Slater’s OIA requests about David Bain
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Date published: 2:33 pm, November 13th, 2014 - 12 comments
Megan Woods has discovered that three OIA requests processed within the same day by Judith Collins’ office for Cameron Slater were not entered in a log of successful OIA requests recently released by Amy Adams.
Standard questions: Andrew Little
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Date published: 10:50 am, November 13th, 2014 - 64 comments
A couple of weeks ago we asked readers to suggest questions for written answers from the candidates. We chose / edited six questions, and sent them to the four campaigns. Here are Andrew Little’s answers.
Nanaia Mahuta: Let’s Get Back On Track
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Date published: 9:37 am, November 13th, 2014 - 26 comments
A message sent out by Nanaia Mahuta last night to all Labour members.
Nats’ climate negligence
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Date published: 7:35 am, November 13th, 2014 - 39 comments
Yesterday was a big day for climate news, highlighting yet again the irresponsible negligence of this National government.
Open mike 13/11/2014
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Date published: 6:56 am, November 13th, 2014 - 264 comments
Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Social housing providers
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Date published: 9:08 am, November 12th, 2014 - 46 comments
Is Key planning to flog off state houses at half price to a liquor company?
Lauranora – National’s biggest achilles heel?
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Date published: 8:14 am, November 12th, 2014 - 33 comments
The Phillip Smith story is going to hurt National. It was warned two years ago about the relationship between passports and multiple identities yet nothing seems to have been done.
Key apology not genuine
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Date published: 7:39 am, November 12th, 2014 - 219 comments
Key’s apology isn’t genuine, he is still playing the political weasel. Key didn’t “misinterpret the question”, he was just displaying the same level of empathy as his favourite blogger.
Open mike 12/11/2014
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Date published: 6:49 am, November 12th, 2014 - 145 comments
Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Not a great headline for Key
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Date published: 1:45 pm, November 11th, 2014 - 169 comments
The cost of terrorist rhetoric
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Date published: 10:00 am, November 11th, 2014 - 38 comments
When John Key takes to the media to over-hype the risks of ISIS terrorism to NZ, there is a cost.
The TPPA – big business plans to fight back
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Date published: 8:10 am, November 11th, 2014 - 74 comments
Big business is planning a fighting fund to extol the virtues of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. And they want there to be a debate about the benefits of the TPPA. But only after the treaty has been concluded …
Effects of privatised power
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Date published: 7:13 am, November 11th, 2014 - 120 comments
The entirely predictable effects of privatising much of our electricity generation capacity are arriving thick and fast.
Open mike 11/11/2014
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Date published: 6:25 am, November 11th, 2014 - 107 comments
Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Hot Topic: Climate documentary Thin Ice raising money for US broadcast
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Date published: 2:21 pm, November 10th, 2014 - 7 comments
Thin Ice, the superb documentary about climate science and scientists filmed and produced by New Zealand and British climate scientists, has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to finance a new edit of the film so that it can be shown on public TV in the US. 14 days to go and they need a bit more cash.
Lessons from the ’30s and 40’s: culture and the left
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Date published: 2:05 pm, November 10th, 2014 - 70 comments
We often look to the first Labour Government for core left wing values, & a political way forward. As well as massively restructuring of the NZ economy, work, welfare & housing, that Government aimed to restructure NZ culture & to combat capitalist-dominated popular culture.
Standard questions: Grant Robertson
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Date published: 10:11 am, November 10th, 2014 - 82 comments
A couple of weeks ago we asked readers to suggest questions for written answers from the candidates. We chose / edited six questions, and sent them to the four campaigns. Here are Grant Robertson’s answers.
The final Labour leadership contest meetings
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Date published: 9:00 am, November 10th, 2014 - 10 comments
Details of the final two Labour leadership meetings to be held in AUckland tonight and tomorrow night.
Vance on terrorism scare tactics
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Date published: 7:29 am, November 10th, 2014 - 33 comments
An excellent piece by Andrea Vance in the weekend, on Key’s terrorism dog and pony show.
Open mike 10/11/2014
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Date published: 6:42 am, November 10th, 2014 - 126 comments
Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Andrew Little’s plan for Labour
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Date published: 3:22 pm, November 9th, 2014 - 103 comments
One of the most important challenges we must confront is rebuilding our Party and our movement.
Fifty year mortgages
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Date published: 9:22 am, November 9th, 2014 - 79 comments
Fifty year mortgages are here, and as usual the game is rigged against the ordinary buyer. Madness.
The United States mid term Elections
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Date published: 8:30 am, November 9th, 2014 - 86 comments
Some brief thoughts on what happened in the United States election this week combined with a guest post by Ad on the challenges that progressive parties are facing in the Western World.
Open mike 09/11/2014
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Date published: 7:30 am, November 9th, 2014 - 57 comments
Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
“Marching in the streets”
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Date published: 5:15 pm, November 8th, 2014 - 129 comments
Thousands of people protested and marched around the country against the secret and anti-democratic TPPA negotiations. Reports & pics. Updated
Andrew Little in Auckland on Sunday and virtual hustings
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Date published: 1:00 pm, November 8th, 2014 - 31 comments
The Labour leadership race continues!
The working poor
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Date published: 9:20 am, November 8th, 2014 - 183 comments
The Nats’ line on poverty is that beneficiaries need to get in to work. The rise of the working poor both in NZ and internationally, shows what nonsense that excuse is.
Outage last night
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Date published: 8:19 am, November 8th, 2014 - 17 comments
The site had a strange problem with a database solid state drive last night while restarting after doing operating system upgrades. This morning it was completely offline and causing problems with the other drives in the array. Restored to an hourly backup.
Open mike 08/11/2014
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Date published: 7:00 am, November 8th, 2014 - 37 comments
Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Weekend social 07/11/2014
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Date published: 1:45 pm, November 7th, 2014 - 14 comments
Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?
Elective surgery waiting lists
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Date published: 10:47 am, November 7th, 2014 - 29 comments
The Nats have been manufacturing “good news” stories in health by creating a system that turns away one third of the patients in need.
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