We know that if you miss a couple of days of The Standard you can have 15 posts to read. Even though we try to keep posts pithy, it can be too much to catch up on.
So, we’re happy to introduce the Standard Week. On Fridays, we’ll do a Standard Week post linking to the five or so top posts of the week (by number of comments or subjective awesome-ness) so you can catch up on any you’ve missed. We’ll also email the Standard Week to anyone who wants to receive it.
Just flick us an email at thestandardnz@gmail.com to go on the Standardista list. On becoming a Standardista, you will receive your Standardista cloth cap, ‘how-to’ guide for living a PC life, class consciousness, and Notional Party yo-yo that swings from the right to the centre and back again every three years.*
Key: Vietnam War was ‘right thing to do’
Incredibly, Key has said that the Vietnam War was justified and New Zealand’s involvement in it was ‘the right thing to do’ [more]
Into the void: examining National’s ‘policies
A smattering of cliches that nibble at the edges of a few portfolios. They are unsophisticated and uncosted; most of them are little more than a plan to have a policy [more]
Yet more government waste
Following a series of National Party questions to the house the Herald has discovered the Labour government has spent nearly $27K on sausage rolls since taking power in 1999 [more]
How much did Key pay for his seat?
I was up in Auckland over the long weekend and came across someone who told me the story of how Key became involved in National… [more]
Foreign media owners slash journo numbers, again
This is the problem with having our print media owned by two foreign multi-nationals. They’re not in it to produce quality journalism, they’re in it for profits [more]
‘pretty similar’
I signed up to Kiwisaver based on the 4% employer contribution being rolled out. If National caps that at 1% then I’m out of pocket by about $75,000 in contributions alone… [more]
*you won’t really receive these things, except the class consciousness.
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