Daily review 01/03/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, March 1st, 2024 - 15 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 …

Who is treating taxpayers as an ATM?

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Date published: 12:16 pm, March 1st, 2024 - 51 comments

It has been revealed that Christopher Luxon receives $52,000 a year from the taxpayer to pay for him staying in his own apartment. Update within the space of an hour he has said that it was his entitlement but then said that he will pay the money back.

Open mike 01/03/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, March 1st, 2024 - 65 comments

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Daily review 29/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 29th, 2024 - 7 comments

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What does the Government have against Maori health?

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Date published: 11:25 am, February 29th, 2024 - 12 comments

National spent much of yesterday ramming through under urgency and without a select committee process two measures which will have detrimental effects on Māori health.

Newshub Closes

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Date published: 8:01 am, February 29th, 2024 - 80 comments

One can hate the mainstream media but OMG you sure will miss it when it’s gone.

Open mike 29/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 29th, 2024 - 23 comments

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Daily review 28/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 28th, 2024 - 19 comments

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Guns and gangs

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Date published: 12:32 pm, February 28th, 2024 - 63 comments

The Government has announced yet another tough on gangs policy involving a severe restriction on the rights of freedom of expression at the same time that gun ownership laws will be liberalised.

Open mike 28/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 28th, 2024 - 53 comments

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Daily review 27/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 27th, 2024 - 10 comments

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Open mike 27/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 27th, 2024 - 69 comments

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Daily review 26/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 26th, 2024 - 22 comments

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Open mike 26/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 26th, 2024 - 21 comments

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What’s Left?

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Date published: 12:07 pm, February 25th, 2024 - 51 comments

From Election 2023’s result through to February 2024 there has been massive loss and damage to the Parliamentary capacity of Labour and Greens. Who still has the capacity to lead? What’s left?

About the promoters electoral returns

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Date published: 9:14 am, February 25th, 2024 - 8 comments

The Electoral Commission has released the major promoters’ electoral returns. These show significant amounts of money being spent on getting Labour unelected but give no detail about how the campaigns were funded.

Open mike 25/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 25th, 2024 - 70 comments

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The problem with corporate money in electorate campaigns

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Date published: 10:44 am, February 24th, 2024 - 34 comments

Patrick Phelps campaign expense return

The 2023 candidate election returns have released and it has emerged that Bathurst Resources Ltd contributed $32,600 to Patrick Phelps, who ran a spoiler campaign against Damian O’Connor in West Coast Tasman.

Open mike 24/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 24th, 2024 - 34 comments

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Daily review 23/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 23rd, 2024 - Comments Off on Daily review 23/02/2024

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Open mike 23/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 23rd, 2024 - 90 comments

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Daily review 22/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 22nd, 2024 - 27 comments

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Open mike 22/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 22nd, 2024 - 116 comments

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Daily review 21/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 21st, 2024 - 2 comments

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RIP Efeso Collins

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Date published: 4:49 pm, February 21st, 2024 - 17 comments

Very sad news today with news of Fa’anana Efeso Collins’ untimely death.

Go well Grant Robertson

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Date published: 8:56 am, February 21st, 2024 - 72 comments

Yesterday it was announced that Grant Robertson was leaving politics.

Open mike 21/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 21st, 2024 - 46 comments

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Daily review 20/02/2024

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 20th, 2024 - 8 comments

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Bene bashing 6.0

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Date published: 10:06 am, February 20th, 2024 - 102 comments

So what does National do when its minor support party tries to steal media attention with dog whistling racism? It reverts to some good old beneficiary bashing.

Open mike 20/02/2024

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 20th, 2024 - 70 comments

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About the One News Poll

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Date published: 9:06 pm, February 19th, 2024 - 43 comments

The latest One News Verian poll suggests that there has been absolutely no honeymoon for the Government.

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