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  1. Green Party statements on giving their parliamentary Questions to the Opposition

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 11:03 am, March 19th, 2018 -  49 comments
    Categories: accountability, democratic participation, greens, Parliament
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    “As Greens, we’ve always stood for modernising our democracy, making MPs more accountable and giving the public better access to the levers of power.”

  2. Some neigbourly advice for Kirikiriroa from a concerned JAFA

    Written By:  Enzo -  Date published: 1:21 pm, March 16th, 2018 -  27 comments
    Categories: Environment, Maori Issues, tourism
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    Hamilton or Kirikiriroa? I don’t even know why this is a question. Well, I do, it’s a question because white people are stupid, but I mean there’s no question in my mind which name I prefer. Kneejerk reactions to this sort of suggested change are a bit odd when you think about it. Everything in […]

  3. Food security in New Zealand

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 6:12 am, March 14th, 2018 -  28 comments
    Categories: food, human rights, Maori Issues, poverty, welfare
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    The Standard regular commenter Macro takes a look at the state of food security in NZ

  4. Post TPPA signing

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 6:14 am, March 12th, 2018 -  34 comments
    Categories: capitalism, climate change, Economy, trade
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    It’s Our Future spokesperson Oliver Hailes was on RNZ yesterday succinctly pointing out the problem with Labour and NZF’s u-turn on the TPPA. He also recently co-authored an article in the NZ Medical Journal on the TPPA, climate change and health.

  5. TPPA rally at parliament today

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 6:10 am, March 8th, 2018 -  10 comments
    Categories: capitalism, democracy under attack, Economy, Free Trade, trade
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    Protestors will gather outside Parliament at midday on Thursday 8 March to hear from a range of speakers in opposition to the TPPA signing ceremony in Chile

  6. Cullen says 2020 election effectively a referendum on tax

    Written By:  Simon Louisson -  Date published: 1:20 pm, March 7th, 2018 -  32 comments
    Categories: business, capital gains, Economy, economy, election 2020, Environment, ETS, Financial markets, gst, Maori Issues, tax
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    Don’t hold your breath for recommendations of radical tax reform from the Tax Working Group. Chair Sir Michael Cullen says the 2020 election will be a referendum on tax and he is already kicking for touch

  7. Good Witches Hunting

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 1:16 pm, March 6th, 2018 -  114 comments
    Categories: feminism, human rights, sexism
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    With the publishing of another misogynistic cartoon, it’s time to ask who were the witches and why are so many men still afraid of them?

  8. Genter and Davidson

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 6:08 am, March 2nd, 2018 -  51 comments
    Categories: democratic participation, greens, Politics
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    The Green female co-leader candidates did a Q and A last night with Stuff political reporter Henry Cooke. They covered a range of topics, including the Budget Responsibility Rules. The interview gives good insight into how the Green Party works and where they are headed, as well as into the two candidates themselves.

  9. Little proposes radical shake up of the Criminal Justice system

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 11:39 am, February 24th, 2018 -  152 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, crime, labour, Media, Politics, prisons, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    Andrew Little has called for a complete change the way criminal justice works.  But National’s initial response suggests that the prospects of a mature discussion on the issue are slim.

  10. It’s Our Future: Complete U-Turn by Labour and NZ First on TPP

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 11:37 am, February 21st, 2018 -  131 comments
    Categories: capitalism, democracy under attack, Economy, labour, nz first
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    The TPP might have been re-branded as the CPTPP but it’s still the same bad deal says Professor Jane Kelsey, New Zealand’s expert on international economic regulation.

    “Calling it “Comprehensive and Progressive” doesn’t make it any better.

  11. Poll Watch: Colmar Brunton Poll 2018-2-19

    Written By:  Matthew Whitehead -  Date published: 8:30 am, February 20th, 2018 -  47 comments
    Categories: greens, labour, national, nz first, polls
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    In this second edition of Pollwatch, we note the impact of Jacinda Ardern at the height of her powers, track the likelyhood of current government support partners of clearing our high Party Vote threshold, and note the small likelyhood that English’s eventual successor will have of sneaking into the Beehive even if we held a snap election right now.

  12. Strong and decisive

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:54 am, February 18th, 2018 -  154 comments
    Categories: Amy Adams, Judith Collins, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    Judith Collins has picked on the campaign term strong and decisive for behaviour better described as brutal and obdurate.

  13. TPPA-11 update and actions

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 6:23 am, February 16th, 2018 -  70 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, democracy under attack, Globalisation, greens, labour, nz first, trade
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    The TPPA-11 is set to be signed on March 8. There are still huge problems with the agreement for NZ. Jane Kelsey provides an update.

  14. The problem with Charter Schools

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 12:38 pm, February 11th, 2018 -  296 comments
    Categories: act, education, labour, Media, national, national/act government, same old national, schools, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
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    The Government is moving to stop the creation of new charter schools and require existing charter schools to integrate with the public system.

