Open mike 23/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 23rd, 2022 - 156 comments

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Daily review 22/08/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 22nd, 2022 - 17 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 …

Will We Go Down With China?

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Date published: 11:24 am, August 22nd, 2022 - 19 comments

Muchn’all as I try and stay positive about New Zealand’s economic direction, our reliance on China is getting much, much worse, and we need to move as China declines.

Labour’s “tenant tax” is neither a tax nor for tenants

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Date published: 10:16 am, August 22nd, 2022 - 33 comments

National’s media spin team is at it again claiming that removing interest rate deductibility for landlords is a “tenant tax” when it is neither a new tax nor for tenants.

Open mike 22/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 22nd, 2022 - 146 comments

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A week of sideshows

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Date published: 5:34 pm, August 21st, 2022 - 64 comments

But the past week has been a week of sideshows.  One international as elements of the right try to smear Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin for dancing.  And one local where rogue Labour MP Gaurav Sharma is running out of excuses for not backing up the extraordinary claims he has made about the Labour Party.

Open mike 21/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 21st, 2022 - 69 comments

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Open mike 20/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 20th, 2022 - 135 comments

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Daily review 19/08/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 19th, 2022 - 14 comments

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This is what the climate crisis looks like in New Zealand, so far

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Date published: 1:26 pm, August 19th, 2022 - 66 comments

If we keep doing what we are doing (not acting on climate), then at some point there will just be too many of these events to keep up with. But we still have time to limit the damage and transition society.

Not A Ripple of Difference

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Date published: 1:24 pm, August 19th, 2022 - 24 comments

The polls are out and the internal revolt last month to remove James Shaw as Greens co leader hasn’t made a ripple.

Open mike 19/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 19th, 2022 - 142 comments

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Daily review 18/08/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 18th, 2022 - 43 comments

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By Nature Unfair

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Date published: 8:15 am, August 18th, 2022 - 28 comments

You can be the most moral nation on earth and have no reward for it.

Open mike 18/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 18th, 2022 - 96 comments

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Daily review 17/08/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 17th, 2022 - 8 comments

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Open mike 17/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 17th, 2022 - 128 comments

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Daily review 16/08/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 16th, 2022 - 26 comments

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What to do with Gaurav Sharma

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Date published: 1:59 pm, August 16th, 2022 - 184 comments

The Labour Caucus will meet this afternoon to discuss what to do about Gaurav Sharma.

Greens: New public transport model must be backed with investment

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Date published: 8:41 am, August 16th, 2022 - 9 comments

“Along with public ownership and better wages and conditions for people working on public transport, if we can get the Government to focus nearly all transport investments on making it easier for people to walk, bike, or hop on a bus, train, or ferry we can create a world-class transport system that works for everyone. The best way to do that is to get more Green MPs into Parliament,” – Julie Anne Genter.

Open mike 16/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 16th, 2022 - 73 comments

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Daily review 15/08/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 15th, 2022 - 24 comments

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About Gaurav Sharma

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Date published: 9:17 am, August 15th, 2022 - 101 comments

Recent incidents involving Labour MP Gaurav Sharma are evidence of poor relationships with staff and not anything more sinister.

Open mike 15/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 15th, 2022 - 72 comments

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The weird arrangement for MP’s staffers

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Date published: 1:25 pm, August 14th, 2022 - 76 comments

With recent allegations of bullying of staff hitting the media it is important to understand the relationship between a Member of Parliament and their Parliamentary Services staff.

Stuff’s Fire and Fury major investigation into the occupation of Parliament grounds

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Date published: 10:34 am, August 14th, 2022 - 71 comments

The Wellington occupation was supposed to be about ending the mandates, but a new Stuff Circuit documentary investigates those behind the protest and discovers they have far bigger and more dangerous goals.

Open mike 14/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 14th, 2022 - 32 comments

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Open mike 13/08/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, August 13th, 2022 - 109 comments

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Daily review 12/08/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 12th, 2022 - 38 comments

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Molloy drops out of Mayoralty race

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Date published: 12:57 pm, August 12th, 2022 - 35 comments

Self described tough man Leo Molloy has found the going too tough and has pulled out of the Auckland mayoralty race.

Bastards Versus Assholes

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Date published: 10:53 am, August 12th, 2022 - 47 comments

This post was written before Gaurav Sharma’s Herald article and should not be taken as validation of his comments.  There are necessary bastards in political life, and in developed democracies compared to everywhere else ours are gentle as lambs

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