Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
Jacinda & Grant can save us from a virus dystopia, but they’re too busy keeping our head above water surviving that pandemic to imagine utopia.
Labour MUST reform WINZ and MSD to avoid the reality of their toxic cultures being experienced by the new wave of beneficiaries about to sign up for welfare
Let’s play the ‘5million population without mentioning immigration’ game… New Zealand population hits 5 million Estimates released today showed that…
For all his faults, Bridges is no wimp and he will fight it out and while he can’t and won’t beat Labour in September, he can at least show they aren’t a party of desperate cowards.
If Police leadership have to call for a stocktake of mass surveillance programs the Police are currently utilising, that should concern everyone.
Last nights Poll is just so extraordinary in terms of MMP, it creates unique Winners and Losers.
Last nights explosive Newshub Poll that put Labour on a staggering 56.5% makes real internal polling that has hinted at the exact same momentum.
The electorate wants kindness, they don’t want arsehole.
The Prime Minister who has led us through the turmoil of terrorism, volcanism and almost bubonic plague would not be left wondering in Auckland if the cafe was full!!!
So we are at Level 2, we’ve dodged a public health nightmare and have all sacrificed in the greatest tradition of Democracy. Unlike authoritarian regimes who can impose their will via military force, NZ is a liberal progressive democracy that had to rely on well informed citizens acting in solidarity for the collective good and we passed with flying colours.