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1. 

   Labour: Greens are the first cab off the rank

   Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:38 am, March 3rd, 2017 -  19 comments
   Categories: Andrew Little, climate change, greens, labour, Left, mana, maori party, nz first, Politics, sustainability, winston peters
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   Andrew Little has confirmed that the Green Party will be first party Labour looks to for a coalition deal after the election.

2. 

   Green Party Member’s Bill to protect freshwater

   Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:35 am, February 27th, 2017 -  16 comments
   Categories: Environment, farming, greens, water
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   The Green Party has launched a member’s bill that will keep water from underground sources, called aquifers, safe from pollution and contamination.
3. 

   Green Party candidates and vision speech (updated)

   Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 12:55 pm, February 26th, 2017 -  14 comments
   Categories: election 2017, greens, james shaw
   Tags: #Green2017

   James Shaw addresses Green Party candidates and shares their vision for Aotearoa New Zealand

4. 

   It’s past time to be bold about water

   Written By:  weka -  Date published: 7:00 am, February 25th, 2017 -  147 comments
   Categories: capitalism, disaster, Economy, election 2017, Environment, farming, greens, labour, maori party, water
   Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, te mana o te wai, water is life

   Water is both the front line and the rallying cry.

5. 

   Forest and Bird takes it the Government in the Supreme Court

   Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:10 am, February 24th, 2017 -  25 comments
   Categories: Abuse of power, climate change, Conservation, Environment, national, Politics, same old national
   Tags: forest and bird, maggie barry, Ruataniwha dam

   The Crown is seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal decision obtained by Forest and Bird which is preventing Conservation land in the Hawkes Bay from being used for the controversial Ruataniwha dam.

6. 

   Kaupapa Pākehā

   Written By:  weka -  Date published: 10:50 am, February 22nd, 2017 -  329 comments
   Categories: Andrew Little, election 2017, greens, labour, mana, Maori Issues, maori party, Maori seats, Politics, uncategorized
   Tags: kaupapa Māori, Pākehā

   What if we based our politics on relationships not power?

7. 

   What if anything does Bill English believe in?

   Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:05 am, February 21st, 2017 -  71 comments
   Categories: bill english
   Tags: belief, bill english, dirty deals, Maori seats, vernon small, winning is everything, winston peters

   Can anyone work out what English stands for? His actions and his words are at odds. Vernon Small tries and fails to pin English down on electoral deals, Winston Peters, abolishing the Maori seats, and more.

8. 

   State care inquiry

   Written By:  Ben Clark -  Date published: 1:22 pm, February 16th, 2017 -  6 comments
   Categories: child abuse, child welfare
   Tags: state care

   We need one – and an apology.  Bill may wonder aloud whether we’ll learn much, but I wonder if he’s more concerned we’ll learn too much…

9. 

   Waitangi Day 2017

   Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:01 am, February 6th, 2017 -  19 comments
   Categories: history, leadership, Maori Issues
   Tags: Treaty of waitangi, waitangi day

   Well the lead-up to Waitangi Day this year has certainly had its fair share of drama!

   You can read Andrew Little’s thoughts on the day here: Andrew Little: Waitangi a day for all of us to come together

10. 

    Minimum wage increase doesn’t meet real costs (the CPI is broken)

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:02 am, January 25th, 2017 -  53 comments
    Categories: class war, cost of living, national, poverty, spin, wages
    Tags: CPI, HLPI, housing, inflation, jobs, minimum wage, poverty, working poor

    Any increase in the minimum wage is better than nothing, but National’s increases have not kept pace with the real cost increases (notably housing) faced by low income earners. That is why we are seeing the rise of the working poor, and increases in homelessness and poverty.

11. 

    How do we increase voter participation?

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:02 am, January 17th, 2017 -  218 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, democratic participation
    Tags: democracy, democratic participation, democratic renewal

    Fewer people, particularly young people, are voting. How do we turn this around?

12. 

    Lotu-Iiga is going

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 3:09 pm, December 14th, 2016 -  41 comments
    Categories: Hekia parata, melissa lee, national
    Tags: Kanwal Singh Bakshi, simon lusk

    Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga has announced that he will stand down from Parliament at the end of the current term.  He will be a loss to National.

13. 

    Politik on Labour/ Greens

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 7:57 am, November 24th, 2016 -  18 comments
    Categories: act, greens, labour, mana, maori party, national, nz first, peter dunne, Politics, united future
    Tags: politik, richard harmon

    I was rather amused reading Politik’s “Despite the pact Shaw takes on Robertson“ and was struck by the strange way that some political commentators (and probably some politicians) view the world at the political coalface. They really need to start to think about political parties as being like any other organisation. Tactical compromises without a strategic focus will always kill any organisation – eventually.

14. 

    Kia ora Takahanga Marae

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:16 am, November 16th, 2016 -  16 comments
    Categories: disaster
    Tags: kaikoura, ngai tahu, Takahanga Marae

    Ngai Tahu should be congratulated for opening up Takahanga Marae to the victims of the Kaikoura earthquake and for providing for and looking after them.

15. 

    Grant Robertson Speech: Future of Work Commission results

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 2:02 pm, November 5th, 2016 -  52 comments
    Categories: grant robertson, jobs, labour, Politics
    Tags: future of work

    Text of a speech from Grant Robertson to the 2016 Labour Party Conference concerning the results from the Future of Work Commission.

16. 

    Re-post: Eva Hartshorn-Sanders for Senior Vice President

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:31 am, November 5th, 2016 -  1 comment
    Categories: democratic participation, labour
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    Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We’re reposting them now ahead of tomorrow’s vote.

