MEDIA WATCH: After the ‘unruly tourists’ story, the media have moved swiftly to the next big issue – tooting in a Wellington tunnel
If this is the fourth estate holding power to account, power is having a field day.
Martyn Bradbury
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Jnr Doctors strike again – where is CTU and PSA solidarity?
The role the PSA and CTU have played in quietly supporting the creation of a scab union to undermine the Jnr Doctors has been well canvassed by Bryce Edwards and Chris Trotter, but you would have thought after such stinging criticism the PSA and CTU would acknowledge their tactics to undermine workers was wrong and lend their support.
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The West Coast Regional Council is the face of climate denial – let them drown!
…if a region who will be hit hardest by climate change denies that climate change, they should be left to drown. This is darwinism and evolution now, something the West Coast Regional Council probably doesn’t believe in.
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We already have a centrist Green Party – it’s called the Green Party – the truth behind Blue-Greens
The one reason why this new political vehicle is being sounded out is because powerful lobbyists behind National are desperate to establish one drawing on anti-1080 fanatics and commercial fishing interests. There was a recent ‘lunch’ with a high ranking National MP and a large corporate fishing identity that pledged $1million towards this project.
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Waatea News Column: Is it time for Auckland’s first Māori Mayor?
With John Tamihere throwing his hat in the ring for the Mayoralty, Auckland could get it’s first Māori Mayor.
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Vernon Tava Blue Green fantasy shows how desperate National are becoming
Blue Greens will fail to get any electorate traction at all and I support National wasting energy on this bullshit as it will only eat into National’s voter base without any representation.
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Tamihere brings together left-right coalition to defeat Goff & the ‘annoying The Spinoff’ rule of thumb for winning
Tamihere is running for Mayor and he has been clever enough to pull together a left-right spectrum to unify Auckland to defeat Goff.
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Andrea Vance lances the New Conservative pus of David Moffett
I am hoping that New Zealanders are smarter than this, but I also fear that a cultural backlash to the woke may propel the New Conservatives into a position of power.
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‘You deserve to die’ is the nicest part of that text message
…now, as I have begged since the beginning of this scandal, can we get to, you know, the REAL issues here – what happened to the donations by wealthy Chinese Businessmen and how about that attempt to buy two Chinese MPs on the National Party List?
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The 4 reasons why KiwiBuild is an enormous failure
So, how many Government Ministers does it take to build 1000 KiwiBuild Houses?