The government on Tuesday announced plans to replace regional councillors with boards made up of mayors and maybe some minister-appointed representatives. It’s a mess. I’m going to take it as read that people have at least a passing understanding of what regional councils actually do.…
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Labour has recovered from the 26.9% vote share hiding it received in 2023, and is ready to run government again. Polling trends are now consistently in its favour. There's no good reason they can't seek 40% of the whole vote on this trend by polling…
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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 …
Christopher Luxon's stint as Prime Minister is under serious threat. Clearly he has not been able to control Winston Peters and David Seymour and the internecine war that erupted between the two is causing serious damage to the Government. It does not help that Luxon…
Ex-trader, now people's economist, Gary Stevenson on 30 with Guyon Espiner does thirty minutes of plain language demystification of wealth and economics. One of Stevenson's central premises is if we don't tax wealthy people, they eventually outcompete everyone else. If governments don't tax wealth, they…
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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 …
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 …