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Date published: 8:27 am, March 1st, 2026 - 42 comments
Trump’s attack on Iran has a high risk of turning into another Afghanistan in which the United States was utterly humiliated.
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 1st, 2026 - 20 comments
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Date published: 5:53 pm, February 28th, 2026 - 29 comments
Hannah Spencer’s stunning win for the Greens in the the UK’s Gorton and Denton by-election has some lessons for political strategists here as well.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 28th, 2026 - 20 comments
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Date published: 12:56 pm, February 27th, 2026 - 7 comments
Gang profits have doubled, international organised crime strengthening their hooks, NZ has lost experienced cops, retail crime is up and often being ignored, drug use is at full blown crisis, domestic violence at 8 year highs, and the violent crime numbers are off base
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 27th, 2026 - 9 comments
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Date published: 2:28 pm, February 26th, 2026 - 7 comments
Senior National Party Cabinet Minister tried to have police arrest homelessness in Auckland 18 years ago. This year he succeeded
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Date published: 2:23 pm, February 26th, 2026 - 7 comments
How misinformation was used to discredit Tamatha Paul to divert attention away from genuine issues around Moa Point’s sewage disaster
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Date published: 9:17 am, February 26th, 2026 - 12 comments
Chris Bishop was forced to eat humble pie this week on his plan to make Auckland a more compact city. And the Government’s backflip on the number of new dwellings makes a mockery of Auckland Council’s recent consultation on Plan Change 120. How councillors are supposed to weigh the new proposal with open minds under that kind of pressure is anyone’s guess.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 26th, 2026 - 17 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 25th, 2026 - 54 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 24th, 2026 - 20 comments
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Date published: 10:00 am, February 23rd, 2026 - 20 comments
Fining beggers will only increase their problems and moving them on will not solve the problem only spread it around.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 23rd, 2026 - 9 comments
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Date published: 5:31 pm, February 22nd, 2026 - 22 comments
All the signs are pointing to a new Shock and Awe campaign by the United States, with the goal of a fast knock-out of Iran.. War seldom goes entirely to plan.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 22nd, 2026 - 18 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 21st, 2026 - 30 comments
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Date published: 12:03 pm, February 20th, 2026 - 13 comments
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 20th, 2026 - 33 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 19th, 2026 - 41 comments
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Date published: 12:36 pm, February 18th, 2026 - 14 comments
In the midst of multiple states of emergency caused by climate change induced rainfall Mark Mitchell and Christopher Luxon have reverted to Oil Industry talking points that what is happening is “just weather” and that “weather changes.”
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 18th, 2026 - 31 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 17th, 2026 - 57 comments
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Date published: 11:11 am, February 16th, 2026 - 14 comments
A comparison of the LNG Terminal deal and the previous Government’s deal with NZ Steel to replace its coal fired furnace with a renewable energy supplied electric arc furnace clearly shows what this Government’s priorities are.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 16th, 2026 - 37 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 15th, 2026 - 7 comments
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Date published: 9:12 am, February 14th, 2026 - 79 comments
If you dismantle welfare, you push many New Zealanders into desperate poverty.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 14th, 2026 - 14 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 13th, 2026 - 42 comments
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Date published: 2:02 pm, February 12th, 2026 - 34 comments
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. Instead of rolling out solar it wants to burn imported Liquified Natural Gas. And use enabling legislation to avoid any overview of the proposal.
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Date published: 1:11 pm, February 12th, 2026 - 18 comments
Why are the mods grumpy about AI use on The Standard?
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