Movie Review – the Favourite

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Date published: 9:30 am, January 2nd, 2019 - 4 comments

The Standard is branching into new territory with a film review of the movie the Favourite.

What can we do about climate change – air travel emission offset

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Date published: 8:00 am, January 2nd, 2019 - 257 comments

How do you reconcile your desire to do what you can about climate change with taking air travel?

Open Mike 02/01/2019

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Date published: 7:30 am, January 2nd, 2019 - 54 comments

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What do we want in 2019?

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Date published: 1:39 pm, January 1st, 2019 - 97 comments

It’s election year again- but only for local elections this time. What do you want your local candidates to address?

Discussion on political leader PR.

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Date published: 1:06 pm, January 1st, 2019 - 66 comments

A comment from veutoviper has a go at the prevelant myth that Jacinda Arden has been using her family for PR points. As veutoviper points out by looking at the NZ Womens Weekly that Simon Bridges appears to have a much higher profile with his family washing. For some reason our political misogynists appear to have a double standard.

The Race To Replace Trump has Started

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Date published: 12:23 pm, January 1st, 2019 - 112 comments

Elizabeth Warren has announced that she will be seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination to be the 46th President of the USA. With the Republicans unsure about whether Trump will run again due to the difficulties of campaigning from Federal prison, the Presidential election should be a shoo in for the Dems. Warren is just the first; there will be many more candidates who will see this as the opportunity of a lifetime.

Open Mike 01/01/2019

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Wow, Anak Krakatau is just gone..

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Date published: 11:17 am, December 31st, 2018 - 14 comments

Satellite radar images

The progeny of Krakatoa, Anak Krakatau, that blew up and dropped most of its volume into the ocean to cause the December 22nd tsunami in Indonesia was very intense. Satellite radar images show that it lost most of its volume and the cone is just gone. That was just a minor eruption in a crowded world.

The Standard’s ten most popular posts of 2018

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Date published: 8:37 am, December 31st, 2018 - 14 comments

The Standard’s ten most read posts of 2018.

The Standard’s ten most commented on posts in 2018

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Date published: 7:30 am, December 31st, 2018 - 62 comments

The Standard’s ten most commented on posts in 2018.

Open Mike 31/12/2018

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Open Mike 30/12/2018

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Date published: 8:00 am, December 30th, 2018 - 139 comments

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How To Get There 30/12/18

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Date published: 6:29 am, December 30th, 2018 - 139 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.

Now on WordPress 5

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Date published: 12:59 am, December 30th, 2018 - 12 comments

Just upgraded to Wordpress 5.02. There were a couple of minor tweaks required on our site for old posts, but nothing earth shattering. Proceeding on to changing the theme after 8 years.

Open Mike 29/12/2018

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Date published: 10:06 am, December 29th, 2018 - 178 comments

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Matt King goes full nut job

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Date published: 10:00 am, December 29th, 2018 - 77 comments

National MP Matt King has claimed that Stuff has been censoring comments that are critical of the Government and that an article expressing concerns about the run down of health infrastructure, the increase in child poverty, the use of private contractors to spy on us and the inability of NZTA to properly regulate WOF inspections is “left wing claptrap”.

The Standard a decade on

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Date published: 8:00 am, December 28th, 2018 - 113 comments

LPrent and I had the chance recently to talk about the Standard and how it is going.

Open Mike 28/12/2018

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Date published: 7:00 am, December 28th, 2018 - 60 comments

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National’s brave new world of MOAR ROADS!

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Date published: 11:35 am, December 27th, 2018 - 132 comments

National has taken to criticising the Government for not building roads that had no coherent business case and no proposal to build.

Japan restarts commercial whaling

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Date published: 8:30 am, December 27th, 2018 - 10 comments

Japan have withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling.

Open Mike 27/12/2018

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Go Democracy Go!

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Date published: 8:19 am, December 26th, 2018 - 68 comments

It’s going to be a strong year for democratic politics.

Open Mike 26/12/2018

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Date published: 6:30 am, December 26th, 2018 - 132 comments

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Play day

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Date published: 9:29 am, December 25th, 2018 - 3 comments

This is the day to play.

Open Mike 25/12/2018

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The Taxpayers’ Union* responds to the Clark and Thompson spying fiasco

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Date published: 9:30 am, December 24th, 2018 - 9 comments

* not a real union.

Open Mike 24/12/2018

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An ex-insider rating of our politicians

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Date published: 1:11 pm, December 23rd, 2018 - 26 comments

MSM and blogsters are in an orgy of “rating” and marking politicians at the moment. It seems to be based on headlines, fuck ups or not fuck ups and what those inside the Beltway deemed news. It’s not new of course. Trans-Tasman sold its ratings yearly, until they went bust last year. Every year, when […]

Open Mike 23/12/2018

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Date published: 7:43 am, December 23rd, 2018 - 156 comments

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How To Get There 23/12/18

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Date published: 6:59 am, December 23rd, 2018 - 236 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.

Random 2019 predictions …

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Date published: 7:30 am, December 22nd, 2018 - 114 comments

What will happen in 2019?

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