Meeting tonight on Super City
From Just Left: Tonight – Freemans Bay Community Centre – the Western Bays Community Board is holding a meeting from 6.30pm to discuss […]
Another one bites the dust
And so another of John Key’s “big ideas” is shown to have been costed by monkeys. Treasury study suggests fibre plan will fall […]
Random media comments
Is there any point reading the NBR now Ben Thomas has left? Losing New Zealand’s most promising young journalist and getting Hooton, it’s […]
Drinking Liberally Auckland – the future of Auckland governance
Join all your favourite lefty liberal drinkers at Drinking Liberally Auckland When: 7pm, Wednesday 29 April Where: London Bar – corner Queen and […]
Strike at MIT
Members of the Tertiary Education Union at the Manukau Institute of Technology are striking. A TEU member explains the dispute: Basically lecturers at […]
Finsec petition: Make jobs a condition of bank guarantees
Does it strike anyone else as odd that at a time when taxpayers are guaranteeing the banking system with public funds, banks have […]
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Sent in by a Standard reader and avid lolcats fan:
An illiterate from another age
I see that Michael Bassett has written about this site. However he doesn’t bother to check his facts or to keep up with […]
New Left blog
Life and Politics, a centre-left blog by “post-grad politics student, coms freelancer and a former press secretary” Jake Quinn.
Budget 2009: Why not tax the rich?
With the Government openly preparing the public for spending cuts in the upcoming Budget, No Right Turn reminds us that there are alternatives […]
Don’t fear the reaper
The Government’s response to the recession so far has been to curl up in a ball and hope it will go away. Incredibly, […]
David Farrar on referenda and consultation
rOb comments on David Farrar’s sudden conversion to not needing a referendum on the Auckland super-city, when DPF’s previous history is to always […]
Right’s excuses fall flat
David Farrar, head of the Free Speech Coalition and renowned democracy fighter, has outlined the Right’s reasons for opposing letting the people of […]
Mount Albert Labour goes active
On the way to the Question & Answer session for the Mount Albert Labour selection candidates, it was clear that the campaign has […]
Denigration of public service
There was a great turnout at the Mount Albert War Memorial building this morning, both inside the hall and people outside waiting for […]
Fran gets it
Fran O’Sullivan shows that she gets it – National-Act’s supercity is designed to serve the interests of the business elite by taking democracy […]
Hide says no to referendum
Rodney Hide says Aucklanders shouldn’t have a vote on whether or not they want his supercity. He uses one of the weaker arguments the […]
Greens join call for referendum
The Greens have joined Labour and an array of groups calling for Aucklanders to get a referendum on the supercity. Great stuff. Sue […]
‘Bout that gurgling sound…
The average house in New Zealand should be worth about 3.5 times the average household income. (3.5 * $48k = $168k) The historic […]
Zimbabwe leads the world
It seems that Zimbabwe is, after all, a world leader. Mugabe’s government which followed the IMF and World Bank’s neo liberal plan for their […]
Goff calls for supercity referendum
Phil Goff has put out a press release calling for a referendum so that the people of Auckland can decide whether the Government’s […]
Where’s my pony?
Umm, some posts we get sent are a bit quirky. Enjoy. _____________________________ OK. I’ll confess. I’m one of the ones who fell for […]
Oh no, not Sweden!
If you’ve been watching your Fox News, you know that the US is turning socialist. It’s going to be Sweden any day apparently. […]
Bouncing from cloud to idiot cloud
Check out this piece on TV3. Key first talks about the “9-week fortnight” and doesn’t even catch his mistake. Then, trying to justify […]
Look Mum they stole my city …
After the success of the meetings about the super-city in Waitakere and Manakau yesterday, here are a few more of interest in date […]
National has blown it
National cannot be blamed for the current financial crisis and recession of course. But they can be blamed for their short sighted and […]
There’s optimistic and there’s just wrong
John Key has a habit of speaking much more bluntly to foreign media than he does to us. In his interview with the Financial […]
Well deserved
Helen Clark has been awarded an honorary doctorate, a Doctor of Laws, by Auckland University. Chancellor Roger France said in a written statement […]
Govt’s refusal to listen sparks protests
The government’s refusal to listen on its fast-tracked Supercity plans is already resulting in protests. The unrest that’s building should hardly come as […]
Media finally getting it?
On the impending job losses at the IRD, TVNZ reporter Catherine Loft ended her report with: “Anyone who once thought that they were […]
Solution
Keeping with the topics of the day thus far – Air New Zealand and pay packets – a solution to the Zeal320 dispute occurs […]
PM’s pay
Interesting question over at Big News: In 1998, just 10 years ago,the Prime Minister was paid $185,000. The speaker was paid $126,000. A […]
The brand cult of Air New Zealand
As someone personally involved at the Air New Zealand cabin crew dispute I can tell you it’s been pretty nasty for everyone involved. […]
David Shearer
So, Labour’s flying in some bloke called David Shearer to have a tilt at the Mt Albert selection. Apparently he’s been working for […]
Dom hits rock bottom, starts digging
Ray White, the renowned philosopher from Greytown, had a letter published by the Dominion Post on Monday wherein he says “I think it is […]
Reminder: Drinking Liberally Wgtn
Drinking Liberally with Sue Bradford Where: Southern Cross Bar, Abel Smtih St, Wellington When: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 from 5:30pm. That’s tomorrow. Green […]