Kiwi Treason
Vegemite and marmite taste the same, rugby is naff, John Clarke’s an Australian. What?
Government puts 15% tax on foreign house buyers
No, not our government. Though as the average NZ house price just hit $600,000, and Auckland just short of $1m, they really should.
Open mike 04/08/2016
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Guest post: Eva Hartshorn-Sanders for Senior Vice President
The Standard’s authors have offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. Eva Hartshorn-Sanders has been nominated for the position of Senior Vice President. Here’s her vision for the role and the party.
Daily Review 03/08/2016
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Trade retaliation
The Nats are in a difficult spot here, no doubt about it. The weak steel is a serious issue and it should be investigated. But their usual tactics of deny and lie have been caught out yet again.
Meth Fries Housing NZ’s Brains
Housing NZ has admitted that it is evicting tenants when only tiny trace amounts of meth are found on the property. It further admits that the testing regime is not fit for purpose. But, hey, they have the power to make people homeless and they’re not going to let fairness or common sense get in the way of their moral panic.
When did the War on Drugs become the War on the Poor?
Team Trump pretty much calls for civil war
Team Trump is pretty much calling for civil war if they don’t get their way. We are through the looking glass.
Open mike 03/08/2016
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Free money from climate change deniers
Double or nothing?
Daily Review 02/08/2016
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Breaking: Compensation for Bain for Government’s mishandling of compensation process
The Government has agreed to pay $925,000 compensation to David Bain, not for wrongful conviction but as an ex gratia payment for the flaws in the compensation process.
Listen to Nick Smith trying to defend fudged foreign ownership data
Anyone who believes the Nats’ figures needs to listen to yesterday’s interview – Why won’t Nick Smith answer this one simple question? Excellent work from Garner.
The EU thinks that our tax system’s clean bill of health is not so clean
The European Union is considering sanctions against New Zealand for operating as a tax haven and the proposed reforms by John Sherwin may not be enough.
NZ being used as international example of a bad welfare system
NZ under National is being used internationally as an example of a bad welfare system.
Do we care? Are we going to fix it?
Open mike 02/08/2016
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Free Petrol Pt II
Part II of IV. How to achieve zero carbon from the shipping and aviation sectors by the 2030s.
Daily Review 01/08/2016
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Free Petrol Pt I
Part I of a IV part series of posts on what we can do to hold global warming below 2 degrees C.
The Unitary Plan will not solve the Housing Crisis
The Unitary Plan has been described as a panacea for the housing crisis by the Government. But will it actually address this most acute of issues?
Who will be to blame if a bridge collapses?
Who will be to blame if untested, undetected, weak steel causes the collapse of a structure?
We can’t say we weren’t warned
When the Auckland housing bubble bursts a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money. They won’t be able to say they weren’t warned.
Open mike 01/08/2016
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Caption contest
Climate change pedal to the metal
Avoiding 2 deg C warming is a ship that’s sailed. Global warming is now happening at about 4.3x the previous long-run rate. And it might go up to 18x the previous rate over the next few years. That’s what the pundits call “abrupt climate change.”
Open mike 31/07/2016
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NZ in the international news again
Hollywood should try a different model
Piracy is shifting from peer-to-peer to streaming. Big Entertainment isn’t shifting it’s attitudes at all – still stuck in the dark ages.
Chris de Freitas now is the time to be afraid
As the temperatures increase and the sea rises Chris de Freitas still claims that anthropogenic climate change is not a happening thing. And shows his inability to analyze by misinterpreting a Jarrod Gilbert article which describes climate change deniers as charlatans.
The Ray White – China deal
Real Estate agent Ray White has formed a partnership with China’s Lianjia to market NZ houses to about 260 million Chinese buyers. They say it’s the government’s problem – and they’re right.
Open mike 30/07/2016
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Daily Review 29/07/2016
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Offer to NZLP candidates
As the biggest left blog in New Zealand the Standard is offering candidates in Labour’s upcoming party role elections the chance to let us know what they stand for.
DNC Day 4: Madame President
The last day of the DNC. Hillary Clinton will give her acceptance speech shortly. Donald Trump, having realised that inviting Russia to spy on the States is bordering on treason, is backpedalling furiously. He may have talked himself out of the White House.
Update: LIVE NOW: Chelsea Clinton
Update: LIVE NOW: Hillary Clinton
Calif. Bernie elected delegates seats blocked, white noise machines installed
Elected California Bernie Sanders delegates blocked from their seating by establishment cheering paid seat-fillers. A very Chinese political tactic.
Talleys versus Free Speech
The Talley group want the courts to order a union to stop telling the truth about how they bully, maim and kill their workers. Will the Standard be next in the firing line?