Q+A review: Ron Mark – A Hawk’s Hawk
FINALLY someone has pointed out that China is using soft power to extend its power into NZ.
Year: 2018
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South Right Whale vs South White Fail
Of course far right polemicists have the right to speak in NZ – what they don’t have a right to is community funded space to speak in – but nothing is solved by banning this toxicity – if the left can’t argue the far right and win, we’ve lost, not them
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Of course Kiwibuild is a middle-class homeownership policy – The NZ Labour Party is a middle class party
The surprise over LottoBuild that allows well paid IT millennials who read the Spinoff to own a little slice of Jacinda’s aspiration shows Phil knows how to manage expectations.
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Defence policy statement edges NZ closer to Trump’s America
So much for New Zealand’s independent foreign policy. The Strategic Defence Policy Statement, released today, puts New Zealand firmly in the American camp. It portrays China as a threat, warning of China’s “ability to quickly deploy a range of additional capabilities in and around key international shipping lanes.”
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Popcorn "strike" planned for Hoyts Cinemas Saturday
In what has been dubbed a “Popcorn Strike” Unite Union will be handing out free popcorn outside Hoyts Cinemas to…
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Political Caption Competition
Southern Right Whale in Harbour near Beehive – National blames Labour for encouraging mammals
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 6th July 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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What’s Wrong With Today’s Journalists?
THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG with New Zealand journalists. For the best part of three decades our universities and polytechnics have been churning-out graduates who, at least in theory, should be the best-educated, best-prepared and most ethical journalists this country has ever produced. It must break the hearts of these graduates’ academic mentors to see how little of what they have attempted to inculcate in their charges has taken.
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Questions the media need to ask the Police about the death of Alo Ngata in custody
Let me be clear.
I am not criticising the Police response to the tasering of Alo Ngata in Beresford street.
There are enough independent witnesses from neighbours who all universally agree Police used the required force to stop him.