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1. 

   Can a national park be a person?

   Written By:  weka -  Date published: 9:00 am, September 6th, 2016 -  17 comments
   Categories: Conservation, Environment, Maori Issues
   Tags: green activism, green politics, nature rights, te urewera

   While New Zealand trashes its water and argues over whether we are allow to say ‘dairy cow’ at the same time, this 1 min video on The Guardian Facebook page about the Rights of Nature in NZ gets 2.4 million views

2. 

   Labour’s Auckland Push

   Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 10:51 am, August 30th, 2016 -  57 comments
   Categories: Andrew Little, class war, election 2017, labour, mana, maori party, national, Politics, workers' rights
   Tags: auckland, election 2017, labour, matt mccarten

   Matt McCarten is to head a new Labour party office in Auckland. The party is going to take to fight to National in the city that decides the election. Yet another bold step from Andrew Little, who is looking more and more like the next PM.

3. 

   Robertson: Lessons from the Future of Work Commission

   Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:22 pm, August 26th, 2016 -  10 comments
   Categories: economy, grant robertson, labour, leadership, workers' rights
   Tags: future of work, leadership, planning

   Robertson: “What is the economic paradigm that will meet the challenge of world of less secure work, more automation?”

4. 

   Homeless crisis – Nats in full denial

   Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:01 am, August 26th, 2016 -  82 comments
   Categories: housing, national, paula bennett, useless
   Tags: denial, homeless, homeless crisis, homelessness

   New research on homelessness from Otago University sheds light on the depth and breadth of the problem. Naturally Paula Bennett says she doesn’t believe it, and that she won’t read it. Because of course.

5. 

   Things other than States

   Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 9:26 am, August 25th, 2016 -  17 comments
   Categories: Abuse of power, ACC, capitalism, Deep stuff, Politics, treaty settlements
   Tags: ngai tahu

   What are the New Zealand institutions other than the State who can achieve good for New Zealanders?

6. 

   The cross-party inquiry into homelessness is under way

   Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 1:04 pm, August 22nd, 2016 -  48 comments
   Categories: greens, housing, labour, leadership, maori party
   Tags: homeless, homeless crisis, homelessness inquiry

   After National blocked a proposed official inquiry into homelessness, Labour, The Greens and The Maori Party went ahead with their own. It will no doubt come up with useful recommendations. But to see them implemented we will need to change the government.

7. 

   What if there were only 34 more whitebait harvests left?

   Written By:  weka -  Date published: 8:30 am, August 19th, 2016 -  78 comments
   Categories: activism, Conservation, disaster, Environment, farming, Maori Issues, science, sustainability, water
   Tags: #KiwiTreason, extinction, te mana o te wai, water quality, whitebait

   Water is life not merely wadeable.

8. 

   Left Militant

   Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 8:00 am, August 13th, 2016 -  140 comments
   Categories: Globalisation, International, war
   Tags: david miliband

   With wars breaking out at an alarming rate and democracy going backwards in much of the world what should a leftie foreign policy be?

9. 

   John Key’s Lies Since the 2014 Election (UPDATED)

   Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 8:03 am, August 9th, 2016 -  19 comments
   Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, Dirty Politics, john key, national, slippery
   Tags:

   There is one item on the list concerning whether John Key knew about the brewing trade squabble with China regarding the dumping of cheap steel on the local market.

10. 

    Wahine toa

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 5:04 pm, August 8th, 2016 -  38 comments
    Categories: labour, Maori Issues, Nanaia Mahuta
    Tags: kingitanga, ta moko, wahine toa

    Nanaia Mahuta will tomorrow become the first woman MP to wear the moko in Parliament.

11. 

    Guest post: Eva Hartshorn-Sanders for Senior Vice President

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 7:00 pm, August 3rd, 2016 -  67 comments
    Categories: democratic participation, labour
    Tags: Eva Hartshorn, Labour conference 2016

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

12. 

    Unitary Plan – affordability requirements removed

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 10:12 am, July 28th, 2016 -  63 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, housing, local government, national
    Tags: auckland, housing, housing affordability, housing crisis, unitary plan

    What are the Nats doing removing a proposed requirement for affordable housing – exactly the housing that Auckland desperately needs!?

13. Public invited to have say on homelessness

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 5:40 pm, July 14th, 2016 -  16 comments
    Categories: greens, housing, labour, maori party
    Tags: cross-party, homelessness, public consultation

    The Māori Party have joined Labour and the Greens’ Cross-party Homelessness Inquiry, which is now asking for public input into the crisis including from people directly affected.

14. 

    Andrew Little’s speech: Backing the Kiwi dream of home ownership

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 2:47 pm, July 10th, 2016 -  176 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, housing, labour, Politics
    Tags: homeless crisis

    Text from Andrew Little’s speech today given in New Lynn to announce Labour’s latest housing policy.

15. 

    “Post-truth” politics (and false equivalences)

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:56 am, July 2nd, 2016 -  38 comments
    Categories: accountability, john key, national
    Tags: andrea vance, brighter future, claire trevett, lies, long years, post-truth politics, truth, vernon small

    Interesting pieces recently on “post-truth” politics. They rightly tear strips off Key and a government that lies and denies reflexively and at all levels, and has been doing so for eight long years.

16. 

