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Date published: 8:00 am, November 9th, 2016 - 72 comments
Advantage suggests that there may be some good come out of the Trump campaign.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 9th, 2016 - 52 comments
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Date published: 5:55 am, November 9th, 2016 - 501 comments
The day is finally here.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 8th, 2016 - 38 comments
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Date published: 12:28 pm, November 8th, 2016 - 35 comments
Here’s the video of his speech for you to get the full rousing impact.
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Date published: 10:02 am, November 8th, 2016 - 20 comments
Good call from the Commerce Commission.
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Date published: 8:41 am, November 8th, 2016 - 22 comments
Paula Bennett has announced a new spend of $300 million to address the non existing housing crisis. But the announcement appears to be little more than a refinancing of Housing Corp and an admission that the Government should have stopped taking Housing Corp dividends years ago.
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Date published: 8:02 am, November 8th, 2016 - 14 comments
Millions of dollars are being poured into reducing rheumatic fever in NZ. However rates of the disease in Auckland are at least double the target level – and rising.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 8th, 2016 - 189 comments
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Date published: 5:55 am, November 8th, 2016 - 234 comments
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Date published: 6:04 pm, November 7th, 2016 - 55 comments
Paul Henry is to leave TV3. Did two pairs of tits lead to him getting the arse?
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 7th, 2016 - 36 comments
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Date published: 3:22 pm, November 7th, 2016 - 23 comments
According to the deficient newshrub on Saturday night there was a distinct lack of support from Labour for the Mt Roskill campaign. In reality 4 buses carrying more than 200 door-knockers including all the Labour MPs other than Little, went to Mt Roskill on Saturday afternoon.
All the best to Michael Wood, who got a great reception on the doorstop.
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Date published: 10:45 am, November 7th, 2016 - 66 comments
According to Fran O’Sullivan the cause of Sheepgate was Key’s decision to abandon leadership of a business mission in 2010. As to the subsequent scandal – Watkin and Hooton voice the anger we should all be feeling.
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Date published: 8:34 am, November 7th, 2016 - 27 comments
Jan Logie addresses some of the problems with forcing community groups to share confidential information with the government, plus a link to the petition.
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Date published: 7:11 am, November 7th, 2016 - 21 comments
Good coverage for Labour’s conference, Little’s speech, and the “substantial investigation into the Future of Work”.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 7th, 2016 - 204 comments
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Date published: 5:55 am, November 7th, 2016 - 234 comments
Today’s post for all random comments and links on the US election.
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Date published: 2:22 pm, November 6th, 2016 - 201 comments
Text of Andrew Little’s speech to the 2016 Labour Party Conference.
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Date published: 12:29 pm, November 6th, 2016 - 79 comments
Donald Trump’s last campaign ad lifts the mood of a relentlessly negative campaign between two massively disliked candidates.
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Date published: 9:02 am, November 6th, 2016 - 83 comments
This really happened. Contains crimes against music, dance, fashion, and irony. Also some recent headlines from “John Key’s Paradise”…
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Date published: 8:59 am, November 6th, 2016 - 17 comments
The Future of Work Commission report has now been released. It contains 63 recommendations including the tentative implementation of a universal basic income and a that voluntary work for approved organisations allow beneficiaries to continue to receive a benefit.
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Date published: 7:45 am, November 6th, 2016 - 17 comments
Robert Guyton continues his series on life in a Riverton Food Forest, this week looking at untooling and letting nature do the work.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 6th, 2016 - 104 comments
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Date published: 2:02 pm, November 5th, 2016 - 52 comments
Text of a speech from Grant Robertson to the 2016 Labour Party Conference concerning the results from the Future of Work Commission.
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Date published: 10:31 am, November 5th, 2016 - 1 comment
Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We’re reposting them now ahead of tomorrow’s vote.
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Date published: 10:25 am, November 5th, 2016 - 2 comments
Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We’re reposting them now ahead of tomorrow’s vote.
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Date published: 10:21 am, November 5th, 2016 - 1 comment
Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We’re reposting them now ahead of tomorrow’s vote.
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Date published: 7:53 am, November 5th, 2016 - 149 comments
The latest Roy Morgan poll result and it is evidence that the polling model needs to be reviewed.
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Date published: 7:04 am, November 5th, 2016 - 13 comments
The Paris agreement is now in force. NZ is committed to reducing its emissions. What, specifically, is this governments plan for doing so? How does support for continued coal mining and oil exploration, the use of phony carbon credits and the like, fit in with reducing emissions?
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 5th, 2016 - 126 comments
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