Sooooo when Luxon said he supported carpet bombing Tehran and we all thought he misspoke…
Luxon, Peters in crisis talks after NZ First leader releases emails showing PM wanted explicit Iran war backing Prime Minister…
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Does Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers’ Union going pidgin ghetto give everyone the ick?
The Taxpayers’ Union used to talk about waste. Now it’s talking culture war, and people are starting to notice.
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NZ Parliament’s biggest Zionist Apologist has audacity to attack Greens
ACT loves free speech, right up until it doesn’t. Now their attack on the Greens is raising awkward questions.
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Political Bombshell: Luxon wanted to side with Trump over illegal Iranian War – snap election brewing with Winston
Luxon wanted New Zealand to back the Iran war. Winston exposed it. Now the coalition looks like it’s tearing itself apart.
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More damage to workers? Hasn’t Brooke van Velden caused enough carnage?
Workers say the new leave law changes will make them worse off, and critics argue Brooke van Velden has already done enough damage.
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For all the climate deniers & big polluter pimps this Super El Niño will be a nightmare
A Super El Niño is coming, and it could smash through New Zealand’s climate denial, insurance system and political complacency all at once.
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Trump has gifted Iranian theocracy legitimacy! He has no option other than to surrender
Trump’s Iran war is blowing out in cost and chaos, and may end up strengthening the very regime it was meant to crush.
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After wanting to mine conservation land, will Matua Shane Jones get pelted with cold Butter Chicken everywhere he speaks this election?
Shane Jones wants to mine conservation land. Voters might just respond by throwing butter chicken at him on the campaign trail.
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If only Nicola Willis was right and Labour has a list of secret taxes!
Nicola Willis thinks Labour has secret taxes. God, if only. NZ doesn’t need tax panic, it needs the rich to finally pay up.
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There’s more violence at your average US School shooting than at the White House Correspondents Dinner
Washington clutches its pearls over gunfire at a media gala while the real violence in Gaza, Iran and at the petrol pump keeps escalating.
