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Date published: 6:00 am, March 7th, 2018 - 89 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 6th, 2018 - 34 comments
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Date published: 1:53 pm, March 6th, 2018 - 204 comments
Steven Joyce has announced that he is resigning from Parliament.
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Date published: 1:16 pm, March 6th, 2018 - 114 comments
With the publishing of another misogynistic cartoon, it’s time to ask who were the witches and why are so many men still afraid of them?
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Date published: 6:05 am, March 6th, 2018 - 44 comments
The message coming out is hold the line, sign the petition, regroup, and protest on Thurs the 8th, the day Labour puts our name to the agreement.
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 6th, 2018 - 88 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 5th, 2018 - 16 comments
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Date published: 5:22 pm, March 5th, 2018 - 76 comments
Matthew Hooton has been sacked as a contributor to the NBR and Steven Joyce has threatened to sue him and the NBR over claims that Joyce is not popular in caucus and should be sacked.
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Date published: 12:02 pm, March 5th, 2018 - 51 comments
It’s time for progressive men to support women’s politics, in New Zealand and here on The Standard.
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Date published: 6:04 am, March 5th, 2018 - 18 comments
Current affairs site Newsroom has been served an injunction until a further hearing on March 26.
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 5th, 2018 - 98 comments
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Date published: 9:37 am, March 4th, 2018 - 44 comments
In this very important first week Simon Bridges has committed two major blunders. He has claimed he was environmentally friendly when any view of his Ministerial history would confirm that this is not the case. And he forgot his Government oversaw the stripping of democratic rights from all prisoners, and adjusted his position when his error was pointed out.
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Date published: 8:45 am, March 4th, 2018 - 82 comments
Does anyone want to take a punt on where the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum will go?
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Date published: 6:15 am, March 4th, 2018 - 8 comments
Alongside announcing the Greens’ new transparency measures, James Shaw talks about being in government and having the ability to influence, as well as staying true to the Green Party’s values.
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Date published: 6:10 am, March 4th, 2018 - 28 comments
Green Party Co-leader James Shaw has today announced two important new transparency measures, which will apply to Green Party Ministers, MPs and staff, to help counter the influence of money in politics.
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 4th, 2018 - 223 comments
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Date published: 8:30 am, March 3rd, 2018 - 29 comments
David Seymour has created history by being the first person to win two doofuses of the week awards for blatant misogyny and disrespecting young kiwis who this week won olympic medals.
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Date published: 6:13 am, March 3rd, 2018 - 64 comments
“The foreign shareholders in that toxic industry will kick and scream, but its basicly them or the planet – and if we want to save the world and keep our own coastal cities above water, they have to go.”
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 3rd, 2018 - 233 comments
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Date published: 5:28 pm, March 2nd, 2018 - 34 comments
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Date published: 8:31 am, March 2nd, 2018 - 23 comments
It is time to regulate the power of cyber criminals and cyber monopolies.
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Date published: 6:08 am, March 2nd, 2018 - 51 comments
The Green female co-leader candidates did a Q and A last night with Stuff political reporter Henry Cooke. They covered a range of topics, including the Budget Responsibility Rules. The interview gives good insight into how the Green Party works and where they are headed, as well as into the two candidates themselves.
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 2nd, 2018 - 283 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 1st, 2018 - 40 comments
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Date published: 11:52 am, March 1st, 2018 - 27 comments
Being anti-plastic is all the rage these days. How might business respond?
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 1st, 2018 - 45 comments
Avid watchers of Simon Bridges’ regular breakfast television appearances debating Jacinda Ardern when they were both relatively junior MPs will recall that 9 times out of ten Jacinda wiped the floor with the new Head Tory. Fast forward a few years, and judging by Question Time this week it doesn’t appear that much has changed. […]
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Date published: 6:04 am, March 1st, 2018 - 177 comments
“As Greens, what’s particularly chilling to us is that we know elsewhere in the world where ISDS clauses have been accessed to sue Governments, corporates have used them to stop environmental protection.” … “The Indonesian environmental Minister had to admit, ‘If we shut them down, they will need compensation and Indonesia can’t afford it.’ That is chilling.”
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 1st, 2018 - 189 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 28th, 2018 - 52 comments
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Date published: 12:38 pm, February 28th, 2018 - 60 comments
It’s pretty grim reading for the new Nat leader this morning. Pundits reckon he has no show in 2020.
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Date published: 8:30 am, February 28th, 2018 - 97 comments
There is a case for the Reserve Bank to be eradicated, or at least major changes made to its structure.
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