Watching James Shaw consistently defend the Census meltdown is one of the true political mysteries of 2019
When do Wellington bureaucrats ever get held to account?
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Look, we all want a prison riot, but just because your weird cult programme isn’t adopted doesn’t seem like a good enough reason
Brian, why don’t you just ask God to smite the entire Government and replace them with you as Prime Minister? I mean you are on talking terms with your vengeful angry God right? Tell him Jacinda and Clarke are living in sin and the Holy Ghost with a big flaming sword will do the rest.
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18 months till election 2020 – how is the NZ Political landscape?
It’s 18 months till election 2020, the coalition Government is polling well and the issues are building.
How are the Political Parties faring, what will be the issues and what will be the wild cards?
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Why the focus on Hate Speech is so utterly wrong footed as a response to keeping us safe from terrorist atrocity
We saw what the woke did to the Pride Parade, it went from a 30 000 person event last year to a mere 2000 this year because pure temple activists demanded exclusion to be inclusive. Do we really want to trust them with a free speech debate?
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After Destiny Church’s appalling spite in Christchurch, Labour righteously smack down Man Up
Jesus would be ashamed of you Brian.
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Groan – Oh come on Green Party – are you even trying now?
After righteously attacking anonymous donations and anonymous money they are running a donations campaign using an anonymous donor.
Sigh.
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While Jacinda Ardern battles white supremacy and hate crimes, Simon Bridges has started a fight with a slushy
The Leader of the Opposition picking a fight against a slushy is one thing
Losing that fight is another
Maybe Simon needs to start with a less formidable beverage, how about a weak cup of tea? Start there & if you beat it it, then move up to a Milo
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Mary, Mary – why you bugging?
I agree with Mary English’s concerns about euthanasia, but to equate that to youth suicide is ugly.
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It is Christians like Destiny Church who give God a bad name
Jokes aside, how insecure do you need to be in your faith if you have to turn up at the site of an atrocity against another religion to proclaim your God rules this land?
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ANZAC Day 2019 – searching for the meaningless in horror
For a juvenile culture and immature country like NZ, attempting to comprehend the magnitude of our slaughter; the contemptible way Māori were treated on returning from war; the lack of support services for those mentally scarred; the sacrifice of pacifists and the pointless murder of our own brutal invasions is more akin to unblinking sheep nervously stepping into the Lourve Museum to study contemporary Art.