What emergency was this Australian visiting Wellington for? Oh just tourism? Hmmmmm
Opening the travel bubble up before we are herd immunity vaccinated doesn’t seem like a bright idea now does it?
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Human Rights Commission supports burning books and pre-censorship for art no one has seen because ‘progress’
Does it terrify anyone else that a state department is now demanding the censorship of art?
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No wonder Mike King handed back his medal – the real difference between Labour and National (you wont like it)
…this is ultimately a political failure by Labour – they didn’t expect to win in 2017 & didn’t expect to win a majority in 2020, so they had no reform agenda for the neoliberal bureaucracy.
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Backbencher Pub puppets too woke to joke bland satire
These sad statues of insipidness at Backbenchers are not to make you laugh, they are a punishment for you laughing.
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Wuhan Lab leak theory conflict just jumped up a notch – why NZ media should worry
…the one thing that was always going to prevent the conflict between China and the rest of the planet over the origins of the Covid virus from erupting was evidence.
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Winston enters the crowded Cancel Culture backlash market & Vance’s latest column
Guess who’s back.
Back again.
Winnie’s back.
Tell a friend.
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Why do National & ACT MPs want to start violence at gang funerals?
Outlaws burying a fallen Comrade are to be tolerated the way militant cyclists crossing the bridge are tolerated the way Maori rights occupations are tolerated the way environmental protest actions are tolerated etc etc etc BECAUSE the use of State force required to suppress those events far outweighs whatever preservation of pearl clutching public order demands.
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More neoliberal free market cows to slaughter!
Where’s your God Milton Friedman now?
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This bloody bike bridge is going to be the Phil Twyfordication of poor Michael Wood
When you have 23,687 desperate people on the public housing wait list, a billion dollar vanity project for militant middle class cyclists is outrageous.
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Dome Valley Shock Decision: Where the hell are the Greens on a Chinese mega company dumping toxic waste in Auckland?
If it’s a woke middle class identity politics virtue signal, the Green’s are there, but when it’s actual environmental vandalism, they are no where to be seen.