What David Seymour did during the holidays
David Seymour has spent some of his holidays meeting Argentine leader Javier Milei and praising Milei’s far right inspired destruction of local Government institutions.
Open Mike 03/01/2026
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Some random predictions for 2026 …
What will election year 2026 bring to Aotearoa?
Open Mike 02/01/2026
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Israel only country in history to ban Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontière)
Israel bans 37 NGOs from Gaza including the world renowned medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontière)
Happy New Year from The Standard
Happy New Year to all the readers, commenters, and fellow authors/mods at The Standard
Open Mike 01/01/2026
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Politician of the year?
Chris Bishop is thought by some to be the politician of the year, mainly for drafting a couple of bills plaigarised from the work of David Parker and untested promises to build hugely expensive roads of National significance. But they are ignoring the most extraordinary performance by an opposition leader in recent decades.
Open Mike 31/12/2025
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Open Mike 30/12/2025
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Open Mike 29/12/2025
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Greenpeace NZ: 2025: A year of wins, action and resistance
“It was a year of people power, hard-fought wins, and standing up against political and corporate harm.”
Open Mike 28/12/2025
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Open Mike 27/12/2025
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How to Fall in Love with the Future: Excerpt
“This book will lift your spirits and give you hope”
– Brian Eno
Open Mike 26/12/2025
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Open Mike 25/12/2025
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Peters spits the dummy over India Free Trade deal
“National preferred doing a quick, low-quality deal over doing the hard work necessary to get a fair deal that delivers for both New Zealanders and Indians.”
Open Mike 24/12/2025
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Advantage’s 2026 predictions
Advantage gets out the crystal ball and postilated what may happen next year.
Open Mike 23/12/2025
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Ozzy Man on Bondi
Some of the best video media coverage of a terrorism event I’ve seen, from the human side.
Open Mike 22/12/2025
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Good work if you can get it
National’s Ministerial Retail Advisory Group leader Sunny Kaushall has hit the headlines for huge catering costs inluding paying $9 for bottles of coke worth $5.50. But the deeper story should be why his activity, which is clearly political in nature, being funded by a fund set aside for victims.
Open Mike 21/12/2025
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The Tunnels project and SH 1 to Wellington Airport
The plan ignores standard traffic planning practice, takes no account of predicted sea level rise and will be obsolete before the last stone is turned.
Open Mike 20/12/2025
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Pirates of the Caribbean and the Indo-Pacific. The White House National Security Strategy.
the US administration stresses that countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan will need to militarise as never before in peacetime to keep China in its place.
Much ado about nothing
The Taxpayer’s Union campaign against Nicola Willis’s Socialist handling of the economy, complete with novelty fudge has crashed unceremoniously. The sponsors have clearly spoken.
National takes $90 million awarded for Wairarapa Masterton Hospital – for itself
Masterton hospital has been deemed structurally unsafe with money awarded for its remediation after a long court case.
Open Mike 19/12/2025
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Open Mike 18/12/2025
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Holy feck
The last poll of the political year and it is a doozie. Labour is 8 points ahead of National.
Open Mike 17/12/2025
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NZ First repeals Foreign Home Buyers Ban Under Urgency, Late At Night, During X’mas Period
PLUS: Brooke Van Velden overturns historic Supreme Court Uber ruling, after Uber lost their appeal unanimously last month
Open Mike 16/12/2025
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