Mike's Minute: Time to restore standards in this country

Ricardo Menendez March and teachers.

Let me join a couple of dots. And the glue for the dots are standards, or lack of them.

If you don’t have standards you end up with teachers who can't pass NCEA Level 1, and you end up with people like March using the F-word in Parliament.

Sir Bob Jones: Obvious new progressive policy for the Green Party

The news from Afghanistan that the Taliban Big Boss, no doubt after careful consideration, has decided to bring back stoning to death for women will doubtless induce a predictable unthinking response from some over-opinionated western females, who would probably be certain candidates for this punishment were they Afghans. But they shouldn’t be too dismissive of other cultures and instead look on the bright side, such as a much more peaceful existence for everyone.

David Farrar: Will the media call him far left?

Green MP Ricardo Menendez March said in Parliament:

I rise in support of the Companies (Address Information) Amendment Bill. As a true Marxist, I'm not really one to stand up for the petite bourgeoisie …