Grant Robertson: An honourable legacy
Grant Robertson retires from politics, appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago Former Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson is retiring…
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Cost of Waka Kotahi using Māori signs vs Cost of new high-vis jackets
Priceless… Waka Kotahi bought new unbranded hi-viz jackets for PM, entourage for highway re-opening Newshub can reveal Waka Kotahi bought…
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Understanding Bloke Down Pub Politics : What NZ First Antivaxxers and ACT Treaty haters have in common
There are two foundation stones shared between the NZ First Antivaxxers and ACT Treaty haters, the first is revenge. Both…
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Another bad TVNZ poll for Labour – Chippy needs a reset + they need a ‘Rebuilding Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of Progress’ weekend
National – 38% Labour – 28% Greens – 12% ACT – 8% NZ First – 6% Māori Party – 4%…
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Simeon Brown is building a mass surveillance roading network and pretending it’s a road safety feature
You have to hand it to National, they are remarkably deceptive and far smarter than the average voter. Simeon Brown…
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Luxon chased from Big Gay Out after speech promising cruelty: The ‘Tough Love’ of someone with 7 properties
Christopher Luxon leaves Big Gay Out after heated protest Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has abruptly left the Big Gay Out…
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TDB told you this was a hard right racist climate denying Government implementing culture war revenge fantasies as policy – how’s it going?
TDB was very vocal right from the beginning that a National/ACT/NZF Government would be a toxic brew of beneficiary bashing,…
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The wholesale abuse of power as this hard right racist climate denying Government blitzkriegs Parliament by misusing urgency
This a thousand times… …this new hard right racist climate denying Government are misusing urgency to ram through the spite…
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So where the bloody hell are you? Oh now middle classes want to talk about regulating Capitalism in NZ after Fletchers collapse?
FFS! TDB has been arguing about our poorly regulated capitalism for a very long time, yet it’s only when the…
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Luxon’s Speech notes (in brief)
Getting NZ back on track, unless you live near an actual rail station, in which case it’s probably been cancelled…