Comparing Winston, Metiria and Paula Bennett – Why? Why? Why?
5 things concern me about all of this.
Martyn Bradbury
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Waatea News Column: Why every Maori should be outraged by how racist National’s Bootcamps really are
You know it’s election time when National starts promising harsher and more punitive law and order policy, but I believe that Maori should be up in arms over National’s latest get tough on crime brainfart because the truth beneath the bootcamp headlines is that this is a remarkably racist programme.
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EXCLUSIVE: My case against a secret NZ Police investigation that breached my privacy and my civil rights
It’s not important to like or dislike my work, but I think we can all agree that allowing the Police to conduct secret investigations into activists and political bloggers that then damage their reputation negatively based on spurious grounds isn’t acceptable in a liberal democracy.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Rawshark Investigation & secret Police mass surveillance program against 100 000 NZers
Here is what we know about the Rawshark Investigation: The NZ Police have lied about the scope of their investigation…
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Winston admits overpayment issue – shows how easy it is to get into debt
There are rumours circulating online that there will be a large scandal about to be released on Monday …
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National try to play down small turn out for National Launch
Word has it 2500 chairs were put out, 3900 tickets issued, but less than 1200 turned up.
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Today’s political double standards in NZ politics
…can you imagine how the media would have reacted if Jacinda missed a crucial detail like this at a policy launch?
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Q&A Review: The Housing Debate
It’s a Housing Debate between Amy Adams and Phil Twyford.
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The electorates to watch this election
There are a number of electorates which are crucial in this election and could show some deep changes in the NZ political landscape.
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Middlemore Hospital full: Thank you National Party
At some stage NZers have to acknowledge that National’s much vaunted managerial skills are all smoke and mirror bullshit and that Labour’s investment of $19billion over four years into our social infrastructure is a far better response to health underfunding than 2 big mac combos worth of tax cuts each week.