16+ hour, 52+ min ago  (242+ words) Open mike is your post. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike " Nothing new under the sun, corporations acting above the law, Prime Minister's Office withholding information and lobbyists undermining and perverting…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (34+ words) Open Mike 23/05/2026 thestandard. nz Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike "...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (643+ words) The coming oil shock is not just about oil. The future is baked in, and its not good. National's backward-looking budget will make it much worse. Whether or not Trump and Netanyahu start the bombing again, today's state of the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (891+ words) What a day yesterday was. National announced that some of the poorest amongst us were going to have their rent increased so that others that are also poor would receive slightly more. From Lillian Hanly at Radio New Zealand: The…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1036+ words) There are still those who pine, from the readership of Jacinda Ardern's biography, for a state that is perfectly kind, does everything with speed and authority, and'brims with patrician wisdom for us all.' Her 1. 5 terms held many instances in which…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1330+ words) Open mike is your post. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike " Gary Taylor, in the sidebar, got uppity. Hoggard is doing lateral-thinking on it. Potaka and Goldsmith are doing a Maori…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1789+ words) Open mike is your post. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike " CNN reports on mutualistic relations in social ecology: Unlike in other Ethiopian cities, residents of Harar see hyenas as spiritual…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1126+ words) In a properly functioning democracy there is a clear dividing line between Parliament and the Judicial System. Parliament enacts laws. The Judiciary interprets and rules on what the law means. The rule of law, helpfully codified in the recently passed…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (875+ words) Open mike is your post. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike " First they came for the press and I didn't do anything because I'm not the press. What does one do…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (463+ words) That RNZ tricolon has always been infuriating fluff. In the real world, analysts warn we are heading for a cliff. Former financial analyst Susan Webber writing under the pseudonym Yves Smith in her blog nakedcapitalism. org has this to say:…...