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Date published: 3:41 pm, June 9th, 2016 - 47 comments
The text of an open letter written by Ribert Reich to his friend Bernie Sanders.
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Date published: 2:58 pm, June 9th, 2016 - 72 comments
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Date published: 10:05 am, June 9th, 2016 - 43 comments
The housing crisis is not going away, and National needs to offer something better than lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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Date published: 8:52 am, June 9th, 2016 - 154 comments
Eleven year old TA is bright, dedicated but homeless. She has challenged John Key to try walking in her shoes.
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Date published: 7:02 am, June 9th, 2016 - 190 comments
What will Bernie do now?
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 9th, 2016 - 35 comments
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Date published: 6:00 pm, June 8th, 2016 - 52 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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 …
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Date published: 1:10 pm, June 8th, 2016 - 68 comments
Why are we spending so much money on “defense” when there are so many real and urgent needs? It is hard to imagine that our “enemies” could possibly do us more damage than we are inflicting on ourselves.
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Date published: 12:44 pm, June 8th, 2016 - 22 comments
The homeless population of central Auckland has more than doubled in the last 3 years. That’s quite a legacy John Key. Meanwhile Te Puea Marae is still putting the government to shame, you can donate here.
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Date published: 9:39 am, June 8th, 2016 - 63 comments
Radio New Zealand has reported that the promised jobs relating to the construction of the Convention Centre are appearing. But in Thailand, not New Zealand. Updated with comment on the terms of the supplemental agreement.
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Date published: 9:28 am, June 8th, 2016 - 149 comments
A modest bump for the Labour Green block in the latest Colmar Brunton. And what appears to be a shift from NZF to Labour after the MOU announcement. That might wipe the smile off Winston’s dial.
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 8th, 2016 - 124 comments
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Date published: 6:05 pm, June 7th, 2016 - 74 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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 …
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Date published: 11:47 am, June 7th, 2016 - 13 comments
Some context for the debate.
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Date published: 9:42 am, June 7th, 2016 - 213 comments
Winston Peters has called for a slashing of migrant worker numbers and for screening of would be workers based on things like their attitude to women. Is it time for a taihoa on immigration or is Winston just doing a Trump?
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Date published: 9:09 am, June 7th, 2016 - 20 comments
Seeing is believing they say, and Paula Bennett says that she has taken on board the climate change message after a Pacific visit. So what now Paula? It’s a tough question for sure. But at least you’re blessed with an opposition that will cooperate, instead of trying to whip up people’s fears and obstruct progress for political gain.
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Date published: 8:44 am, June 7th, 2016 - 35 comments
Seems the path towards acceptance of the UBI is not going to be smooth.
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 7th, 2016 - 99 comments
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Date published: 3:28 am, June 7th, 2016 - 64 comments
The M.O.U. had to happen. And the sooner the better.
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Date published: 8:32 am, June 6th, 2016 - 30 comments
For the first time in 130 years, more young adults (18 – 34) in America live with their parents than with a partner. How long before we pass the same milestone – or have we done so already?
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Date published: 7:10 am, June 6th, 2016 - 120 comments
Just a little thought experiment.
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 6th, 2016 - 331 comments
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Date published: 10:41 am, June 5th, 2016 - 158 comments
May figures just out…
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Date published: 10:40 am, June 5th, 2016 - 12 comments
Muhammad Ali: “The service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”
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Date published: 9:02 am, June 5th, 2016 - 24 comments
In Australia in the midst of the election campaign an ordinary Australian, Duncan Storrar, talked publicly about how difficult it was to live and support his children on the minimum wage. The response of the right through News Corp was to attack and humiliate him.
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 5th, 2016 - 23 comments
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Date published: 5:14 pm, June 4th, 2016 - 19 comments
Muhammad Ali, three times heavyweight boxing champion of the world, has died aged 74. Farewell, the Greatest.
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Date published: 10:26 am, June 4th, 2016 - 5 comments
A short film by Denis Villeneuve…
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Date published: 8:02 am, June 4th, 2016 - 53 comments
LIVE UPDATES from TS’s man in the Lincoln Event Centre, Te Reo Putake.
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 4th, 2016 - 78 comments
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