time and the eternal debate about who wrote the best Christmas song ever is being debated yet again. For me there is only one possible contender. I have always been a fan of the Pogues. They were an…
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On the tenth day of Christmas Chris Luxon took from me ... ten thousand jobs ... free school lunches ... no oil drilling ... a working ETS ... peaceful race relations ... food bank funding ... adequate health resourcing ... three hospital upgrades ... two…
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Nearly two weeks ago the Government released its lastest version of the country's Emissions Reduction Plan. The plan felt surreal. Carbon capture, utilisation and storage being introduced into the Emissions Trading Scheme was going to apparently help. There was also National's policy of 10,000 Electric…
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There has been some recent controversy about something that a District Court Judge may have said to Winston Peters in the Northern Club. The Judge is Emma Aitken. She is highly regarded in legal circles. She is one of the mainstays of the Alcohol and…
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Happy Christmas, folks. Here's an end of year round up of political speeches going into 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs1OgwhnCps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXTu5o6YvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCP5fQhEofo Thanks to one and all, including The Standard and its editors, authors, contributors and team who helped me feel welcome. Mountain Tūī
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In August, I wrote an article about David Seymour with a video of his testimony, to warn that there were grave dangers to his Ministry of Regulation: David Seymour's Ministry of Slush Hides Far Greater Risks Why Seymour's exorbitant waste of taxpayers' money could be…
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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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Or about to be rolled? Word has it that Chris Bishop is waiting in the wings, as Luxon's favourability rating drops below Hipkins. Bishop is an inveterate plotter, although his last effort with Nicola Willis to dump Simon Bridges in favour of Todd Muller did…
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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 HYEFU has been released and the results are pretty ugly. There is a big dent in the tax take with tax revenue estimated to be down $13 billion over a four period. Who would have guessed that putting the handbrake on construction and infrastructure…
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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 beloved leader recently posted a photo of his wife and himself helping out the packing line at the Elim Christian Centre Christmas Box Initiative in Botany Downs. He said that it was great to see 750 volunteers packing over a thousand boxes for families…