political parties

Brownlee bullies GNS staff

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:15 am, November 21st, 2016 - 49 comments

Gerry Brownlee has chosen to respond to the cautious words of a public servant by publicly attacking him.

The eternal tax-cut mirage

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:15 am, November 21st, 2016 - 94 comments

Despite the unknown cost of the quakes, and the host of other urgent needs, Key is once again talking up election-bribe tax cuts.

Andrew Little: Promises to Pike families must be kept

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:57 am, November 20th, 2016 - 81 comments

Yesterday marked the sixth anniversary of the Pike River disaster. Here is a statement released by Andrew Little urging that the mine not be sealed and the deaths of the miners be investigated and their bodies brought home.

Rewarding incompetence with a 4th term?

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 8:26 am, November 20th, 2016 - 76 comments

Disaster response is about more than showing up for photos and cancelling a trip or two. National has made a mess of Christchurch and comprehensively failed to learn its lessons. They should in no way be rewarded with a 4th term.

National tries to have it both ways

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:31 am, November 19th, 2016 - 51 comments

Despite the Kaikoura earthquakes, the damage to the Capital and the fact the EQC fund is now in deficit, the Government is still holding out the possibility of tax cuts in election year.

Nats politicising earthquake response

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:00 am, November 18th, 2016 - 74 comments

Oh look, National are nakedly politicising government earthquake response.

Dirty politics past and present

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:42 pm, November 17th, 2016 - 63 comments

A couple of dirty politics related stories that slipped under the radar in the last hectic week.

Andrew Little: The Kaikoura Earthquakes

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:45 am, November 15th, 2016 - 193 comments

Andrew Little on the Kaikoura Earthquakes.

Fear and loathing in Mt Roskill

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:17 pm, November 12th, 2016 - 69 comments

Members of the National Party in Mount Roskill are trying to make a story out of Michael Wood after he responded directly to public insults made against his wife.

Chloe Swarbrick steps up for 2017

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 12:40 pm, November 12th, 2016 - 46 comments

“The world is changing, people are angry, and more than ever, we need open minds and compassionate action. I’m joining the @NZGreens”

Nat allegations about Michael Wood a pack of lies

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:30 pm, November 12th, 2016 - 25 comments

I trust the truth will be reported by all the media that reported the lies.

Flogging the dead TPP horse

Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:55 pm, November 11th, 2016 - 24 comments

The Nats are determined to keep flogging the TPP horse in Parliament. Someone should buy them a newspaper.

Trump scooped up the white vote that Democrats abandoned

Written By: Colonial Viper - Date published: 12:05 pm, November 11th, 2016 - 83 comments

Trump laid siege to the Democrat’s “Blue Wall” and they didn’t respond to or recognise his strategem until far too late.

RMA changes back on agenda

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:51 am, November 9th, 2016 - 19 comments

A good day to dump bad news. Looks like RMA changes are back on agenda, courtesy of the Maori Party.

Grant Robertson: Future of Work

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:25 am, November 9th, 2016 - 10 comments

At the Labour Conference over the weekend, Grant Robertson announced the results of the Future of Work Commission. Ideas for policy to cope with a new age of work.

The media double standard

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:15 am, November 9th, 2016 - 126 comments

Andrea Vance has attacked Labour’s Ready to Work policy and claimed that the policy does not add up, despite being told how the figures had been arrived at.

Andrew Little At Labour Conference

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 12:28 pm, November 8th, 2016 - 35 comments

Here’s the video of his speech for you to get the full rousing impact.

There is no housing crisis

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:41 am, November 8th, 2016 - 22 comments

Paula Bennett has announced a new spend of $300 million to address the non existing housing crisis. But the announcement appears to be little more than a refinancing of Housing Corp and an admission that the Government should have stopped taking Housing Corp dividends years ago.

Deficient newshrub

Written By: Bunji - Date published: 3:22 pm, November 7th, 2016 - 23 comments

According to the deficient newshrub on Saturday night there was a distinct lack of support from Labour for the Mt Roskill campaign. In reality 4 buses carrying more than 200 door-knockers including all the Labour MPs other than Little, went to Mt Roskill on Saturday afternoon.

All the best to Michael Wood, who got a great reception on the doorstop.

Good coverage for Labour’s conference

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:11 am, November 7th, 2016 - 21 comments

Good coverage for Labour’s conference, Little’s speech, and the “substantial investigation into the Future of Work”.

Andrew Little speech: Ready for work

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:22 pm, November 6th, 2016 - 201 comments

Text of Andrew Little’s speech to the 2016 Labour Party Conference.

John Key’s Paradise

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:02 am, November 6th, 2016 - 83 comments

This really happened. Contains crimes against music, dance, fashion, and irony. Also some recent headlines from “John Key’s Paradise”…

Grant Robertson Speech: Future of Work Commission results

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 2:02 pm, November 5th, 2016 - 52 comments

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

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

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:31 am, November 5th, 2016 - 1 comment

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.

Re-post: Tane Phillips for Māori Vice President

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:25 am, November 5th, 2016 - 2 comments

Re-post: Beth Houston for Senior Vice President

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 10:21 am, November 5th, 2016 - 1 comment

Go home Roy Morgan, you’re drunk

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:53 am, November 5th, 2016 - 149 comments

The latest Roy Morgan poll result and it is evidence that the polling model needs to be reviewed.

Paris agreement in force – now what?

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:04 am, November 5th, 2016 - 13 comments

The Paris agreement is now in force. NZ is committed to reducing its emissions. What, specifically, is this governments plan for doing so? How does support for continued coal mining and oil exploration, the use of phony carbon credits and the like, fit in with reducing emissions?