The government’s apparent docking of nurses’ pay for working in their wards for their full 12.5 hour shift, is made possible from ACT’s partial strike law, which I covered last year, and this.

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). Don’t forget to be kind to each other ...

Central Otago is probably the purest expression of our structural economic flaws: land speculation as the main driver of wealth, thousands of low-paid service jobs (including the outright modern ...

To dissent means you are either right wing, anti vax, fallen down a worm hole or a misogynist. Regardless of yr position ...

The death of Leonard Nimoy at the age of 83 will no doubt cause many to talk about his life and about the being that was Spock. I thought I should get my 2c and state proudly that because of what he ...

Classic Key clanger By: Demeter - 3:43 pm, March 18th, 2010 - 6 comments In this article, in which a Kaikoura Whale Watch spokesman states the bloody obvious (that if New Zealand turns pro-whaling his ...

A must read Guest Post for anyone thinking about poverty and welfare this election - a former social scientist turned welfare beneficiary speaks out on WINZ's state-sponsored neglect of more than ...

The most important points in this article are as follows – National want to open up ~2/3 1 of our entire conservation estate for sale / commercialisation and exchange. And, at the same time they are ...

Opinion and analysis: In April, I wrote about My Food Bag Co-Founders James and Cecilia Robinson telehealth organisation, Tend, and its chances of securing government contracts. An industry contact ...

The country’s four main power companies have signed an agreement to stockpile coal and to extend the life of the coal-fired Huntly power station. Genesis, Mercury, Contact, and Meridian control 85% of ...