Mike Moore 1949-2020: Working class battler to neoliberal architect
One of the original members of the Fish n Chip Brigade that built the neoliberal NZ we know today has passed.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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NZ Government blocks travellers from mainland China
In a move that increasingly shows how serious this situation is becoming, NZ has announced the blocking of travellers from mainland China…
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Simon Bridges makes first strategic blunder of Election 2020 by ruling NZ First out now
Simon Bridges has made the announcement today that he is ruling out cutting a deal with NZ First post the 2020 election.
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Trump’s Impeachment defence shows a Party Intellectually held hostage & degraded by an orange fascist
The Republican Party is held hostage by Trump’s egregious corruption and toxic self-aggrandisement. For them to intellectually lower the bar so low is not the philosophy of supporters, it is the mantra of the hostage.
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Will the infrastructure investment help Labour? Probably not, but it won’t help National either & why Beneficiaries and Gangs should be most terrified
Watching National & Labour sock puppets on social media arguing over who is going to build the most roads only highlights the low horizon imagination NZ politics has descended into.
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Let’s honestly talk about why benefit numbers and food grants are going up under Labour
In 2016, John Key was in a bit of a pickle.
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The Age of the Cage & Aquarium: Why the Wuhan Virus and Australian fires are our climate crisis future
As over population and depletion of the natural resources continues at pace, novel virus outbreaks will start becoming the norm not the exception.
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Oh Jesus no – now we are woking the NZ anthem?
Dear Jacinda, run a bloody mile from this now before the National Party start claiming it’s Government policy.
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Dow Jones crashes down 603points on Wuhan Virus fears and the grim reality of Trump’s Amerika
Dow Jones crashing down 600 points on Wuhan virus fears, Trump’s fecklessness, Sanders radicalism and the market realising Trump’s China deal was meaningless.
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SFO don’t consider ‘pretty legal’ as a defence
…Let’s be clear, this is fucking enormous.