Guest post: Corie Haddock on the homeless crisis
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Date published: 9:45 am, June 18th, 2016 - 52 comments
Co chair of the New Zealand Coalition to end homelessness Corie Haddock writes about the causes and implications of New Zealand’s homelessness crisis.
Petition against the veto of the paid parental leave bill
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Date published: 9:15 am, June 18th, 2016 - 19 comments
“We request that you withdraw the financial veto certificate against the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave and Work Contact Hours) Amendment Bill.” You can sign the petition here.
I think we can all agree that Paula Bennett is the real victim here
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Date published: 8:30 am, June 18th, 2016 - 56 comments
Te Puea Marae, whose only “crime” in this the Brighter Future was to try and help the homeless, “has fears of ‘smear campaign’ “. Naturally Paula Bennett is the real victim here. And furthermore, it’s all Labour’s fault.
90 day trial – no lie too outrageous for National
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Date published: 7:22 am, June 18th, 2016 - 52 comments
For eight long years National have been telling us that the 90 day trial (fire at will) law was all about creating jobs. Yesterday a new Treasury report showed that it had failed to do so. RNZ: “The government now says its 90-day trial period was never about increasing the number of jobs in New Zealand”. Of course.
Open mike 18/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 18th, 2016 - 48 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily Review 17/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, June 17th, 2016 - 47 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Kiaora Matariki Puaka
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Date published: 4:20 pm, June 17th, 2016 - 27 comments
It’s been a hard week, and many of us could do with some kindness and good news. Let’s take a moment to remember Matariki. What would Standardistas and other politically progressive people like to see for the coming year?
Fire at will (90 days) law a great success!
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Date published: 11:28 am, June 17th, 2016 - 104 comments
Or not. More National ideology burned to the ground by facts.
Tweets from a Donald Trump meeting
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Date published: 7:30 am, June 17th, 2016 - 88 comments
Jared Yates Sexton tweets about a recent experience he had when attending a Donald Trump meeting. We should all be worried.
Good morning to the “Park up for homes” folks
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Date published: 6:38 am, June 17th, 2016 - 18 comments
A very sincere good morning to the “Park up for homes” folks who have just spent the night in their cars, protesting in support of the homeless.
British Labour MP shot dead
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Date published: 6:14 am, June 17th, 2016 - 118 comments
British Labour MP Jo Cox has been shot and stabbed to death. The gunman was heard shouting: “Britain first”.
Open mike 17/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 17th, 2016 - 51 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily Review 16/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, June 16th, 2016 - 25 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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 …
Nats overrule Parliament to veto parental leave extension
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Date published: 3:54 pm, June 16th, 2016 - 102 comments
So – like Canterbury, like Auckland, the democratic process can get stuffed as far as National are concerned.
Key on the Teina Pora compensation
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Date published: 11:24 am, June 16th, 2016 - 74 comments
Housing policy omnishambles rolls on
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Date published: 8:25 am, June 16th, 2016 - 64 comments
The government that will pay you $5000 to leave Auckland and $3000 to move to Auckland has been selling state houses so recklessly that it is now considering building temporary ones. Headless chickens make more sense.
Double the quota
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Date published: 7:25 am, June 16th, 2016 - 3 comments
The Nats’ quota increase has now been described as “shameful and inhumane”, “stinks of a Government that doesn’t care”, “pathetic”, “mean-spirited and callous”, and more. Will they get the message?
Dodgy Niue deal back in the headlines
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Date published: 7:17 am, June 16th, 2016 - 107 comments
As Bryan Gould put it – “In any other country, and especially in those where such deals are commonplace, no one would be in any doubt as to what had really happened. In New Zealand, however, we are naively inclined to accept the blank-eyed, slack-mouthed assurances that it was all a coincidence and that nothing untoward had happened.”
Open mike 16/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 16th, 2016 - 106 comments
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Daily Review 15/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, June 15th, 2016 - 29 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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 …
Brexit
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Date published: 1:51 pm, June 15th, 2016 - 54 comments
Brexit is looking more and more likely, and the consequences are difficult to predict…
Bennett “gutted”
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Date published: 12:42 pm, June 15th, 2016 - 24 comments
One of Giovanni Tiso’s clever “Erratum” series.
This is what sustainable fishing looks like
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Date published: 10:10 am, June 15th, 2016 - 119 comments
“It turns out there will be no jobs on a dead planet.”
While New Zealand is struggling to maintain integrity around fishing and resource management, an ocean farmer in the US is leading the way in economic and ecologic sustainability. This is how we can do things differently.
National is missing Cameron Slater
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Date published: 9:05 am, June 15th, 2016 - 33 comments
The ham fisted attack on Hurimoana Dennis by Paula Bennett’s office must make National yearn for the heady days when Cameron Slater was in charge of their smears.
Open mike 15/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 am, June 15th, 2016 - 60 comments
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She’s got to go
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Date published: 9:07 pm, June 14th, 2016 - 98 comments
Paula Bennett’s leaked one too many times, as she tries to silence those who embarrass her. She needs to resign and take her authoritarian ways with her.
Orlando; Owen Jones On Homophobia.
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Date published: 7:42 pm, June 14th, 2016 - 70 comments
Guardian journalist Owen Jones nails the failure of many to call the Orlando killings what they are; homophobic terrorism. It’s not an excuse for anti-muslim hysteria, as Trump, Seymour and Peters would have it, it’s the worst single attack on LGBT people since the holocaust.
Daily Review 14/06/2016
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Date published: 6:00 pm, June 14th, 2016 - 19 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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 …
Paula Bennett leaking to smear again?
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Date published: 2:52 pm, June 14th, 2016 - 61 comments
Has Paula Bennett leaked details of a police investigation into Te Puea Marae’s Hurimoana Dennis?
Update: Bennett has admitted that “her office” leaked. She should resign.
Why American Foreign Policy still matters
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Date published: 8:30 am, June 14th, 2016 - 17 comments
So what should the next President of the United States focus on? Military power or economic domination or international institutions?
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