Suicide rates for prisoners should shame us, it won’t, but it should
Former prisoners are dying after release — and the system designed to rehabilitate them appears to look away.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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The Truth about NZs little battler myth and why free market dynamics don’t work here
New Zealand isn’t a tiny battler — it’s a vast, sparsely populated nation built on State infrastructure, not free market fantasy.
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History repeats in Iran
Before America and Israel preach democracy to Iran, they should remember who helped create the crisis.
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All economists were wrong again about inflation as Moody’s downgrades New Zealand’s financial outlook to negative
Inflation fears are rising, economists are backtracking, and Moody’s has put New Zealand’s economy on notice.
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This extreme weather will only get worse, there’s a point where the political spectrum shatters
A storm every eight days. At some point New Zealand won’t rebuild fast enough — and when that happens, politics changes forever.
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The horror of Sunfield and the naked corruption of NZ Politics against the poor
Flood plains. No transport. No sewage. No stormwater. Yet Sunfield was rammed through under fast-track powers. What does that look like to you?
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Ummm – does ACT MP & Zionist Pimp Simon Court actually think he looks like this?
Simon Court’s AI-generated fantasy portrait is being roasted online — and critics say it’s as detached from reality as his politics.
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The slow silver fox jumps over the lazy blue hog – Is Winston setting Luxon up for snap election?
Blue on Silver friendly fire has erupted. Is Winston Peters setting Christopher Luxon up for a coup — or a snap election?
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Does Matua Shane look like he’s ever met a butter chicken he didn’t love?
Shane Jones has turned criticism of a free trade deal into a race-baiting circus — and now Auckland is seeing anti-Indian backlash.
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Policing Amendment Bill Sparks Surveillance Fears
Police say the new powers are about safety. Critics say they open the door to surveillance abuse with fewer protections for Māori youth and the homeless.
