Trump Cuba Military Action: Another Distraction War?
Iran was supposed to be the distraction. Now Cuba is suddenly in the frame. Trump’s empire politics are starting to look less like strategy and more like panic.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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The Bradbury Group Turns 1 Fighting Polluter Power
The Bradbury Group turns one because the old show was punished for saying the quiet parts out loud: Israel, think tanks, media power and big polluter influence.
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Budget 2026 Exposes This Hard-Right Government
Banks get a token levy. Public servants get the axe. State tenants get higher rents. Budget 2026 is not balance, it is class warfare dressed as discipline.
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Jools Topp, the Topp Twins and the Aotearoa We Lost
Jools Topp was joy, protest, country music, yodelling and defiance wrapped into one. We mourn her because she represented an Aotearoa we are losing.
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Budget 2026 Winners, Losers and Predictions
Banks get a joke tax. Landlords keep their loot. Beneficiaries, students, tenants and public servants get the bill. Budget 2026 is class warfare with spreadsheets.
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Pope Leo Warns AI Could Become a False God
The Pope has entered the AI debate, and Martyn sees the real fight: organic God versus artificial God in the biggest market turf war on Earth.
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Jacinda Ardern Documentary Wins Emmy Award
Clarke Gayford’s intimate Jacinda Ardern documentary has won an Emmy. Somewhere, the right-wing outrage machine is making the most beautiful noise.
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Ebola Misinformation Is Burning Hospitals in DR Congo
Hospitals burned. Patients missing. Health workers under attack. Ebola misinformation is deadly, and the West has already shown it is hardly immune.
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Trump Iran Deal Hands Tehran the Leverage It Wanted
Trump followed Netanyahu into a war with Iran. Tehran answered by choking the Strait of Hormuz. Now the price of reopening it may be billions in frozen assets.
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Homeschooling Backdown Exposes NZ Politics’ Third Rail
There are more than 11,000 home-educated children and ERO reviewed just 10 families last year. Erica Stanford tried basic oversight, then discovered homeschooling is political kryptonite.
