Labour to reform abortion law
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Date published: 6:36 am, February 17th, 2018 - 328 comments
Justice Minister Andrew Little has given the go ahead to change NZ’s archaic abortion legislation.
Dunedin City Council votes for carbon neutral target
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Date published: 6:18 am, February 17th, 2018 - 15 comments
“Offsets alone would not achieve the zero carbon target and a significant systematic and behavioural change would still be needed…”
Open Mike 17/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 17th, 2018 - 220 comments
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Beetrooted
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Date published: 1:58 pm, February 16th, 2018 - 20 comments
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s future in politics is on the line as he responds to allegations of infidelity, hypocrisy and misuse of Government resources.
TPPA-11 update and actions
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Date published: 6:23 am, February 16th, 2018 - 70 comments
The TPPA-11 is set to be signed on March 8. There are still huge problems with the agreement for NZ. Jane Kelsey provides an update.
Open Mike 16/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 16th, 2018 - 211 comments
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Daily Review 15/02/2018
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Date published: 5:34 pm, February 15th, 2018 - 51 comments
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An in Vogue Prime Minister
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Date published: 2:32 pm, February 15th, 2018 - 52 comments
Our PM doing girly stuff is quite ok. It’s what else they’re doing that needs looking at.
Hey Stuart Nash Maui’s Dolphins are approaching extinction
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Date published: 2:16 pm, February 15th, 2018 - 74 comments
Global Sharemarkets
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Date published: 9:05 am, February 15th, 2018 - 63 comments
Recent volatility in the U.S. stockmarkets has attracted calls that capitalism is facing a crisis. But the reality appears to be different.
Open Mike 15/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 15th, 2018 - 320 comments
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Daily Review 14/02/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 14th, 2018 - 31 comments
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Fletcher Chair resigns but directors retain huge fees despite staggering loss
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Date published: 4:34 pm, February 14th, 2018 - 123 comments
Fletcher announces more huge losses but directors still laughing all the way to the bank
Then there were three
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Date published: 3:54 pm, February 14th, 2018 - 39 comments
Amy Adams has announced that she will also be seeking the leader’s position of the National Party.
No Bridges Bridges announces he will seek National leadership
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Date published: 1:26 pm, February 14th, 2018 - 20 comments
Simon Bridges has announced that he too will be seeking the National Party leadership.
Where’s my share?
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Date published: 11:00 am, February 14th, 2018 - 35 comments
Had anyone with a job (other than the top 2 tiers of management) had a wage increase higher than inflation recently?
Crusher wants to crush
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Date published: 8:59 am, February 14th, 2018 - 90 comments
Judith Collins has announced that she is running for National’s Parliamentary leadership.
Who will be National’s next leader?
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Date published: 7:57 am, February 14th, 2018 - 77 comments
Following Bill English’s resignation the question is who will be National’s next leaders. The Standard authors have put their heads together and come up with some suggestions.
Nationwide public meetings: TPPA-11 update, and what we can do
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Date published: 6:30 am, February 14th, 2018 - 29 comments
Auckland 12 Feb – Wellington 14 Feb – Nelson 20 Feb – Christchurch 21 Feb – Dunedin 22 Feb
Open Mike 14/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 14th, 2018 - 199 comments
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Daily Review 13/02/2018
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Date published: 5:35 pm, February 13th, 2018 - 53 comments
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Help for Tonga
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Date published: 3:24 pm, February 13th, 2018 - 10 comments
Cyclone Gita has caused devastation across the Tongan islands, and is being called the worst storm in at least 60 years.
Bill is gone. Free for all spectator time
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Date published: 11:53 am, February 13th, 2018 - 353 comments
Bill English has resigned. Apparently his confidence of last week had a limited lifespan. RNZ has the live feed. Now we can really speculate on which one of the no-hopers will assume the position to fail at the next election.
Stop Using the ‘F’ Word.
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Date published: 6:30 am, February 13th, 2018 - 41 comments
Because words matter.
Open Mike 13/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 13th, 2018 - 186 comments
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Knighthood Interrupted, and the curious case of New Zealand Defamation Law
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Date published: 7:36 pm, February 12th, 2018 - 119 comments
Bob Jones is now suing the woman that wants to strip him of his Knighthood over her use of the term “hate speech.” Can we think about perhaps stopping this litigiousness now?
Daily Review 12/02/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 12th, 2018 - 57 comments
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Beg packing
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Date published: 11:52 am, February 12th, 2018 - 50 comments
Two people playing at being poor as part of a sociopolitical stance on economics has angered many New Zealanders.
A storm is coming
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Date published: 11:04 am, February 12th, 2018 - 65 comments
A big storm is set to hit Auckland next week. And it won’t be the last.
Was the political hit on Chris Bishop an inside job?
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Date published: 8:29 am, February 12th, 2018 - 158 comments
The disclosure of Chris Bishop’s snapchat engagement with young teenage females raises the question of who leaked the information to the media and why.
Open Mike 12/02/2018
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 12th, 2018 - 192 comments
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