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    Re-post: Beth Houston for Senior Vice President

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:21 am, November 5th, 2016 -  1 comment
    Categories: democratic participation, labour
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    Earlier this year the Standard’s authors offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. We’re reposting them now ahead of tomorrow’s vote.

18. 

    Fabian Event – 5th Labour Government – 30 October Auckland 1pm

    Written By:  Mike Smith -  Date published: 11:18 am, October 27th, 2016 -  4 comments
    Categories: uncategorized
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    All are warmly invited to hear Sir Michael Cullen, Hon Margaret Wilson, Hon David Parker, Mike Williams, and Dot Kettle reflect on the experiences of Helen Clark-led three-term Labour government – its achievements and its legacy and discuss its lessons for the future. Sunday 30 October 1pm-5pm Owen Glenn Centre, Auckland University, Grafton Road. Please register here.

19. 

    Tax-cuts or… fixing Child Poverty

    Written By:  Ben Clark -  Date published: 8:52 am, October 25th, 2016 -  128 comments
    Categories: poverty
    Tags: tax cuts or

    Before National get too excited about tax cuts, perhaps they should sort out some of the more pressing issues in the society they govern – like all those kids in poverty.

20. 

    Workers, unions and the Labour party

    Written By:  Natwatch -  Date published: 9:16 am, October 23rd, 2016 -  198 comments
    Categories: capitalism, class war, labour, Unions
    Tags: labour, Unions, wages

    Convincing workers not to organise in their own best interests is one of the great successes of right-wing politics.

21. 

    Vincent O’Malley: wars we choose to remember and forget

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 12:00 pm, October 19th, 2016 -  9 comments
    Categories: Maori Issues, treaty settlements
    Tags: history, new zealand wars, world war one

    Vincent O’Malley writes at The Guardian about how we should, or don’t, remember the New Zealand wars.

22. 

    Government announces watered down version of Labour’s Kiwibuild policy

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:04 am, October 12th, 2016 -  82 comments
    Categories: bill english, labour, national, phil twyford, Politics, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
    Tags: homeless, homeless crisis, homelessness, homelessness inquiry

    National is borrowing another Labour-Green policy and has announced a lite version of Labour’s Kiwibuild policy.

23. 

    Racist Nats Attack Chinese Grannies Shock!

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 9:00 am, October 12th, 2016 -  67 comments
    Categories: China, class war, David Farrar, discrimination, flip-flop, Politics, racism, same old national, Satire
    Tags: chinese community, im/migration, michael woodhouse, national, racism

    National have slammed the door shut on the parents of already settled migrants who wish to move to NZ to complete the family unit. Minister Michael Woodhouse accuses elderly Asians of bludging off the NZ taxpayer. You won’t believe the howls of outrage from the right!

24. 

    The best you can hope for, after the Local Government elections

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:07 am, October 11th, 2016 -  55 comments
    Categories: accountability, activism, auckland supercity, Economy, local body elections, local government, Politics
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    Now that the local government elections have been completed what is the best that local communities can expect of their elected representatives?

25. 

    Cross-Party Inquiry into Homelessness releases report – Government must act

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 12:11 pm, October 10th, 2016 -  82 comments
    Categories: cost of living, greens, labour, maori party
    Tags: homeless, homeless crisis, homelessness inquiry

    Labour, the Green Party and the Māori Party are have released their Ending Homelessness in New Zealand report and are calling on the Government to immediately adopt the 20 recommendations.

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    Water and cultural values

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 7:30 am, October 8th, 2016 -  60 comments
    Categories: capitalism, Conservation, disaster, Economy, Environment, farming, maori party, national, sustainability, water
    Tags: #nodapl, #waterislife, don't mention the climate change, standing rock

    Day one of the International Days of Prayer and Action with Standing Rock. Here’s a post on NZ’s relationship with water, and whether water is a resource or a taonga.

27. 

    Our most effective Prime Minister

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:14 am, October 1st, 2016 -  234 comments
    Categories: Deep stuff, history, john key, labour, national, Politics
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    Ad ranks post second world war according to criteria which produces some interesting result.

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    He isn’t a racist because his ex wife is from Singapore

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:08 am, September 30th, 2016 -  139 comments
    Categories: don brash, Maori seats, MMP, national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: hobsons pledge, Treaty of waitangi

    Don Brash and a group of other predominately privileged white males are complaining that Maori may also be receiving some privilege.

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    The Kermadecs and racist environmentalism

    Written By:  Stephanie Rodgers -  Date published: 6:14 pm, September 18th, 2016 -  154 comments
    Categories: Conservation, foreshore and seabed, Maori Issues
    Tags: environmental policy, kermadecs, treaty issues

    This week has been a revelation in how willing Pākehā are to throw Māori under the bus for the sake of environmentalism.

30. 

    #ParkUpForGovernment

    Written By:  Ben Clark -  Date published: 8:24 am, September 7th, 2016 -  10 comments
    Categories: greens, housing, labour, maori party, national
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    Despite the large number of people with terrible stories about homelessness to the Labour/Greens/Maori Homelessness Inquiry, this Government of Housing Inaction still thinks the problem should be ignored and the Inquiry ‘not needed’.

31. 

    Guest Post: Beth Houston for Senior Vice President

    Written By:  Guest post -  Date published: 2:30 pm, September 6th, 2016 -  29 comments
    Categories: democratic participation, labour
    Tags: Beth Houston

    The Standard’s authors have offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. Beth Houston has been nominated for the position of Senior Vice President. Here’s her vision for the role and the party.