Boomer Edge Lord Winston Peters makes media conspiracy theory claim
Jesus wept… Winston Peters makes false claim Government bribed media just after becoming Deputy PM A new Government was sworn…
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Breaking Bad – how ACT are empowering local meth cooks
Pseudoephedrine back on shelves: Act leader David Seymour’s win in new coalition Government Pseudoephedrine will be allowed back into cold…
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Boomer King raises rates – hasn’t fixed Auckland yet
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s 10-year cost cutting council budget preview: Rates rises, job losses, axed cycles lanes Auckland Mayor Wayne…
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Tobacco deaths for tax cuts, 8000 sacked public servants by Christmas and poorest families lose $555m – The full social cost and damage of this new hard right racist Government
The sheer scale of damage the mere birthing of this Government is going to cause Kiwis is remarkable as we…
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There are many reasons to extend Parliament term to 4 years, cost is NOT one of them!
National on promise to introduce legislation on extending parliamentary term to four years: ‘It will save money’ We are already…
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Climate Change and Environment outside Cabinet as planet melts
As the Hard Right Racist Government settles in, the values are glaring and venal. As the planet melts with temperatures…
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Gang Funeral Back Down??? Oh no you don’t Mark Mitchell!
Head Hunter funeral: Incoming Police Minister Mark Mitchell ‘pleased’ with robust police response ahead of William ‘Bird’ Hines’ funeral Incoming…
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The New Government – Winners, Losers & Predictions
Christopher Luxon, David Seymour and Winston Peters walk into a bar. The Barman looks up and says, “What its this?…
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Michelle Duff lost in woke culture backlash, Feral anti vaxxers & Climate Deniers: The new politics of the neoliberal subjective
Feelings, nothing more than feelings. Morris Albert’s 1974 classic ‘Feelings‘ kinda manages to sum up the current political culture. Right…
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What does the Left do now in the face of a hard right racist Government? RESIST! RESIST! RESIST!
I’ve been working on a “Where to now for Labour, Greens, Māori Party and the NZ Left?” blog since the…