Why National’s Māori segregation bashing has failed in the polls
Personally, I think this race-baiting hypocrisy by National was a doomed strategy.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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When Military Juntas come for the tongues of poets
“They shoot the head, but they don’t know the revolution is in the heart”
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TV3 Poll – Labour smash National – race baiting doesn’t work
I’ve been arguing that this Māori separatist stuff just won’t work and the majority of voters said they didn’t think Labour was being separatist and that National was being divisive.
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Auckland Libraries must resist woke book purge
Ummmm. Come on, we aren’t going to have book purges here are we?
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Targeting Foreign Media is never a vote of confidence
Israel targeted foreign Media overnight, reducing a building housing the offices of AP & Al-Jazeera to rubble…
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Haka political theatre in Parliament – Winners & Losers
Last weeks Haka political theatre in Parliament had a number of political winners and losers.
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Judith vs Jacinda over Willow-Jean Prime
Labour need to avoid the Kavanaugh effect and remind WJP that this isn’t Twitter thread hashtag politics and she’s only handing National culture war ammunition.
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Congratulations to Damien Grant – why Corrections must tour him though prisons
At a time when cancel culture is so prevalent and toxic, winning the right to be redeemable is an important lesson in earnt mercy.
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Ousting of Liz Cheney proves Republicans are now a Cult
It feels like a prequel to the Handmaid’s Tale.
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Labour: Middle class party pills sweet as, working class cannabis bad
Labour have to show the same leadership for working class cannabis as they have on middle class drugs like Party Pills.