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Open mike 27/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 27th, 2024 - 41 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily review 26/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 26th, 2024 - 14 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 26/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 26th, 2024 - 14 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily review 25/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 25th, 2024 - 7 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 25/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 25th, 2024 - 40 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily review 24/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 24th, 2024 - 6 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 24/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 24th, 2024 - 24 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily review 23/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 23rd, 2024 - 22 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 23/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 23rd, 2024 - 18 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily review 22/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 22nd, 2024 - 8 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Biden goes, Kamala Harris for US president
Written By: - Date published: 9:26 am, July 22nd, 2024 - 80 comments
“My intention is to earn and win this nomination’
Open mike 22/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 22nd, 2024 - 110 comments
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Open mike 21/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 21st, 2024 - 25 comments
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Open mike 20/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 20th, 2024 - 47 comments
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Daily review 19/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 19th, 2024 - 4 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 19/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 19th, 2024 - 59 comments
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Daily review 18/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 18th, 2024 - 20 comments
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Minister Bishop’s Misguided Legislation
Written By: - Date published: 8:20 am, July 18th, 2024 - 32 comments
Chris Bishop’s plan to “flood the market” with housing development described as being “unaffordable, unworkable and unfair” is also “unsustainable” and even “unhinged”.
Open mike 18/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 18th, 2024 - 36 comments
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Daily review 17/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 17th, 2024 - 10 comments
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A nation reinvented: 40 years on from its 1984 victory, the Fourth Labour Government still defines NZ
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, July 17th, 2024 - 9 comments
“After nine years of economic nationalism and social conservatism under National prime minister Robert Muldoon, David Lange’s new broom left no corner unswept. In the space of a few short years, fuelled by a high-octane blend of neoliberal theory and neoclassical state minimalism, it reinvented the nation.”
Open mike 17/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 17th, 2024 - 157 comments
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Daily review 16/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 16th, 2024 - 26 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 16/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 16th, 2024 - 36 comments
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Daily review 15/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 15th, 2024 - 26 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 15/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 15th, 2024 - 22 comments
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Trump shot
Written By: - Date published: 11:37 am, July 14th, 2024 - 142 comments
In breaking news Donald trump has been shot in a Pensylvania. Film suggests that he is fine although suffered a wound to his ear. The implications for the US elections are profound. This is a post for general discussion and will be updated as matters develop. Updates 1305: BBC interviewed a witness who is talking […]
Open mike 14/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 14th, 2024 - 32 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Open mike 13/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 13th, 2024 - 64 comments
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Daily review 12/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, July 12th, 2024 - 4 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Open mike 12/07/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, July 12th, 2024 - 45 comments
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- The real story behind the Government’s maths narrative
Opinion: The latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science report was announced earlier this month, yet it didn’t get the flurry of media attention and political hand-wringing that typically accompanies these announcements. This might be because it presented good news, or you could argue, no news; the results paint a ...3 weeks ago - Pretty much every common nut in Aotearoa, reviewed and ranked
At long last, The Spinoff shells out for a nut ranking. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. It recently came to The Spinoff’s attention ...3 weeks ago - What it’s like to be made redundant by the Ministry of Education
I was one of hundreds of people who lost my government job this week. Here’s exactly how it played out. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a ...3 weeks ago
- Why can’t I pick up my own dropped phone on a plane?
Summer reissue: One anxiously attentive passenger pays attention to an in-flight safety video, and wonders ‘Why can’t I pick up my own phone?’ The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up ...3 weeks ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 23 December
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- Govt walks away from infrastructure alliance
The Government’s social housing agency has backed out of a billion-dollar infrastructure alliance that would have built about 6000 new homes in Auckland – less than 18 months after signing a five-year extension.Labour says the decision to rip up the contract and sell off existing state houses could lead to ...3 weeks ago
- Daily crossword, Monday 23 December
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- Tauranga Whai transition from pretenders to champions
An unrelenting faith in “swift transition” has driven Tauranga Whai to their first Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa championship. At a boisterous Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, the visiting Tokomanawa Queens were blown away 90-71 in the final.Whai led by 20 points at halftime as their urgent movement and unflinching faith in three-point shooting from anywhere ...3 weeks ago
- Signs of the hīkoi: More than just ‘words on cardboard’
The placards seen at the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti conveyed "huge kōrero with immediacy", expert says: "People know the power of the word." ...3 weeks ago
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