Why Paula Bennett is such a hero to many Nu Zilinders & will remain as Deputy forever if she wins Cannabis referendum misinformation campaign
For the sleepy hobbits, there are only 3 true heroes to ever worship in Nu Zilind.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Rio Tinto are threatening to close the bloody smelter again, sounds like it’s time to extend their obscene corporate welfare again
What Rio Tinto is really saying to the Government is that before MediaWorks gets any corporate welfare, they would like to get back in line and demand more.
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NZ Herald online coverage of the Sky City fire, concerns the CBD can be shut down by a blowtorch & why the fire is a perfectly delicious metaphor of National in power for 9 years
Herald incompetence aside, and all the Nu Zilind basic bitch sensibilities that we never criticise anything because it’s so untoward (remember how that played out at Pike River Mine?) does it concern anyone else that the entire fucking CBD can be shut down and poisoned because of a bloody unattended blowtorch?
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BREAKING – Vision NZ finally stands a chance of winning 5%
Announced this morning, Vision NZ have called for only citizens of NZ to be able to vote. Most NZers will be surprised that permanent residents can vote as it makes us just one of 4 other democracies that allow this, that means our political system is deeply swayed by residents who aren’t citizens.
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Simon Bridges is dicking Andrew Little AND Radio NZ around
Simon Bridges is grandstanding over the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill and Andrew Little has gloriously referred to it as being ‘dicked around’.
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Why NZ First are right and the Euthanasia law needs to be a public referendum
By allowing assisted suicide, we open an enormous door that can’t be closed and the entire public need to not only have a say on that, but the decision must be one we agree on because once the media pick up on stories of euthanasia coercion we all need to be responsible and not yell that it’s the politicians fault.
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Dear Andrew Little – there are some really, really, really big problems with your Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill
Dear Andrew Little – you need to have a long hard look at some of these loopholes because you could fly a plane through some of them.
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I don’t want to sound racist about these roaming armed Police Officer Teams b-u-u-u-u-u-u-t
Look, most New Zealanders would agree that when a cop pulls a trigger, you want the best trained cop do it. The truth is that the vast majority of our police are ill trained in using firearms and you don’t want garden variety Mr & Ms Plod getting their guns out of the locked box in their car and getting involved in a shoot out.
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12 months till the NZ election – what does the political landscape look like?
Okay, we are 12 months out from the next election, how are the Parties faring, what are their internal dynamics and what possible strategies will they adopt?
What issues will shape the debate and what curveballs might trip them up?
Here is the political landscape going into Election 2020.
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The NZDF, the Key administration & the corruption of our intelligence system
…let’s not forget that also in 2011, Key’s Office colluded with the SIS to falsely smear Phil Goff months before the election. Key went on to reward the SIS and GCSB with unlimited power through mass surveillance and a huge increase in budgets.