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10:27 am, November 20th, 2024 - 43 comments. In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty means. But it is the constitutional arrangements of this country that this bill attacks. The bill is essentially treasonous.
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The Fast Death of Our Major Forestry Mills. Written By: advantage Date published: 8:53 pm, November 20th, 2024 - No comments 2024 is the worst-ever year for our forest export industry as a whole, with most of our largest sawmills closing and the loss of hundreds of jobs.
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By: mickysavage - 9:07 am, November 6th, 2024 - 11 comments. The Government’s offensive on public servants who express privately held strong views continues with Casey Costello attacking a public servant who alleged that her private research …
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Written By: mickysavage Date published: 10:06 am, November 17th, 2024 - 30 comments Categories: climate change, Environment, national, same old national, simeon brown, transport Tags: There has been a major blowout in the cost of the Roads of National Significance with the cost being potentially $10 billion more than National claimed during last year’s campaign.
Daily review 22/11/2024 « The Standard
2 days ago · Open mike 22/11/2024. Daily review 22/11/2024. Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, November 22nd, 2024 - 9 comments Categories: Daily review - Tags: Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).
On the whining and treason of David Seymour « The Standard
5 days ago · In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty means. But it is the constitutional arrangements of this country that this bill attacks. The bill is essentially treasonous. It also isn't worth debating. Prepare against a dictatorship of the executive.
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7:18 pm, November 4th, 2024 - 50 comments. Tuesday (Wednesday in NZ) is election day in the United States of America. Where billionaires buy elections, the President is not elected by popular vote, and the nominee of the Republican Party attempted to overturn the results after he was voted out of office four years ago.
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Tomorrow – Q&A with Scoop’s Alastair Thompson. By: notices and features - 10:52 am, October 29th, 2015 - 4 comments. For 16 years Scoop has been making an enormous contribution to the NZ media landscape. On Friday at 10am Scoop’s Alastair Thompson will join us here on The Standard for a question and answer session.
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Parihaka. Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:09 am, December 30th, 2020 - 8 comments. A post reflecting on the history of the Parihaka settlement, how local Taranaki Iwi were treated appallingly by the Crown and the Government, and how the settlement amount paid is but a miniscule amount of the damage actually caused.
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By: Mountain Tui - 12:24 pm, August 30th, 2024 - 8 comments. NZ Parliament sitting where Labour’s Kieran McAnulty implores the Coalition government to stop deceiving Kiwis, and Winston Peters and Louise Upton both get fired up. Meanwhile, Casey Costello still doesn’t know who wrote her tobacco Ministerial papers.