The facade of local democracy in Auckland
The fundamental problem of engagement in local democracy comes down to the grim reality that most of the democracy at a local level is a facade.
Author: Martyn Bradbury
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Breakfast on TV3 vs Breakfast on TV One is a clash between two bald old media monoliths fighting over a comb
The new TVNZ Breakfast Team look like they are insurance brokers for a new company that gets most of its new client enrolments at malls…
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NZ Herald/Fairfax merger and the burning of the public square
From Paul Henry in the morning to Mike Hosking at night with a merged right wing newspaper monopoly in the middle. An unbroken chorus of neoliberal mythology masquerading as successful fact.
We have become a one media state.
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1 dancer vs the NZ Empire of Toxic Masculinity Rugby
…so it was an encouraging and female friendly environment where Scarlette performed graphic acts for the lads in a really pro-feminist setting?
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We need a Housewives of Real Auckland
What’s uglier? The Spinoff fawning over their exclusive relationship with the Real Housewives of Auckland or the NZ Herald’s?
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As NZers scramble to comprehend that their justice system is racist – a Maori gets threatened with arrest for speaking Maori
That it’s taken almost 2 centuries for us to discuss how racist the system of NZ really is should be the shocking part of this issue.
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After Crone’s climate denier meltdown, Phil Goff has won the Auckland Mayoralty – the only question now is how many votes can Chloe Swarbrick get?
I know, I know – never count your chickens before they hatch, but in this case the chickens have all moved over seas after completing PHDs at University and are now thinking about tax haven retirement options.
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Wow – How much does Louise Upston hate women? Why sacking the Minister for Women shouldn’t be the only Minister to go
We have a Minister for Women who hates women. We have a Minister for State Housing who hates state housing. We have a Minister of Housing who hates affordable housing. We have an Education Minister who hates Education. We have a Minister for Christchurch who hates Christchurch. We have a Minister for Public Broadcasting that hates public broadcasting. We have a Minister for Health who can’t eat the food in public. We have a Minister of Youth affairs who has gutted the department by 50% while youth suicide and unemployment soar. We have a Environment Minister who hates the Environment and we have a Minister of Welfare who despises beneficiaries.
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Guess who’s back? Back again? Rawshark is back. Tell a friend.
This will scare the bejesus out of many on the right. They thought they had escaped any real damage from Dirty Politics and they thought Rawshark had burnt everything and wouldn’t reveal the full distasteful picture.
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We have a rock star economy addicted to meth
Strip out the student/worker visa scam immigration and rebuilding from a natural disaster and our actual growth rate is a mere .6%.