“The findings also reveal how the Quota Management System, despite its intentions and international reputation, actually undermines sustainable fisheries management by inadvertently incentivising misreporting and dumping,” University of Auckland’s Dr Glenn Simmons said.
Speculators keep buying houses while families live in garages and cars. This is a moral failure, a leadership failure, a market failure – it is every kind of failure.
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Last week, Andrew Little gave Phil Goff permission to vote with National for the TPP. Bryan Bruce asks if it is time for all MPs to be given a conscience vote on the TPP.
According to the Herald on Sunday, some people aren’t just sitting back waiting for the Chilcot report to be released before deciding what to do. Some people are getting geared up.
TV3’s excellent current affairs show, The Hui (Mihingarangi Forbes) just screened a special report on poverty. What happens to people who are kicked off a benefit?
Radio New Zealand recently published a piece penned by well known supporter of the right Matthew Hooton. What has happened to the concept of balance?
The Reserve Bank is doing more for New Zealand than the National Government.
William Black consented to a rare interview with a young New Zealand local radio host and longtime Standard commenter.
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The Nats are all over the place on this, and they’re trashing our reputation in the process.
“The newspaper market is buggered anyway. I wouldn’t expect we will have any daily newspapers in ten year’s time,” says Brian Gaynor.
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When a corporation launders its earnings in a tax haven, it is completely upfront about where the money came from and who it belongs to, which differentiates the activity from “money laundering.”
Maybe you didn’t hear that this week is NZ sign language week…
Fixing our tax haven loopholes is easy but Key won’t act. Why?
TTIP, TTPA, same game around the globe, a take-over by American corporations, with the rights of the public held in no regard whatsoever.
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John Key thinks that he was thrown out of Parliament straight after Helen Clark a few years ago. The only problem is that Hansard thinks it was Don Brash.
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The $25 million deal prompted considerable curiosity because it involved an off-market purchase of shares from Sanford’s second biggest shareholder, Avalon Investment Trust, which is run by the family of Peter Goodfellow.
But how do they achieve that? Watch and Learn The online version is written bullying. The patronising part is the same.
A post to illustrate how fixed term parliaments work…off the back of some really woeful reportage.
Break Free From Fossil Fuels. There are still events coming up in NZ, including today in Dunedin.
National is hoping to avoid a proper debate about issues raised by the Panama Papers by raising a series of idiotic diversions.
The Nats are using spurious data to justify dropping a proposal for a land tax on foreign buyers of housing. Why?
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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 …
John Key was given his marching order from the House today for repeatedly disobeying the speaker.
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has just launched its new digital campaigning site – Together
And their first campaign is focused on Talley’s
“It’s gone too far. The spin and message control has got stronger. They are less willing to put scientists out there to talk to the public because of the inability to control the message” – Shaun Hendy.
As previously discussed here, bad for the media, bad for democracy.
Key was disgraceful in parliament yesterday, doing his buffoon act to try and trivialise the tax haven issue, and lashing out with the smears.
Why did the police offer Cameron Slater the soft option of diversion when he doesn’t qualify?
