Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
While our political leaders are numbed into inaction by business interests who gain the most from climate change pollution, the one place climate deniers always pointed at to claim global warming wasn’t really happening, is in meltdown…
The only thing worse than the Greens celebrating this pathetic nothing is National trying to manufacture monsters that simply don’t exist.
Jacinda’s apology captured all that guilt and shame and articulated it in a way that was raw and human, we are blessed to have her.
…poor old Simon, he can’t stop leaks in his party and he can’t catch a break from the Polls.
TDB understands there are 3 factions inside National, Faction Simon Bridges, Faction Judith Collins and a third faction. It is this third faction who are leaking in an attempt to destabilise Bridges to take power for themselves.
As someone who has gone to almost every Hero and pride parade and has loved taking my Daughter to show her what inclusion looks like, I fear 2019 might be a lot less friendly and far more aggressive so I think I’ll sit this one out until the Rainbow Community has sorted it out.
Surely a political Party who hid harassment claims and then weaponised them against one of their own and then had a hand in having that person sectioned under the mental health act would have such rigorous ethical standards that they would never manipulate personal circumstances for political gain.
The Workplace relations law was always a watered down meaningless bit of nothing that simply took the Union movement back 10 years to before National had stripped them bare. There isn’t anything modern or empowering about this legislation, it is a whitewash lip service to the union moment to look like something has been done when really very little has changed.
At some stage NZ is going to be forced to pick sides between America and China and the side we should pick is our own.
…how will be protect our fishing stocks? How will we protect the shoreline? How will we respond to extreme weather emergencies?