Climate Action Mondays: after the IPCC report, what now?
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Date published: 6:05 am, April 11th, 2022 - 87 comments
It’s time to act as if our lives depend on it.
Open mike 11/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 11th, 2022 - 94 comments
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Why trust in the media is declining
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Date published: 2:09 pm, April 10th, 2022 - 47 comments
A recent study into New Zealand’s media suggests that trust in what the media says is declining and that views of what is good and bad media is more and more dependent on the participant’s world view.
Go well Ashley Bloomfield
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Date published: 8:28 am, April 10th, 2022 - 31 comments
With a sense of regret for many of us this week Ashley Bloomfield announced his pending resignation as Director General of Health.
Open mike 10/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 10th, 2022 - 173 comments
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Grumpy mod note
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Date published: 10:21 am, April 9th, 2022 - 28 comments
Please read if you are commenting at The Standard.
Open mike 09/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 9th, 2022 - 190 comments
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Daily review 08/04/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 8th, 2022 - 17 comments
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Is Act buying social media followers?
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Date published: 8:14 am, April 8th, 2022 - 14 comments
Hot on the heels of news that Act has recently received a number of significant donations comes news that it may have spent some of these funds on buying social media followers following news that Seymour’s Instagram followers jumped from 23,800 to 72,600 in one day.
Open mike 08/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 8th, 2022 - 152 comments
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Daily review 07/04/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 7th, 2022 - 6 comments
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Greens call for rent freeze
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Date published: 12:56 pm, April 7th, 2022 - 151 comments
The Green Party has published a reasonable plan to make renting more affordable for low income New Zealanders. There’s nothing extreme-communist-scary here, it’s well within the values of the NZ electorate.
Water and Money
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Date published: 7:26 am, April 7th, 2022 - 20 comments
If the 3 Waters reforms can survive its attacks and be implemented, a consequence will be that we are going to have a most enormous nationwide economic argument about the price of water and who pays for it all.
Open mike 07/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 7th, 2022 - 125 comments
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Daily review 06/04/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 6th, 2022 - 44 comments
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Last chance to see or finally acting as if our lives depend on it?
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Date published: 8:49 am, April 6th, 2022 - 55 comments
That IPCC report telling it like it is. Ball is in our court.
Change nothing
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Date published: 8:04 am, April 6th, 2022 - 15 comments
You get to a point – and Ardern must be close – where the most you can do is hang on.
Open mike 06/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 6th, 2022 - 133 comments
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Daily review 05/04/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 5th, 2022 - 21 comments
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Why in the middle of a pandemic an immediate change to Orange is magical thinking
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Date published: 9:27 am, April 5th, 2022 - 77 comments
National’s friends are in unison complaining that the Government should be announcing now when we will be back into Orange. But our exemplary performance compared to other nations suggests strongly that the Government should continue to respect the medical advice it is receiving.
Open mike 05/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 5th, 2022 - 176 comments
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Daily review 04/04/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 4th, 2022 - 9 comments
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Climate Action Mondays: slow fashion
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Date published: 9:54 am, April 4th, 2022 - 44 comments
It’s time to act as if our lives depend on it. Here are the things we can do and we can require government and business to do.
Open mike 04/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 4th, 2022 - 77 comments
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3 Waters Reform Must Happen
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Date published: 5:22 pm, April 3rd, 2022 - 147 comments
If you’re out there in ZB land and believe that water management should be democratically elected, you won’t find respite here. Local Government has done a terrible job dealing with water and change is urgently needed.
National still has a culture problem
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Date published: 7:45 am, April 3rd, 2022 - 37 comments
This week National found itself the centre of media suggesting that its treatment of women is still not acceptable. A couple of Young Nats were outed as being behind the trolling of Christchurch left wing female politicians. Christchurch city councillor Sara Templeton was on the receiving end of the trolling. She did the very wise […]
Open mike 03/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 3rd, 2022 - 37 comments
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Open mike 02/04/2022
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 2nd, 2022 - 131 comments
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Daily review 01/04/2022
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Date published: 5:30 pm, April 1st, 2022 - 9 comments
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National announces receiving $1.8 million in recent donations
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Date published: 2:43 pm, April 1st, 2022 - 43 comments
National has gazumped Act’s recently announced significant donations drive and has just announced that it will shortly be filing declarations confirming that it has recently received $1.8 million in donations.
Will John Key stand for National in Tauranga
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Date published: 7:44 am, April 1st, 2022 - 32 comments
The Standard has learned from a normally reliable source that John Key is considering seeking the National Party nomination for the Tauranga seat.
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