Shaw stands down as Greens co-leader
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Date published: 11:20 am, January 30th, 2024 - 77 comments
James Shaw has announced that he is standing down as co-leader of the Green Party and a leadership process will be triggered. He will stay on in Parliament in the meantime.
Open mike 30/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 30th, 2024 - 53 comments
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The week Luxon lost his moral mandate to lead
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Date published: 8:44 am, January 29th, 2024 - 30 comments
The last week has shown how Christopher Luxon has no understanding of New Zealand’s history and no appreciation about how dangerous Act’s proposed Treaty Principles Bill is.
Open mike 29/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 29th, 2024 - 90 comments
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Open mike 28/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 28th, 2024 - 53 comments
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Economy improves dramatically thanks to Labour
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Date published: 9:32 am, January 27th, 2024 - 26 comments
This week there were two pieces of economic news showing a dramatic improvement credit for which should be given to the last Labour Government.
Open mike 27/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 27th, 2024 - 87 comments
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Open mike 26/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 26th, 2024 - 116 comments
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Operation Poseidon Archer
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Date published: 12:38 pm, January 25th, 2024 - 31 comments
CNN reports that the US has named the ongoing operation against Houthi in Yemen “Operation Poseidon Archer, suggesting a more organized and potentially long-term approach.” New Zealand has joined it – cue the slippery slope.
The Government is planning to cut tobacco excise duty
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Date published: 9:36 am, January 25th, 2024 - 78 comments
Hot on the heels of the Government’s walk back from the previous Government’s smoke free policies is the disclosure that the Government is considering halting increases to excise duties on tobacco. And the Government tried to hide this.
Open mike 25/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 25th, 2024 - 85 comments
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Open mike 24/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 24th, 2024 - 208 comments
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Open mike 23/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 23rd, 2024 - 127 comments
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Are Road User Charges for every vehicle actually fair?
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Date published: 8:01 am, January 22nd, 2024 - 99 comments
New Zealand is one of the most car-reliant and petroleum-reliant countries on earth. So how we are taxed to travel on land has huge equity implications.
Open mike 22/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 22nd, 2024 - 69 comments
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Which side are you on?
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Date published: 9:59 am, January 21st, 2024 - 191 comments
The Act Party is seeking to undermine te Tiriti o Waitangi and ferment racial hatred and division while nominally seeking unity. And National clearly has no idea what to do about the situation.
Open mike 21/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 21st, 2024 - 27 comments
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Labour and the Democrats
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Date published: 9:34 am, January 20th, 2024 - 64 comments
Both the US Democrats and NZ Labour need to take hard looks at themselves. Failure is not inevitable. But there is now only one English-speaking centre-left democracy left in the world: that is the state of where we are now.
Open mike 20/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 20th, 2024 - 85 comments
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The best Electoral System that money can buy
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Date published: 10:33 am, January 19th, 2024 - 22 comments
The Independent Electoral Review Panel has recommended changes to the electoral system including the banning of any donations unless made by enrolled voters, a cap on the size of those donations and a requirement that third parties disclose all large donations that they receive.
Open mike 19/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 19th, 2024 - 111 comments
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Mood of the smokoroom – fearful
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Date published: 9:11 am, January 18th, 2024 - 53 comments
The Council of Trade Unions has completed its annual survey of workers and the mood is grim.
Open mike 18/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 18th, 2024 - 57 comments
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Why does National hate EVs?
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Date published: 2:17 pm, January 17th, 2024 - 71 comments
At a time when we need cool heads and leaders who understand the enormity of the problem that is climate change and the consequences of getting our response right we are getting this retrograde culture war from people who should know better.
We need a better class of right wing troll
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Date published: 9:58 am, January 17th, 2024 - 11 comments
Newbies, moderation, the purpose of the Standard, how things work here.
Open mike 17/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 17th, 2024 - 75 comments
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NZ First does not want National to have good relations with Kiingi Tuuheitia
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Date published: 1:32 pm, January 16th, 2024 - 13 comments
The day after Christopher Luxon made the pilgrimage to meet with Kiingi Tuuheitia and try and calm feelings ahead of the Weekend’s hui at Ngaruwahia to discuss the Government’s attacks on Te Tiriti and Te Reo Shane Jones went onto Morning Report and applied the blowtorch to Luxon’s attempt to keep matters calm.
Ghahraman goes
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Date published: 12:49 pm, January 16th, 2024 - 77 comments
Green MP Golriz Ghahrahman has resigned from Parliament.
Open mike 16/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 16th, 2024 - 148 comments
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Open mike 15/01/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 15th, 2024 - 102 comments
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What If Trump Wins Again?
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Date published: 9:25 am, January 14th, 2024 - 65 comments
New Zealand has gained prosperity over 40 years within a free flow of trade under peacetime supported by minor attacks to shipping and planes, low international trade costs such as tariffs, and confidence that international trade disputes will be settled by law rather than by might is at risk: all of that required a United States President prepared to support that.
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