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Date published: 12:37 pm, January 5th, 2016 - 14 comments
Ad reviews Eurasia’s appraisal of global risks the world faces in 2016.
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Date published: 12:08 pm, January 5th, 2016 - 103 comments
Overnight there has been further turmoil on the Chinese Stock exchange with stocks plummeting 7% before trading was stopped. And things may only get worse when a 6 month ban on trading by major stock owners is lifted.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 5th, 2016 - 69 comments
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Date published: 8:48 am, January 4th, 2016 - 76 comments
In the US of A the armed invasion of a State Building by a group determined to hold onto the building has been met with no response from the police.
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Date published: 8:00 am, January 4th, 2016 - 49 comments
Spot the difference.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 4th, 2016 - 191 comments
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Date published: 9:27 am, January 3rd, 2016 - 52 comments
Jeremy Corbyn has recently experienced his 100th day in office as Labour Leader. And despite many predictions of his untimely demise the impression is that he may just hold on and make a difference,
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 3rd, 2016 - 177 comments
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Date published: 10:39 am, January 2nd, 2016 - 306 comments
New research from Morgan Foundation suggests that poverty can be alleviated by increasing incomes and that the beneficiaries will be children of poor families not vendors of alcohol and cigarettes.
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Date published: 8:47 am, January 2nd, 2016 - 56 comments
On December 17, 2015 the Government released a series reports suggesting that New Zealand is complying with Kyoto Protocol obligations. A dig into the reports confirms however that the compliance is in name only and is for spin purposes rather than a real attempt at addressing the world’s most pressing problem.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 2nd, 2016 - 121 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 1st, 2016 - 65 comments
Happy New Years people. May it be a good one.
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Date published: 9:42 am, December 31st, 2015 - 106 comments
The British Conservative Government and the New Zealand National Government have both rewarded their friends with titles.
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Date published: 9:18 am, December 31st, 2015 - 77 comments
The Standard’s ten most commented posts in 2015.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 31st, 2015 - 152 comments
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Date published: 8:30 am, December 30th, 2015 - 10 comments
The ten most popular Standard posts of 2015 based on page views.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 30th, 2015 - 176 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 29th, 2015 - 3 comments
Jonathan Pie in his own way celebrates the event that is Christmas
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Date published: 12:25 pm, December 29th, 2015 - 88 comments
Some random musings on what happened in New Zealand’s media this year.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 29th, 2015 - 36 comments
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Date published: 12:03 pm, December 28th, 2015 - 278 comments
A comprehensive run through of behaviours and attitudes associated with a White Ribbon ambassador.
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Date published: 9:04 am, December 28th, 2015 - 99 comments
Helen Clark is considered to be to be a front runner for the position of next United Nations Secretary General. But Kevin Rudd is also being talked about as a candidate. And if his previous behaviour is repeated it could be an interesting contest.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 28th, 2015 - 31 comments
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Date published: 7:09 am, December 27th, 2015 - 56 comments
COP21 provided welcome commitment by the world’s nations to do something meaningful about climate change. But this is not enough. So what next?
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 27th, 2015 - 39 comments
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Date published: 9:04 am, December 26th, 2015 - 49 comments
Incognito on the meaning of work and unemployment at a time of increasing change.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 26th, 2015 - 79 comments
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Date published: 11:20 am, December 25th, 2015 - 101 comments
Merry Christmas …
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 25th, 2015 - 36 comments
Merry Christmas one and all!
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Date published: 7:29 am, December 24th, 2015 - 189 comments
AFFCO clearly lacks any sense of a christmas spirit when dealing with its workers.
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