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Mountain Tui: The Kiwirail Interislander saga continues

Written By: Mountain Tui
Date published: 7:57 am, July 11th, 2024 - 40 comments

Nicola Willis’s decision to cancel the Kiwirail i-Rex contract without a back up plan is coming back to bite. As costs pile up for the taxpayer, we have already lost half a billion dollars, but that won’t be the final bill. And there are still no ferries.

Open mike 11/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 11th, 2024 - 30 comments

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Daily review 10/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 10th, 2024 - 19 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 …

The best carbon capture device is a tree

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 11:06 am, July 10th, 2024 - 18 comments

The Government is hoping that Carbon Capture and Sequestration will reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emission levels. But it is refusing to protect forests and trees, which are the best Carbon Capture and Sequestration devices going.

Open mike 10/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 10th, 2024 - 38 comments

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Daily review 09/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 9th, 2024 - 9 comments

Quality of candidates – start with “are they human?”

Written By: lprent
Date published: 10:34 am, July 9th, 2024 - 12 comments

With all of the issues about Green party MPs, who have been having issues recently, I was intrigued to run across the article in the Guardian “Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people” after the recent election in the UK.

Open mike 09/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 9th, 2024 - 48 comments

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Daily review 08/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 8th, 2024 - 9 comments

Open mike 08/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 8th, 2024 - 34 comments

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Code Pink at NATO: Negotiate for peace.

Written By: Guest post
Date published: 2:10 pm, July 7th, 2024 - 53 comments

When NATO leaders meet in Washington, what they should be doing, apart from figuring out how to comply with Article 33(1) of the UN Charter, is conducting a clear-eyed review of how this organization that claims to be a force for peace keeps escalating unwinnable wars and leaving countries in ruins.

Sham consultation – sham contracting

Written By: darien fenton
Date published: 10:59 am, July 7th, 2024 - 11 comments

Minister for Workplace Relations and Health & Safety Brooke van Velden hasn’t met with the CTU Te Kauae Kaimahi since November last year. And has announced major proposed changes to workers rights and job conditions.

Mountain Tui: New Zealand deserves better than marketing

Written By: Guest post
Date published: 10:58 am, July 7th, 2024 - 6 comments

Last week the Coalition Govt said they were doing away with the name “fast-track.” This is a Govt of professional lobbyists so I am not surprised by their attunement to marketing. “Fast-track” became bad for business. The name had to go. They have also weakened regarding fast-track because of opposition.

The implications of UK Labour’s success for NZ Labour

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 10:48 am, July 7th, 2024 - 79 comments

What should New Zealand Labour learn from UK Labour’s success in the recent election?

Open mike 07/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 7th, 2024 - 6 comments

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Open mike 06/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 6th, 2024 - 20 comments

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Daily review 05/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 5th, 2024 - 7 comments

United Kingdom election watch

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 8:38 am, July 5th, 2024 - 98 comments

A generic post to cover the United Kingdom election results as they come in. UPDATED

Open mike 05/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 5th, 2024 - 14 comments

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Daily review 04/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 4th, 2024 - 6 comments

Bishop wants to accelerate urban sprawl

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 12:39 pm, July 4th, 2024 - 36 comments

Chris Bishop has announced proposed changes to planning laws that will increase urban sprawl and damage to the environment.

Open mike 04/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 4th, 2024 - 36 comments

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Daily review 03/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 3rd, 2024 - 5 comments

Open mike 03/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 3rd, 2024 - 44 comments

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Daily review 02/07/2024

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 2nd, 2024 - 8 comments

The political centre has moved, someone should tell the strategists.

Written By: nickkelly
Date published: 9:39 am, July 2nd, 2024 - 13 comments

30 years ago, we had Dot Matrix printers, Windows 95 and brick cell phones. Today we live in a world of AI, Tik Tok and 5G. While technology changes have been embraced, including in political campaigns, strategies and methods to connect with voters seem stuck in the MS-DOSS era.