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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.…
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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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Despite Denials, US-NZ Minerals Agreement likely to proceed
This is an excerpt from the Mountain Tui article: Some spiritual leaders are creeps, and some political leaders defend the indefensible It’s a busy world. And it’s hard to know which way to look. Do we address how Israel bulldozed Allied World War 1 and…
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Fast Track law fails at the first big hurdle
This was a pleasant surprise. Mountain Tui has already covered the subject well but I thought it deserved some technical commentary. And I suspect that this is not finished yet and I wonder what the Government will do in response and if we will see…
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Open Mike 08/02/2026
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Are whales people? The Green Party Bill to give whales personhood
Southern Right Whales, image via NZ Geographic Green MP Teanau Tuinono is putting forward a Members Bill, the Tohorā Oranga Bill, designed to give whale species inherent rights in law. Predictably, there's a bunch of righties using it as an opportunity to take pot shots…
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Open Mike 07/02/2026
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GOOD NEWS: Fast-Track Seabed mining application rejected
This is a repost from the Mountain Tui Substack Press Release: Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) KASM are celebrating the Fast Track Panel’s draft decision to decline Trans Tasman Resources’ bid to mine the South Taranaki seabed. The draft decision was published at 6pm this…
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Open Mike 06/02/2026
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Open Mike 05/02/2026
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“Surprise” unemployment high masks more damaging developments
This is a repost from the Mountain Tui Substack Economists and the RBNZ had forecast an unemployment rate of 5.3% in the December quarter, but more people returning to the workforce meant it came in higher - “highest level in a decade”. Edward Miller reports:…
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This National-led Government is the best mis-manager of the economy
I write this fuelled by rage! The latest numbers from Stats NZ showed that more Kiwis than since March 2015 are currently unemployed. That was when John Key was PM and Bill English was Minister of Finance. A debate between Nicola Willis and Bill English…
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Open Mike 04/02/2026
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Game on: Labour and the Greens speak to media from Waitangi
Livestream from Waitangi from Labour and Greens leadership. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYuiHNHPV2c
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Is Shane Jones really to blame?
NZ First Deputy Leader Shane Jones, who decried “Goodbye Freddie! [if nature got in the way of his mining interests]” - a reference to Aotearoa New Zealand’s highly endangered, native and small Archey’s frogs - received flak this week around news that he pushed for…
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Open Mike 03/02/2026
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Shane Jones loves fossil fuels
In determining who is the most Trumpian politician of Aotearoa it is hard to go past Shane Jones. Just look at this photo which he proudly posted on social media. Draping yourself in a flag while wearing a hat urging that your country is made…
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Open Mike 02/02/2026
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What does Labour do about Winston?
We are in election year. Current polling suggests that Labour is well placed to win and we may witness something that has not happened before, a one term National Government. It should be noted however that in the 1978 election after Rob Muldoon's first term…
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Open Mike 01/02/2026
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