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Open mike 11/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 11th, 2024 - 71 comments
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Daily review 10/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 10th, 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 10/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 10th, 2024 - 67 comments
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Open mike 09/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 9th, 2024 - 10 comments
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Open mike 08/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 8th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Daily review 07/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 7th, 2024 - 8 comments
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Open mike 07/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 7th, 2024 - 68 comments
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Daily review 06/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 6th, 2024 - 7 comments
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Open mike 06/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 6th, 2024 - 37 comments
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Daily review 05/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 5th, 2024 - 12 comments
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Open mike 05/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 5th, 2024 - 31 comments
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Daily review 04/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 4th, 2024 - 4 comments
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Open mike 04/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 4th, 2024 - 22 comments
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Open mike 03/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 3rd, 2024 - 20 comments
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Open mike 02/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 2nd, 2024 - 24 comments
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Open mike 01/06/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, June 1st, 2024 - 17 comments
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Daily review 31/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 31st, 2024 - 2 comments
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Open mike 31/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 31st, 2024 - 88 comments
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Daily review 30/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 30th, 2024 - 13 comments
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Open mike 30/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 30th, 2024 - 35 comments
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Daily review 29/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 29th, 2024 - 3 comments
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Open mike 29/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 29th, 2024 - 37 comments
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Daily review 28/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 28th, 2024 - 20 comments
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Open mike 28/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 28th, 2024 - 77 comments
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Daily review 27/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 27th, 2024 - 6 comments
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Open mike 27/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 27th, 2024 - 14 comments
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Open mike 26/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 26th, 2024 - 32 comments
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Open mike 25/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 25th, 2024 - 62 comments
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Daily review 24/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 24th, 2024 - 1 comment
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Open mike 24/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 24th, 2024 - 57 comments
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Daily review 23/05/2024
Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 23rd, 2024 - 9 comments
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- How does New Zealand produce so many successful child actors?
Alex Casey takes a look back at the long history of Aotearoa’s child stars shining on the world stage and asks: are they our greatest export? If you too feel as if your sense of national pride is sinking into oblivion like a pavlova left outside in the forthcoming hottest ...2 weeks ago - The most electric place in Auckland this year? Penrose 1061
A much maligned old friend is reborn as a field of dreams. In a year with too few causes to celebrate, in a city that still feels a few chips short of a scoop, one beacon shone bright and long and radiant. In the perfunctory suburb of Penrose, postcode 1061, ...2 weeks ago
- A Historic Victory For Greyhounds In New Zealand
"This is a huge win for greyhounds across New Zealand and sets a powerful precedent on the global stage," says Danette Wereta, spokesperson for the Animal Justice Party. "There are so many amazing ways to have fun that don’t harm animals or put them ...2 weeks ago - No More Complicity! Aotearoa National Rally For Palestine
For over a year, thousands of New Zealanders have joined the millions across the world in taking to the streets to call for an end to the genocide in Gaza. ...2 weeks ago
- PSA Demand End To Sexist Pay Discrimination
"Thousands more women employed or funded by government are moving through the pay equity process to address the undervaluation of their work," Davies said. ...2 weeks ago
- Stand Tū Māia Sues Children’s Ministry For Breach Of Contract
Chief Executive Dr Fiona Inkpen said the Trust had been forced to bring court action to hold the Children’s Ministry to its contractual obligations and prevent the Ministry from acting as though the contract has been cancelled. ...2 weeks ago
- The Spinoff’s best NZ books of 2024
The best local books published this year, as selected by books editor Claire Mabey and a panel of experts. Welcome to the first of four best-of-books lists for 2024. These are the New Zealand books, for both children and adults, published in 2024, that stuck with our panel of writers, ...2 weeks ago
- PSA Calls On Minister To Reverse Cold-hearted Cuts To Children’s Charity Funding
Children’s charity Stand Tū Māia is today taking urgent legal action against Oranga Tamariki for unilaterally reneging on a three-year $21 million contract after only six months. ...2 weeks ago
- Review: Ram Raid Mums provides a blueprint for breaking the cycle
With youth crime dominating headlines and the government doubling down on punitive measures, Ram Raid Mums offers a powerful, humanising alternative. Liam Rātana reviews. It’s easy to say that all criminals should be locked up. That we should throw the book at people who break the law in an attempt ...2 weeks ago
- A close reading of the United Healthcare CEO suspect Luigi Mangione’s Goodreads account
Last week, the CEO of United Healthcare was shot and killed in New York. Today, we assess the suspect’s reading habits. Disclaimer: There is a slight possibility that someone with the same name and same face also has a Goodreads account and an interest in environmentalism and the healthcare industry. ...2 weeks ago
- The small town cinemas holding on at the edge of the world
Alex Casey talks to the owners of some of the country’s smallest cinemas about how they’re surviving – and even thriving – in 2024. To sit in the foyer of Ethel’s Cinema in Akaroa is to feel smack bang in the epicentre of the 600-strong Banks Peninsula community. The coffee ...2 weeks ago
- The cost of being: A thrifty baking apprentice who’s saving up to travel
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a 21-year-old explains why she’s always on the hunt for a bargain. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Female. Age: 21. Ethnicity: NZ European. Role: Second-year baking ...2 weeks ago
- Explosive LNG Report Casts More Doubt On Govt’s Plan To Build Fossil Gas Import Terminal
The ‘ Explosive Truths’ report commissioned by Greenpeace delves into the history of LNG accidents, highlighting a lack of transparency, underestimated risks to human safety, and failing safety protocols. ...2 weeks ago
- A tale of two polls
Te Pāti Māori hits a high, but not at the expense of Act, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund for The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...2 weeks ago
- ACT & Te Pāti Māori Gain In Final Taxpayers-Union Curia Poll For 2024; Centre-right Commands C...
