People who rent their home shouldn’t have to get sick or complain before the safety of their home is tested and guaranteed.
Open mike 24/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 24th, 2021 - 102 comments
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Daily review 23/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 23rd, 2021 - 9 comments
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Greens: a Warrant of Fitness for rental homes
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Date published: 6:10 am, July 23rd, 2021 - 118 comments
Open mike 23/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 23rd, 2021 - 113 comments
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Daily review 22/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 22nd, 2021 - 16 comments
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Keep the faith, deep greenies
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Date published: 10:00 am, July 22nd, 2021 - 75 comments
For those that understand the cyclical, interconnected nature of reality and why growth is inherently limited in the physical world, kia kaha, we’re making headway.
Act likes some rights but not others
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Date published: 7:50 am, July 22nd, 2021 - 37 comments
Following on from its campaign to protect freedom of expression Act has come out with policy on gangs which if enacted would involve some pretty egregious attacks on freedom of association and movement and due process.
Open mike 22/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 22nd, 2021 - 159 comments
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Daily review 21/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 21st, 2021 - 38 comments
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Open mike 21/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 21st, 2021 - 125 comments
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Daily review 20/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 20th, 2021 - 21 comments
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Mother Nature gives Groundswell NZ the middle finger
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Date published: 8:17 am, July 20th, 2021 - 78 comments
With record floods in Marlborough, half of Westport evacuated, disastrous flooding in Germany and the North East and the threat of record bushfires in the North West of the United States Mother Nature is passing rather cruel judgment on Groundswell NZ’s recent protest.
Open mike 20/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 20th, 2021 - 101 comments
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Daily review 19/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 19th, 2021 - 18 comments
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Freedom day
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Date published: 7:55 am, July 19th, 2021 - 58 comments
As infection rates of Covid in the United Kingdom surge Boris Johnson has announced that today will be the UK’s Freedom day and will be removing pretty well all mandatory Covid restrictions, even the wearing of masks and social distancing.
Open mike 19/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 19th, 2021 - 174 comments
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Why we debate
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Date published: 11:55 am, July 18th, 2021 - 18 comments
Explorations in debate culture, how to argue well, and what we do on The Standard.
Trump and Russia
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Date published: 9:15 am, July 18th, 2021 - 41 comments
The Guardian has reported on claims of a leaked Russian Government paper which on the face of it confirms Russian support for the Trump 2016 election at the highest level.
Open mike 18/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 18th, 2021 - 118 comments
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Women’s Day
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Date published: 10:45 am, July 17th, 2021 - 106 comments
A dedicated space on The Standard for women’s debate.
Why Not Support The Farmers?
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Date published: 8:43 am, July 17th, 2021 - 106 comments
The Groundswell farmers movement want the new freshwater policy scrapped, the “ute tax” removed, lots of imported labour for farm work, parts of the ETS dumped the new Significant Natural Area policy dumped, the draft policy on indigenous biodiversity scrapped and Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill stopped. How likely is this?
Open mike 17/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 17th, 2021 - 81 comments
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Daily review 16/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 16th, 2021 - 14 comments
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If a thousand baby flamingos die in the desert does anyone hear them howl?
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Date published: 3:06 pm, July 16th, 2021 - 43 comments
Farmers aren’t the problem here, they’re the mirror New Zealand is holding up to itself. We say we want change, despite the evidence.
The problem with English Soccer
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Date published: 7:38 am, July 16th, 2021 - 13 comments
Last week’s final between England and Italy showed that there is still an ugly racist underside to what should be a beautiful game.
The Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Bill
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Date published: 7:00 am, July 16th, 2021 - 133 comments
Why the proposed changes to the law relating to gender identification is not such a bad thing. The law allowing this has been in place since 1995, but the process is confusing, intimidating, and time-consuming.
Open mike 16/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 16th, 2021 - 92 comments
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Daily review 15/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 15th, 2021 - 33 comments
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Minister Robertson’s Economic Development Strategy
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Date published: 7:32 am, July 15th, 2021 - 20 comments
Minister Roberston’s recent speech to the Trans Tasman Business Circle sets out both how this government is using the pandemic to reset whole sectors of the economy, and also how it is getting its head around economic and social challenges. The points made were unsurprising, but his intended direction was unclear.
Open mike 15/07/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 15th, 2021 - 174 comments
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Daily review 14/07/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 14th, 2021 - 4 comments
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