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Date published: 11:08 am, October 27th, 2015 - 25 comments
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Date published: 8:00 am, October 27th, 2015 - 87 comments
The right used to state that politics should be kept out of sport. With John Key politicising the All Blacks to an obscene it may be time for them to reinforce what now appears to be a very reasonable principle.
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Date published: 7:03 am, October 27th, 2015 - 388 comments
Rachel Stewart writes about a disaster for this country.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 27th, 2015 - 41 comments
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Date published: 9:08 am, October 26th, 2015 - 10 comments
The video excerpt comes from the Yann Arthus-Bertrand film ‘Human’. It’s available to view on youtube.
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Date published: 8:54 am, October 26th, 2015 - 57 comments
Westpac passing over Nicky Hager’s details was probably illegal, and may turn out to have been a very bad move…
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 26th, 2015 - 56 comments
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Date published: 1:25 pm, October 25th, 2015 - 104 comments
The normal rules apply. Keep it seemly.
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Date published: 1:16 pm, October 25th, 2015 - 30 comments
Health Minister Coleman provides another salient example of the surreal lengths that National will go to in order to avoid facing up to truths that they don’t approve of.
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Date published: 8:45 am, October 25th, 2015 - 44 comments
Kelvin Davis’s recent visit to Christmas Island has revealed that New Zealand citizens are living in shocking conditions. And meanwhile John Key’s talk of giving the Australians a “blunt message” appears to have had negligible effect.
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Date published: 8:00 am, October 25th, 2015 - 15 comments
Ad comments on the change of National’s approach to local government in Auckland and suggests that there should be cooperation amongst the parties on the left locally and between the central organisations of the parties.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 25th, 2015 - 100 comments
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Date published: 9:50 am, October 24th, 2015 - 14 comments
The Auckland Energy Community Trust triennial election is currently under way and complaints have been made about C&R advertising of the payout to beneficiaries which they are entitled to as a matter of course. And some ill discipline amongst the right gives the City Vision candidates a real prospect of success.
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Date published: 7:22 am, October 24th, 2015 - 186 comments
Scoop on the Hager Rawshark raid case – and more!
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 24th, 2015 - 84 comments
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Date published: 6:00 pm, October 23rd, 2015 - 23 comments
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 …
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Date published: 1:48 pm, October 23rd, 2015 - 11 comments
A short film from AJ+ which clearly describes what has gone wrong in the US since the 1980s. The film is just as relevant for New Zealand.
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Date published: 1:42 pm, October 23rd, 2015 - 37 comments
Odes to the very special love and yearning that John Key seems to feel for Richie McCaw.
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Date published: 11:06 am, October 23rd, 2015 - 31 comments
John Key’s antics trying to drum up support for a flag change are getting increasingly desperate, but NZ isn’t listening.
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Date published: 10:22 am, October 23rd, 2015 - 16 comments
“Wallowing in extravagance” is how Labour described the latest news of extreme spending from Steven Joyce’s MBIE.
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Date published: 7:00 am, October 23rd, 2015 - 64 comments
Paula Bennett has uncovered the most significant risk that New Zealand faces. Or has she?
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 23rd, 2015 - 122 comments
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Date published: 6:32 pm, October 22nd, 2015 - 58 comments
Russel Norman gave his valedictory speech today in Parliament.
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Date published: 6:00 pm, October 22nd, 2015 - 13 comments
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 …
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Date published: 1:57 pm, October 22nd, 2015 - 45 comments
Serious Fraud Office, Productivity Commission, Council failings, under-supply of houses, Developer Greed… a recipe for disaster
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Date published: 8:30 am, October 22nd, 2015 - 328 comments
Ad reflects on the relationship between the left and rugby since the springbok tour.
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Date published: 7:04 am, October 22nd, 2015 - 17 comments
After twice killing off pay equity legislation (2009, 1990), National have been forced to confront the issue again.
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Date published: 6:00 am, October 22nd, 2015 - 168 comments
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Date published: 6:00 pm, October 21st, 2015 - 33 comments
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 …
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Date published: 10:26 am, October 21st, 2015 - 55 comments
So, by my understanding, in ‘three party’* Canada, the New Democratic Party sought the center and nosedived. Simultaneously, the Liberals moved left and soared. In ‘two party’ England and Wales, Labour sought the center and bumbled and scraped the ground looking for lift off. Meanwhile, in the very same election in ‘three party’ Scotland where […]
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