Daily review 02/04/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 2nd, 2019 - 45 comments

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Dumb as a plank

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Date published: 1:18 pm, April 2nd, 2019 - 80 comments

Pro gun lobby groups are making some outlandish claims about the Government’s proposed gun law changes.

Open mike 02/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 2nd, 2019 - 93 comments

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Walking the Human Rights Tightrope in NZ Prisons

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Date published: 8:45 pm, April 1st, 2019 - 114 comments

The question of prisoners’ rights has hit the news today. That’s rare because we don’t normally care.

A new Guest Post from Maggie puts the case that we walk a tightrope when we seek to simplify the complex issues at play in prison.

Daily review 01/04/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, April 1st, 2019 - 46 comments

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The benefits of a Labour led Government

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Date published: 12:18 pm, April 1st, 2019 - 67 comments

Today marks the day that the largest ever increase in the minimum wage will occur.

Open mike 01/04/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, April 1st, 2019 - 213 comments

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Simon Bridges is seeking to join the Labour Party

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Date published: 6:30 am, April 1st, 2019 - 32 comments

The Standard understands from two reliable sources that Simon Bridges has applied for membership of the Labour Party.  More news as it comes to hand …

James Casson and why YOU should Stand for Council

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Date published: 7:08 pm, March 31st, 2019 - 168 comments

Hamilton City Councillor James Casson has been exposed as a bigot. You can help rid NZ of people like him in just a few months. Time to put your best foot forward, Standarnistas!

Daily review 31/03/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, March 31st, 2019 - 22 comments

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Open mike 31/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 31st, 2019 - 165 comments

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How To Get There 31/3/19

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Date published: 6:57 am, March 31st, 2019 - 54 comments

Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.  

Daily review 30/03/2019

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Date published: 5:00 pm, March 30th, 2019 - 16 comments

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The gun lobby fights back

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Date published: 12:27 pm, March 30th, 2019 - 16 comments

The Herald is reporting that Gun City the business that sold the military style semi automatic weapons to the Christchurch Mosque killer, has urged customers to sign a petition against banning military style semi automatic weapons.

Rooting Out Racism

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Date published: 12:12 pm, March 30th, 2019 - 296 comments

TS regular Maggie with an excellent analysis of the challenges facing men in a society in transition and what that means for the fight against racism.

Open mike 30/03/2019

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Date published: 6:02 am, March 30th, 2019 - 33 comments

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Xi-ing Jacinda

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Date published: 8:32 pm, March 29th, 2019 - 73 comments

Jacinda Ardern will get a very warm welcome in Beijing based on immense respect for her and for New Zealand.  Xi Jin-Ping has just returned from a very successful visit to Europe, joining Italy to the Belt and Road initiative and buying 300 jets from Airbus. Pepe Escobar outlines the implications for Eurasia. Much food for thought.

Daily review 29/03/2019

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Date published: 8:03 pm, March 29th, 2019 - 13 comments

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The Brexit Fuster Cluck

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Date published: 12:32 pm, March 29th, 2019 - 97 comments

Watching from the opposite side of the world it is hard to imagine how badly the Conservative Party has handled it. I mean we are days away from the end and the UK now relies on the whim of shifting temporary alliances to determine how it will finish. Theresa May is finished.  No matter what […]

Open mike 29/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 29th, 2019 - 84 comments

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The Green Party on the Mosque murders

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 29th, 2019 - 194 comments

Recent criticism of Marama Davidson and Golriz Ghahraman over their drawing links between racism and the Mosque murders is misplaced.

Daily review 28/03/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 28th, 2019 - 26 comments

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Leading a feminist Pacific

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Date published: 3:19 pm, March 28th, 2019 - 63 comments

It’s time to convert Ardern’s massive global symbolic capital into a lasting legacy for the Pacific. It’s time for a feminist international development policy.

Open mike 28/03/2019

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Date published: 7:12 am, March 28th, 2019 - 198 comments

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Daily review 27/03/2019

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Date published: 5:40 pm, March 27th, 2019 - 37 comments

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The Repentant Right

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Date published: 10:00 am, March 27th, 2019 - 121 comments

The former leader of various NZ neo Nazi groups reckons the kiwi far right are being driven underground. TRP argues they will instead look for another home.

Did Hanson’s One Nation Party seek funding from the NRA and the Koch Brothers?

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Date published: 8:05 am, March 27th, 2019 - 23 comments

Pauline Hanson’s One Australia party is trying to defend claims that it should funding to oppose gun restrictions from the NRA and the Koch Brothers by stating that its chief of staff was drunk.

Open mike 27/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 27th, 2019 - 174 comments

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Daily review 26/03/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 26th, 2019 - 58 comments

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WTF Free Speech coalition?

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Date published: 7:54 am, March 26th, 2019 - 564 comments

The Free Speech coalition has attacked the Chief Censor’s decision to rule the Christchurch Mosque killer’s manifesto as objectionable as an attack on free speech.  But the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties has characterised the Censor’s decision as being entirely conventional.

Open mike 26/03/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, March 26th, 2019 - 86 comments

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