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  1. Why Hillary is the only candidate to beat Donald Trump

    Written By:  advantage -  Date published: 7:30 am, March 3rd, 2016 -  104 comments
    Categories: International, us politics
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    Why Hillary Clinton should be the Democratic nomination for this year’s American Presidential elections.

  2. Boots Theory: What is going on with the local-government Right?

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 1:25 pm, March 1st, 2016 -  19 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, C&R, local government, phil goff, Politics
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    Stephanie Rodgers analyses two mayoral races and asks why the right in Auckland is so messy. And why Wellington looks more settled.

  3. Key Derangement Syndrome

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:06 am, March 1st, 2016 -  232 comments
    Categories: Dirty Politics, making shit up, spin
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    A term made up by the usual suspects to mock and belittle any criticism of their primary asset.

  4. Fuster and Cluck ride again?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 1:39 pm, February 27th, 2016 -  13 comments
    Categories: auckland supercity, C&R, len brown, local body elections, national, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    John Palino has all but announced that he will also stand for the super city Mayoralty and there is a rumour that Simon Lusk will be his campaign manager.

  5. Going too far

    Written By:  Natwatch -  Date published: 9:37 am, February 23rd, 2016 -  254 comments
    Categories: Dirty Politics, making shit up
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    Physical attacks on politicians is going too far. So too is faking a hate-speech outbreak.

  6. More blood on its hands as National Ltd™cuts mental health funding in Christchurch

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 9:30 am, February 16th, 2016 -  101 comments
    Categories: health, john key, privatisation, Privatisation, Public Private Partnerships
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    ‘ In between slurping simpers during his most recent session of MediaWorks virtual fellatio, John ‘The Liar’ Key managed to express concern for the emotional well being of Cantabrians after yet another earthquake rattled their region. Whether John Key is actually concerned is moot,  but he is certainly in a position to know there is real […]

  7. Key’s Bitter Legacy; Gareth Hughes Nails the PM’s Vanity.

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 11:06 am, February 12th, 2016 -  218 comments
    Categories: brand key, class war, Economy, leadership, Politics, same old national, slippery
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    The Green’s Gareth Hughes delivered a blistering speech in reply to the PM’s statement to the House. It begs the question ‘what will Key’s lasting legacy be?’. A failed flag referendum? Poverty? Inequality? Corruption? Selfies with AB’s?

    As Key’s star fades, the less he seems to have left us to remember him by. What was the point of him anyway?

  8. Gareth Hughes on the Prime Minister of New Zealand

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 10:59 am, February 12th, 2016 -  66 comments
    Categories: greens, Social issues
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    Green MP Gareth Hughes’ response in Parliament to John’ Key’s opening speech for 2017. Hughes cleanly and definitively nails Key’s true contribution to New Zealand.

  9. 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
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    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?

  10. A tale of two States of the Nation speeches

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:57 am, February 2nd, 2016 -  6 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, john key, labour, national, Politics, same old national, slippery
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    The State of the Nation speeches provide an interesting start to the political year.  John Key’s speech borrowed Labour Green policy that until now the Government has consistently derided and tried to present it as a “kickstart” while Andrew Little’s tertiary education policy announcement has received almost universal support and National is struggling to work out what attack lines to use.

  11. Another win for Nicky Hager

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 4:26 pm, January 27th, 2016 -  38 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, Dirty Politics, law, police
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    “Yesterday, the New Zealand Police informed Nicky Hager through their counsel that they are electing not to appeal the decision of the High Court given in December last year.”

  12. The great big list of John Key’s big fat lies (UPDATED)

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 7:00 am, January 27th, 2016 -  79 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, activism, alcohol, assets, auckland supercity, benefits, brethren, business, child welfare, christchurch earthquake, climate change, Conservation, crosby textor, cycleway, Dirty Politics, disaster, economy, Economy, education, employment, energy, Environment, equality, exports, farming, farming, Financial markets, flip-flop, food, global warming, Globalisation, greens, health, health and safety, human rights, infrastructure, International, john key, Keynes, kiwisaver, labour, loan sharks, manufacturing, Maori Issues, minimum wage, Mining, Minister for International Embarrassment, Minister for Overseas Holidays, Minister for Photo-ops, monetary policy, national, national/act government, overseas investment, Parliament, political parties, Politics, poverty, Privatisation, privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, public services, racism, schools, science, scoundrels, slippery, Social issues, socialism, spin, Spying, superannuation, sustainability, tax, telecommunications, tourism, trade, transport, treasury, treaty settlements, unemployment, Unions, wages, workers' rights, you couldn't make this shit up
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    How many more lies will John Key tell today in his so-called State of the Nation address? Virtual chocolate fish to whomever guesses the closest number.

  13. The media in 2015

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 12:25 pm, December 29th, 2015 -  88 comments
    Categories: blogs, broadcasting, david cunliffe, john key, journalism, Judith Collins, Media, national, newspapers, radio, same old national, slippery, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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    Some random musings on what happened in New Zealand’s media this year.

  14. Summer break

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:00 am, December 19th, 2015 -  46 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, class war, climate change, economy, journalism, poverty, summer re-run
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    Standardista authors are on summer break! There will be an Open Mike each day, but little or no other posting (unless an author feels particularly inspired). Here’s some summer reading suggestions – by all means add your own…

  15. What was National’s role in the police raid on Nicky Hager?

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 8:35 am, December 18th, 2015 -  130 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, Dirty Politics, journalism, national, Politics, same old national
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    Justice Clifford’s decision that the police raid of Nicky Hager’s home was illegal raises serious questions about what political pressure was applied on the police.

