Why Winston’s Flowers are Politically important
Being old school, Winston carries grudges. He is hateful towards those National Party MPs he holds accountable for leaking his Super over payment.
Being old school, Winston carries grudges. He is hateful towards those National Party MPs he holds accountable for leaking his Super over payment.
When Ihumātao suddenly went from a benign protest few were paying attention to into a cultural flash point utilising social media in a way that was in the full glare of the national and international media in the space of a week, Labour were stunned.
Because Labour didn’t think they were going to win in 2017, they had no plan to reform the neoliberal public services and we are seeing the price of that lack of a plan as those same vested interests strangle off the weak reform programme Labour have attempted.
Babies clambering all over him for photo ops is fine, but young people stand and sing a song in support of ongoing injustice against Māori and he trespasses them from their democratic seat of power for a year.
Why the living Christ do Māori continue to make the best current affairs in this country?
Two major events occurred last week that require comment. Minister for Children, Tracey Martin, finally criticised Oranga Tamariki staff last…
Your first job as a Producer is to ensure your host doesn’t make a fool of themselves, The AM Show Producer failed horribly at that this morning.
The job of Politicians is to control bureaucrats, not empower them to simply veto policy ideas during an election.
Māori won the 2017 election for Labour, that this is their reward is jaw dropping.
If only the media spent as much time on this as they are on Celebrity Treasure Island.