NZ Prison population up and going to go higher
Prison population exceeds 10,000 for first time in four years The number of people in New Zealand’s prisons is higher…
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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NZ Media and Right Wing Government shocked post covid youth crime down
Numbers of repeat serious young offenders are dropping – and no one knows why The Government has set a target…
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Australia’s heatwave a grim reminder planet is melting
Australia’s heatwave to continue as east coast braces for possible severe storms The heatwave baking northern Australia with temperatures of…
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Gerry Brownlee should resign as Speaker for banning investigative journalist Aaron Smale from Parliament
Govt move to exclude journalist risks chilling effect – Green Party The Green Party is alarmed by the Government’s move…
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The hypocrisy of the Government apologising for historic abuse in State care while causing more abuse in State care
There is a terrible hypocrisy in todays supposed apology to all those NZ children tortured, sexually abused, beaten and emotionally…
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Trump’s Orange Fascism and the rise of the Undermensch – Winners, Losers and Predictions
The total victory by Trump is a political and cultural devastation. He is without a doubt the worst authoritarian figure…
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King of the Pigs racist threat against Hīkoi mō te Tiriti is contemptible
Fresh from heavy handed tactics in Opotiki that saw mothers and grandmothers strip searched and 3 year olds locked alone…
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What staggering new Roy Morgan Poll shock means for NZ Politics
The horror of the Trump election totally eclipsed the findings of the latest Roy Morgan Poll which shows the Right’s…
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Who are the most abusive and awful? National supporters? ACT Supporters? Green Supporters? Māori Party Supporters? NZF Supporters or Labour Supporters?
I’ve been politically active since I was 18, so have spent some time around the traps and interacted with way…
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When the slowly boiling frog becomes self aware – culture war climate change has reset existential boundaries in America and Western Democracy
As we reel from the scale of a Trump win, Richard Seymour is an ecoMarxist who is pointing out that…