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Daily review 21/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, September 21st, 2023 - 27 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 …

TVNZ concludes that Luxon’s pants may have been on fire

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 2:00 pm, September 21st, 2023 - 39 comments

Fact checking by TVNZ has determined that much of what Christopher Luxon said in the recent leader’s debate was not true.

There is no recession in New Zealand

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 11:29 am, September 21st, 2023 - 57 comments

The growth figures are up and National operatives will be in despair. Not only did the economy grow considerably faster than anticipated in the last quarter at 0.9% but the previous quarter’s figure has been resolved from -0.1% to 0%.

NZ Election: National’s tax policy

Written By: nickkelly
Date published: 9:07 am, September 21st, 2023 - 7 comments

A year ago this month, the Liz Truss/Kwasi Kwarteng mini-budget destroyed once and for all the myth that the Tories are better at managing the economy. The New Zealand National Party could not even wait until they were in government to prove the same applies to them.

Open mike 21/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, September 21st, 2023 - 79 comments

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Daily review 20/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, September 20th, 2023 - 21 comments

Seymour’s bad faith Treaty policy

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 9:00 am, September 20th, 2023 - 67 comments

ACT’s proposal to put the potential meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi up for popular vote in a referendum is absurd dog whistling of the worst sort.

Understanding the New Zealand General Election 2023: Historical trends and perspectives.

Written By: nickkelly
Date published: 6:01 am, September 20th, 2023 - 15 comments

From the outside, the New Zealand 2023 General Election seems both lacklustre and slightly strange. The Labour Government, having won a huge majority in 2020 is now fighting for its political life. Yet National, the main centre-right opposition party is still on average polling significantly worse now than they were when it lost power in 2017.

Open mike 20/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, September 20th, 2023 - 35 comments

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The great debate

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 7:00 pm, September 19th, 2023 - 97 comments

Who will win tonight’s debate? Will Christopher Luxon release his foreigner land purchase tax calculations spreadsheet? Will Chris Hipkins talk about sausage rolls?

Stay tuned …

Daily review 19/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, September 19th, 2023 - 12 comments

Open mike 19/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, September 19th, 2023 - 63 comments

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Daily review 18/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, September 18th, 2023 - 13 comments

Cookers of the world unite

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 3:35 pm, September 18th, 2023 - 26 comments

Ryan Hamilton, National’s Hamilton East candidate, has had social media released suggesting that he is against flouridation of water, opposed covid mandates and thinks that covid death numbers were inflated, is vehemently opposed to cycleways and thinks that poor people only drink Raro.

Labour’s Women’s Manifesto

Written By: weka
Date published: 10:21 am, September 18th, 2023 - 65 comments

“A re-elected Labour Government will continue its proud tradition of advancing women’s health, employment, and legal rights Spokesperson for Women Jan Tinetti said.”

Open mike 18/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, September 18th, 2023 - 27 comments

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Open mike 17/09/2023

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, September 17th, 2023 - 39 comments

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My Way or the Huawei

Written By: Mike Smith
Date published: 5:06 am, September 17th, 2023 - 9 comments

I like my Huawei phone. I’m looking forward to the new Mate 60Pro. It’s launch means the US-led sanctions aiming to crush Huawei, with New Zealand as a fast follower, have completely failed to set back Chinese technology.

Labour to keep lifting worker wages and rights

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 2:31 pm, September 16th, 2023 - 12 comments

“Worker’s rights are under threat this election as Christopher Luxon and David Seymour eye up a smorgasbord of cuts,” Labour Spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety Carmel Sepuloni said.

“Only a Labour government will safeguard fair pay agreements, where applications are currently progressing to improve pay and conditions for bus drivers, hospitality staff, early childhood teachers, port workers, cleaners and security guards.”