This was originally a post about the Future Fund, suggesting that it was unexceptionable, consistent with Labour thinking over decades, and sensible, if part of a renewed focus on economic transformation. Today’s tax leak shifts the ground. First, its substance is unsurprising. The later Robertson…
Labour's Capital Gains Tax policy has been released in a less than optimal manner. Details were leaked to Radio New Zealand and rather than have RNZ broadcast the details a hurried press release was issued. And Chris Hipkins cancelled his morning interview with Radio New…
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Poor old Christopher Luxon cannot get a break. Here he is wanting to impress people that he is just a good old kiwi like the rest of us but he keeps getting hit by news that he is attempting to maximise her personal wealth at…
Electricity workers in Southland on a meal break on Sunday, photo from Powernet's Facebook page. On this Labour Day, a massive shout out to all the workers in Southland, Otago and other areas affected by the storms last week. Paid and volunteer, obvious and those…
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It is clear that the National Party clearly has not met a road idea that it did not want to build. No matter what the cost. Following on from Mountain Tui's post about National's orgy of roads of national significance announcements there is one aspect…
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Lauded at the CIA and lectured at the Department of War, Judith Collins last week got her marching orders – prepare New Zealanders to join the next US war against China. And while the pictures of her submissiveness were out in the open, as here…
I’m no fan of Lloyd Burr. The last time I wrote about him, it was because I felt he was promoting Crimson Education (a Jamie Beaton and John Key business) without disclosing the numerous scandals that Crimson has been involved in. I felt it was…
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New Zealand's media landscape is falling apart. According to the latest New Zealand on Air research, audience figures for NZ's current broadcasting radio and television models are declining. Unlike most countries word-wide New Zealand has not had a publicly-funded media entity since 1975 when the…
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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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Yesterday Chris Luxon and Bishop announced their commitment to spend $1.2 billion to commence major works on “roads of national significance”. Their overall plans are much larger than that - equating to about $62 billion of roading plans without any funding sources under them. On…
Yesterday, Barbara Edmonds and Chris Hipkins announced their first cornerstone official policy - a sovereign investment, infrastructure & growth fund. The original announcement was deferred out of respect for Jim Bolger's passing. The announcement was everything that one could hope for - an acknowledgement of…
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Why is Labour proposing $200 million for a growth fund when New Zealand First got $3 billion? As a condition in the coalition agreement between Labour and New Zealand First in late 2017, the Provincial Growth Fund was established with $1 billion going into it…
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Reposted from Mountain Tui Substack Judith Collins, who once declared she “stabs from the front”, referencing a pregnant PM Jacinda Ardern, has penned an open letter1 to all Kiwis today. In it, she makes a number of disturbing claims, as valued workers (doctors, mental health…
Auckland Council's final election result has now been declared. Overall the result is an improvement for the left compared to 2022. The Council looks either stable or slightly more progressive. And a few local boards have seen a significant shift to the left. The one…
It’s not new news that Simeon Brown is now threatening senior doctors - he wants to force them to accept a pay offer, and also restrict their ability to protest. Judith Collins and Erica Stanford signaled a similar move in August for teachers. No surprise…
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Reposted with permission from Gordon Campbell's Werewolf Decades ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote a column pointing out that the true believers in the power and precision of the defence industry’s latest weaponry tend to be (a) their gullible government customers and (b) people on the left,…