  15. And we’re off to the races!

    Written By:  Matthew Whitehead -  Date published: 5:12 pm, February 8th, 2018 -  123 comments
    Categories: greens
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    With Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women, entering the co-leadership race, there’s now a real contest on our hands as to who joins James Shaw as co-leader of the Green Party. What does that mean for the Greens, and for New Zealand politics in general?

  16. Waitangi day

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:36 am, February 6th, 2018 -  84 comments
    Categories: Media, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    By engaging with and showing respect for Ngapuhi Jacinda Ardern has transformed Waitangi Day from a day of dissent to a day of celebration.

  17. Marama Davidson’s campaign launch – Boots Theory

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 6:21 am, February 5th, 2018 -  111 comments
    Categories: greens, vision
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    Stephanie Rodgers’ progressive communications analysis of how Marama Davidson is hitting all the right notes.

  18. Ideological issues more than leadership are Nat’s problem

    Written By:  Simon Louisson -  Date published: 8:19 am, February 4th, 2018 -  108 comments
    Categories: election 2017, MMP, national, Politics, same old national
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    Changing National’s leadership will not help the conservatives regain power if they fail to address questions of why they lost the 2017 election. National may be the biggest single party but it is unlikely to stay that. And they have no remaining parliamentary partners.You can’t form a MMP government from that…

  19. Poll Watch: Reid Research Poll 2018-1-31

    Written By:  Matthew Whitehead -  Date published: 8:00 am, February 1st, 2018 -  158 comments
    Categories: greens, labour, national, nz first, polls
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    Newshub recently released the latest poll they commissioned from Reid Research. Let’s dive into some analysis of what this means.

  20. Waitangi Day and Australia Day

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 9:04 am, January 26th, 2018 -  10 comments
    Categories: australian politics, Deep stuff, International
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    Australia Day (January 26th), like Waitangi Day (February 6th) often divides our countries as much in its silence as anything else.

  21. The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:53 am, January 25th, 2018 -  137 comments
    Categories: business, capitalism, Economy, employment, Environment, farming, Free Trade, overseas investment, tech industry, wages, workers' rights
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    The positive aspects of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership.

  22. High Country selloff scandal laid bare

    Written By:  Simon Louisson -  Date published: 2:11 pm, January 21st, 2018 -  35 comments
    Categories: Conservation, farming, labour, national, Privatisation
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    A feature in yesterday’s Domion Post Weekend lays bare the extent of the scandalous selloff of huge tracts of our high country. The tenure review of the high country has been conducted since 1992 to  privatise some of the land and also bringing parts into the conservation estate. The process has been followed by both National and Labour governments.

  23. What will 2018 hold for Labour?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:00 am, January 10th, 2018 -  201 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, Carmel Sepuloni, david parker, helen clark, Iain Lees-Galloway, jacinda ardern, labour, phil twyford, uncategorized
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    What does Labour do this year to make sure this Government is a success and its achievements something that progressives can be proud of?

  24. The Standard’s most commented on posts of 2017

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:11 am, December 30th, 2017 -  27 comments
    Categories: the praiseworthy and the pitiful, The Standard
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    The ten most commented on posts in the Standard for 2017.

  25. National needs a friend

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:30 am, December 12th, 2017 -  43 comments
    Categories: act, bill english, election 2017, greens, Judith Collins, labour, maori party, MMP, national, nz first, Politics, same old national, united future
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    National is pondering one of the realities of MMP.  Without friends its chances of becoming Government are very limited.

  26. Phil Twyford: the future of housing in New Zealand

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:30 am, December 3rd, 2017 -  190 comments
    Categories: housing, labour, phil twyford, Politics
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    The text of an important speech from Phil Twyford where he talks about the 6th Labour Government’s plans for housing.

  27. Labour accelerates action on Pike River re-entry

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:31 am, November 21st, 2017 -  182 comments
    Categories: Amy Adams, Andrew Little, health and safety, jacinda ardern, labour, making shit up, Mining, national, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, Unions, workers' rights, you couldn't make this shit up
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    National is trying to spin that Labour has adopted its position on re-entry of the Pike River mine. But the Pike River families are having nothing of this.

  28. Measuring the honeymoon

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 8:27 am, November 14th, 2017 -  34 comments
    Categories: polls
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    One of the things that I like about the Horizon poll is that it is unashamedly qualitative and highlights data beyond what is required for idiot talking heads needing a soundbite. Horizon breaks down some of the demographics to look at who is giving the government their honeymoon.

  29. Labour maidens – Willow-Jean Prime

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 5:27 pm, November 12th, 2017 -  29 comments
    Categories: labour, Parliament, vision
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    “It means protecting and growing our rights as people, not just as economic units, health clients, “clients” of any kind.”

    A strong start by Willow-Jean Prime.

  30. An Introduction: Matthew Whitehead

    Written By:  Matthew Whitehead -  Date published: 2:23 pm, October 25th, 2017 -  39 comments
    Categories: notices, The Standard
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    A brief introduction to a new contributor.

  31. The new cabinet

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 12:07 pm, October 25th, 2017 -  41 comments
    Categories: election 2017, greens, labour, nz first, Politics
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    Details of the new cabinet have been announced.

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