250 years and America needed a king
250 years after rejecting a king, America is being warned it may be drifting back toward one.
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.

250 years after rejecting a king, America is being warned it may be drifting back toward one.

New Zealand wants to replace China with India, but what if we’re just swapping one problem for another?

Forget the culture wars, May Day is a reminder that class struggle is still the fight that matters most.

$230 for a school ball? Parents are pushing back, and asking when school events became luxury experiences.

Winston Peters hasn’t blown up Luxon over Iran out of principle. He is manufacturing a crisis, gutting National, and making his move.
Luxon’s Tehran comment looked like another clumsy brain fade. Now the Iran war emails make it look far more deliberate, and far more dangerous.

The Taxpayers’ Union used to talk about waste. Now it’s talking culture war, and people are starting to notice.

ACT loves free speech, right up until it doesn’t. Now their attack on the Greens is raising awkward questions.

Luxon wanted New Zealand to back the Iran war. Winston exposed it. Now the coalition looks like it’s tearing itself apart.

Workers say the new leave law changes will make them worse off, and critics argue Brooke van Velden has already done enough damage.