  16. Police raid on Hager ruled illegal

    Written By:  notices and features -  Date published: 4:41 pm, December 17th, 2015 -  264 comments
    Categories: accountability, Dirty Politics, police
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    “Wellington High Court judge Justice Clifford issued his judgement today on the legality of the police search of Nicky Hager’s home on 2 October 2014.

    The judge found that the search was illegal.”…

  17. This Year

    Written By:  te reo putake -  Date published: 9:35 pm, December 14th, 2015 -  38 comments
    Categories: Dirty Politics, Kelvin Davis, Minister for International Embarrassment, The Standard, uncategorized
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    2015’s just about up. Here’s my quick summary of the year here at the Standard. Thanks y’all!

  18. Political interference in the OIA

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:15 am, December 9th, 2015 -  14 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, censorship, Dirty Politics, law
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    Yesterday saw the release of the Obmudsman’s review of the operation of the OIA. I think it makes clear an unacceptable level of political interference in the process – albeit not at the level that was rampant in Dirty Politics.

  19. Use of Teach First (NZ) illegal

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 8:02 am, December 7th, 2015 -  113 comments
    Categories: Hekia parata, jobs, Kelvin Davis, labour, Privatisation, privatisation, uncategorized, Unions, workers' rights
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    To date, TeachFirst(NZ) has received more than $6.4 million dollars of public money and, as a result, has infested 18 schools with dozens of so-called “teachers”.

  20. Key should apologise to Tania Billingsley and Slater should be ashamed

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:24 am, December 6th, 2015 -  72 comments
    Categories: john key, national, you couldn't make this shit up
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    The disputed facts case involving Tania Billingsley’s complaint against the Malaysian Diplomat suggests the diplomat was engaged in some bizarre drug induced behaviour and completely exonerates Ms Billingsley.  John Ken will have to reconsider his petty refusal to apologise to her.  And Murray McCully’s actions will be closely monitored as soon as the completed report into the invocation of diplomatic immunity is released.

  21. Jarrod Gilbert is tilting at windmills

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 7:33 am, November 27th, 2015 -  38 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, class war, corruption, crosby textor, democratic participation, Dirty Politics, Ethics, health and safety, human rights, john key, Judith Collins, law, Politics, science
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    The Official Information Act is now moribund and access to information beyond its scope is granted only to a chosen few and under strict conditions.

  22. Police censoring research

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 1:17 pm, November 25th, 2015 -  25 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, police
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    Police censorship of research is causing widespread outrage today. Well done to Dr Gilbert and The Herald for bringing it all to light.

  23. Dope-growing, cross-dressing BDSM male prostitute police officer convicted of harassment

    Written By:  BLiP -  Date published: 9:36 am, November 25th, 2015 -  91 comments
    Categories: crime, drugs, Ethics, human rights, law and "order", police, Social issues
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    A recent surge in the level of systemic criminality, thuggery, and general incompetence which now defines the New Zealand Police Force.

  24. Twyford to be smeared

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:06 am, November 18th, 2015 -  54 comments
    Categories: Dirty Politics, phil twyford
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    The severed limbs of National’s Dirty Politics machine are still twitching, with TV3 reporting plans to target Phil Twyford.

  25. More than a million comments

    Written By:  lprent -  Date published: 10:15 am, November 2nd, 2015 -  56 comments
    Categories: admin, The Standard
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    As at 08:30 NZST 2nd November 2015, we passed having more than a million approved and published comments. It is a little later than was predicted by Eddie back in March 2012, but was a pretty damn accurate estimate given the vagaries of the political cycles.

  26. Technology and the law – and going after Hager

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 10:12 am, October 29th, 2015 -  214 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, Dirty Politics, law, science
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    A recent supreme court ruling that a “stored sequence of bytes” constitutes property is pretty bizarre – and it seems to be being used to go after Nicky Hager.

  27. Obesity policy ignores elephant in the room

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 7:29 am, October 20th, 2015 -  182 comments
    Categories: health, poverty
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    Obesity is a difficult topic to write about, but with the release of new government policy yesterday it is very much in the news. Unfortunately, unsurprisingly, National have chosen to tinker with the consequences of obesity without addressing the causes.

  28. From out of the Shadows

    Written By:  tracey -  Date published: 9:58 am, September 28th, 2015 -  20 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, bill english, business, capitalism, Economy, Jeremy Corbyn, jobs, john key, Judith Collins, labour, national, paula bennett, phil goff, political alternatives, Politics, same old national, Steven Joyce
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    Goff has attempted to throw a fire-cracker into the notion of the National Party leadership and caucus being one big happy family. Is this the Labour Party’s way of sowing seeds of discontent without tainting the image of their leader? It is NOT Dirty Politics by any normal understanding of that term as captured in the book of the same name. Is this Goff’s role now? To box from the shadows?

  29. The political machinations of the flag debate

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 7:23 am, September 25th, 2015 -  276 comments
    Categories: greens, john key, labour, national, national/act government, Politics, same old national, slippery
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    The Green’s agreement with National to allow for Red Peak to be a referendum candidate potentially helps John Key out of a major difficulty and raises issues about the state of the Labour-Green relationship.

  30. Twelve long months

    Written By:  mickysavage -  Date published: 9:03 am, September 20th, 2015 -  103 comments
    Categories: Andrew Little, crosby textor, election 2014, greens, john key, labour, Minister for Photo-ops, national, privatisation, same old national, slippery
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    Twelve months on from the last election and that brighter future we were promised has not happened.

  31. Housing selloff – obsessive secrecy and power

    Written By:  Anthony R0bins -  Date published: 8:35 am, August 19th, 2015 -  21 comments
    Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, housing, national, Privatisation
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    National’s selloff of our state houses is yet another example of its two main obsessions, secrecy and unaccountable power.

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