    Mana 2.0

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 12:41 pm, June 19th, 2016 -  255 comments
    Categories: election 2017, hone harawira, mana, Maori seats, Politics, vote smart
    Tags: andrew little, hone harawira, kelvin davis, Te Tai Tokerau

    Hone’s back! The leader of the Mana party has announced he’s re-forming the Mana Movement and will stand again in Te Tai Tokerau. Is there a chance of a deal with Labour to strengthen the next Government?

17. 

    Scottish Parliament votes to ban fracking. 

    Written By:  weka -  Date published: 3:14 pm, June 11th, 2016 -  60 comments
    Categories: climate change, Conservation, peak oil, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
    Tags: climate change, environmental policy, fracking, Pce, Scotland

    Imagine a country where the political divide is over whether to ban fracking outright or to be opposed to fracking but have a moratorium first in order to gather more evidence.

18. 

    There is no housing crisis in New Zealand *

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:55 am, June 10th, 2016 -  52 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, housing, Media, national, newspapers, paula bennett, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: crosby textor, homelessness, housing crisis, nick smith

    * according to Nick Smith and Paula Bennett.

19. 

    Boots Theory: On the M.O.U.

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 3:28 am, June 7th, 2016 -  64 comments
    Categories: labour, national, nz first, Politics
    Tags: boots theory

    Reposted from boots theory

    The M.O.U. had to happen. And the sooner the better.

20. 

    Latest Roy Morgan Poll

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 1:10 pm, May 23rd, 2016 -  105 comments
    Categories: act, conservative party, greens, internet mana party, labour, national, nz first, united future
    Tags: roy morgan

    The Latest Roy Morgan poll result has been released with both National and Labour recording a significant improvement in support.  But Winston is still the king maker …

21. 

    National standards – a failed crusade

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 9:35 am, May 3rd, 2016 -  260 comments
    Categories: national, schools, useless
    Tags: education, fail, fools, national standards, primary school, schools

    National told us “New Zealand elected a Government that promised to introduce national standards so that every single child could read, write, and do maths when they left school.”

22. 

    Return of the living dead

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:41 am, April 12th, 2016 -  37 comments
    Categories: act, discrimination, Maori Issues, national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
    Tags: don brash, muriel newman

    Don Brash has been resuscitated and is complaining about privilege and preferential treatment.  Not of rich old white people like himself but because Maori rights to Taonga may be recognised.

23. 

    Labour’s Ten Big Ideas

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:32 am, March 26th, 2016 -  167 comments
    Categories: economy, jobs, labour, leadership
    Tags: future of work, leadership, ten big ideas

    National’s only idea this term has just been shot down by the public. Meanwhile Labour has been thinking about the future and the issues that confront NZ.

24. 

    What the flag vote means

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:21 am, March 25th, 2016 -  105 comments
    Categories: identity, john key
    Tags: flag distraction, flag referendum, republic, team key

    Here are some reckons, for what they’re worth.

25. 

    Can We Trust Winston Peters?

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 11:03 am, March 20th, 2016 -  139 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, Deep stuff, election 2017, greens, james shaw, labour, Metiria Turei, MMP, nz first, political alternatives, Politics, polls, vote smart, winston peters
    Tags: coalition, greens, labour, nz first, winston peters

    Recent polling makes it clear that neither National or Labour can win power without the support of NZ First. So should the left be worried that Winston Peters will take his party back over to the blue team?

26. 

    Latest Colmar Brunton poll result

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 10:57 am, February 22nd, 2016 -  202 comments
    Categories: john key, national, Politics
    Tags:

    The latest Colmar Brunton poll result suggests that it is not all doom and gloom for the left.

27. 

    Roy Morgan: NAT 48.5% (up 1.5%), LAB/GR 41.5% (unch)

    Written By:  Colonial Viper -  Date published: 1:37 am, February 20th, 2016 -  392 comments
    Categories: Politics, polls
    Tags: roy morgan

    NZ is heading in the right direction, say 56.5% of NZ electors (down 3%).

28. 

    Northland Fishing Competition

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 2:25 pm, February 11th, 2016 -  35 comments
    Categories: accountability, democracy under attack, Dirty Politics, making shit up, Minister for Overseas Holidays, nz first, Parliament, Politics, same old national, uncategorized, winston peters
    Tags: DIrty John, northland, winston peters

    Winston Peters has stitched John Key up again, this time hook, line and sinker. When Key lied in Parliament about the Northland MP’s supposedly leisurely lifestyle, Peters offered a challenge: provide some evidence or donate $100k to charity.  Will cowardly Key take the bait?

29. 

    Jobs and wages

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:46 am, February 6th, 2016 -  54 comments
    Categories: capitalism, class war, economy, jobs, Unions, wages, workers' rights
    Tags: jobs, productivity, screwing the workers, wages, workers' rights

    Boring stuff about boring old jobs and wages.

30. Garner’s TPP rant rejected by the silent majority

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 10:15 am, February 2nd, 2016 -  81 comments
    Categories: capitalism, democracy under attack, trade
    Tags: duncan garner, totally scientific and reliable poll, tpp, TPP Legal, TPPA

    

31. 

    So, how would you spend $1.2B per year?

    Written By:  Colonial Viper -  Date published: 3:23 pm, February 1st, 2016 -  84 comments
    Categories: benefits, class war, cost of living, debt / deficit, Economy, economy, poverty, socialism, welfare
    Tags: child poverty, education, fees, primary school, secondary school

    A Kiwi Kids allowance for all under fives, with totally fee free public primary and secondary schools.