Martyn Bradbury

…the reason why Journalism and the promotion of Journalistic values are so important in the Pacific is because of the unparalleled corruption of many Pacific States and the Orwellian censorship of Chinese interests. 

I think as more information comes out and as the investigation continues, Meka will be cleared of any wrong doing and that this entire fiasco will be yet another reminder, as if Awanuiarangi Black and the rumours against Clarke Gayford weren’t reminder enough, that just because something is said doesn’t make it true. 

The fact Government Ministers returned from their 5 Eyes spy orgy and faced minimum scrutiny over their plans to force access to encryption shows just how much spin the NZ spy apparatus has spent on numbing the NZ publics attention to the power of the Deep State. 

Cue the marketing campaign.

TOP getting 4% and the Greens getting 4% meaning both would miss out getting over 5% which would mean we lose all that representation. 

We are a modern liberal democracy. Worker rights and the security in knowing your loved ones will return from work at the end of the day are demanded and expected in the modern age. That we as a nation have allowed anti-union political parties to rob us of that security is our fault.

It is increasingly becoming apparent that the dairy industry is a sunset industry, with synthetic meat and milk around the corner, the welfare, health and environmental costs of cows are something we simply can no longer justify.

It’s about time the Government moved on the grotesque imbalance of power between Landlord and Renter with some attempt at righting some wrongs…