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Open Mike 15/02/2026
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The Opportunity Party still hates beneficiaries
TOP have a plan to ditch Superannuation. Maybe its replacement makes sense, or some of it does, I don't know. But still tucked away in there is the dismantling of all welfare. TOP leader Qiulae Wong was interviewed on Morning Report, Wong said TOP would…
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Open Mike 14/02/2026
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Open Mike 13/02/2026
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Think Big 2.0
The Government has responded to a perceived urgency caused by dry years to the country's power supply by proposing something that is counter intuitive. The basic problem is that during a dry period the country's stored water for hydro purposes gets used and not replenished.…
climate change Economy energy ETS national same old national science
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AI and The Standard (prelude)
We encourage robust debate and we’re tolerant of dissenting views. But this site is run for reasonably rational debate between dissenting viewpoints and we intend to keep it operating that way. The Standard Policy If you have been wondering why the Standard moderators have been…
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Open Mike 12/02/2026
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Open Mike 11/02/2026
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New Electricity Tax Coming
Yesterday afternoon, Auckland Takapuna MP and “Climate Change” Minister Simon Watts fronted up to media with Christopher Luxon. Their announcement: A minimum $1 billion new investment to build an LNG gas import facility in Taranaki, and a “levy” to be introduced to fund its build…
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2.8% of New Zealand population outbound in 2 years as division widens
OPINION: I visited Facebook recently and noticed some fake accounts (you know the ones with AI pictures depicting Māori in an unfavourable light, along with NZ flags featured prominently, as if love for a country is about a piece of cloth), and there’s a distinct…
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Open Mike 10/02/2026
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Open Mike 09/02/2026
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