Remember when the leader of the National Party made sure everyone could see his MAGA hat in the background? Not even Winston Peters would be so foolish now. September 2026 is a long, long way from peak Trump January 2026. In Trump’s first two years…
National has this habit of attacking teachers. It must resonate with its base because it is a common occurrance. There appears to be two incentives, they want to attack the teacher's union and they want to skewer the curriculum away from woke nonsense which is…
As you can see, I've rewritten the theme for The Standard. It is now a modern Gutenberg block theme that just happens to look somewhat like the custom theme that has been running here since 2010. It had a few enhancements on the way. I…
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Over the last three years, our current incompetent government has been running New Zealand into an artificial recession. But they keep blaming the previous government, especially on the oil and gas exploration ban. So over three years how have they done to realise active exploration?…
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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 …
National had proposed building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Port Taranaki. Ostensibly this was to provide dry year support for the electricity generators to burn gas to run turbines whenever New Zealand had a dry year that caused hydro dams to be short…
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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 …
I haven't read Nicky Hagers' new book Dirty Work yet, mostly because it will take some time to drift towards this end of the earth. There wasn't a e-pub option to purchase. Most of the book highlights in the release and the news media I…
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 …
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 …