The poll, conducted 1 to 3 December, has both National and Labour down 4.6 points from last month, National at 34.2% and Labour at 26.9%. ...2 weeks ago
- Not Too Late To Fix Controversial Fast-track Approvals Bill
The Bill retains several significant flaws that collectively mean that if enacted in its present form would make it the worst environmental legislation in our history, with scope for bad projects with significant adverse impacts to get approved. ...2 weeks ago
- Anti-Corruption Day 2024: Monday 9 December 2024 Is International Anti-Corruption Day
This day is a celebration of the progress in the fight against corruption since it was initiated; and a reminder that there is still a lot of work to be done. ...2 weeks ago
- Welcome To Summer School For Ministers Toy Assembly (Climate Change 101 Curriculum Delivery)
Parents for Climate Aotearoa are holding the Toy Assembly to welcome the Prime Minister and cabinet Ministers to the Climate Change 101 Summer School to highlight that they also need to get the basics right and do them brilliantly. ...2 weeks ago
- Raft Of Politicians Expected At Save Our Mill Meeting In Tokoroa
The deputy PM is among those attending a community meeting about the mill, with calls for worker relief heading into Christmas. ...2 weeks ago
- Extinction Rebellion Will Cease To Exist If Greens Policy Is Enacted
‘The Green Party Emission reduction Plan – He Ara Anamata, will obviate the need to take ongoing actions’, says Caril Cowan, spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion Tāmakai Makauraru. ...2 weeks ago
- Are We Counting On The Right Evidence?
What counts as evidence when important decisions are made about social well-being in Aotearoa is the focus of a new study at the University of Auckland. ...2 weeks ago
- Greenpeace Welcomes Action On Dairy Emissions In Greens’ Alternative Emissions Reduction Plan
"At a time when the Luxon-led government is caving to polluting industry lobbyists and undermining climate action across all fronts, it is refreshing to see an alternative pathway," says Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson. ...2 weeks ago
- Cuts To Humanities And Social Sciences Research Will Impact Māori Most
Humanities and social sciences are foundational to advancing and nurturing the next generation of Māori scholars. Without this funding avenue, the future for them looks pretty grim. ...3 weeks ago
- Climate Commission Methane Advice A Chance To Pull Climate Emergency Brake: Greenpeace
The intensive dairy industry, led by Fonterra, is NZ’s worst climate polluter, belching out vast amounts of superheating methane gas, Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn says. ...3 weeks ago
- Special Honours List 6 December 2024 (Bravery Awards)
The King has been pleased to approve the New Zealand Bravery Awards. The Governor-General, under authority delegated by The King, has been pleased to approve the New Zealand Bravery Awards. ...3 weeks ago
- Commission Delivers First Review Of The 2050 Target And Advice On The Fourth Emissions Budget
These reports are our final advice on the fourth emissions budget (for 2036–2040), and the first five-yearly review of the 2050 emissions target. The target review advice also includes a one-off review of whether international shipping and aviation ...3 weeks ago
- Interim Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Four Months Ended 31 October 2...
The October results are reported against forecasts based on the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2024 (BEFU 2024), published on 30 May 2024, and the results for the same period for the previous year. ...3 weeks ago
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