Armed Police at Ihumātao is a provocation!
By having armed Police at this site of all sites, to have the police doing exactly what they did almost 170 years ago is a disgrace
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Another obscene mass shooting in America…
Thoughts and prayers are hollow and evil as a response to this cultural sickness.
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#PartTimePM
I’m not sure who is more annoying. People who think ‘Part-time PM’ is the most clever insult ever created or People who think it is the most offensive thing ever spoken in the english language.
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The cannabis referendum is stoned – The Great Cannabis Debate Pub Politics September 2nd
To assist the voting public to know what the hell is going on, TDB will be live streaming the first ‘Pub Politics’ 8pm September 2nd from Chapel Bar on Ponsonby Rd to debate the cannabis referendum.
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Latest 5 Eyes demand for more mass surveillance
I can not see any justification for that kind of mass surveillance and until the Intelligence Services explain why they should be entrusted with that kind of power and what the safeguards are, we should not allow them to mutate into a global Stasi.
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The pathetic ‘policy wins’ Green members need to grill the Party over at this weekends Dunedin conference
The Greens are in survival mode for this election, if all the amazing policy ‘wins’ were so amazing why haven’t they moved in the polls for 2 years and why are they still polling less than they actually gained on election night 2017???
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So in the face of National on 45% – how do Labour, Greens + NZ First win 2020 election?
To date, the Left have hated the idea of using MMP the way the Right use it. That’s because the Right like to win while the Left likes to loose and whinge about how unfair it is that they lost.
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Who says NZ First and Labour are on opposite sides over Ihumātao? Plus the only solution moving forward
There is a suggestion that Labour and NZ First are somehow not on the same page over Ihumātao. I’d suggest it’s a separation of difference that is incredibly tiny and measured in the millimetres.
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Chinese Consulate praises University of Auckland violence
Ihumātao could be the least of the Government’s problems.
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What National’s bewildering 45% really says about the Left in NZ
After damaging the country for 9 years by underfunding all our social services and basic infrastructure, after falsely pumping the economy up by selling cheap milk powder to China and opening up the immigration taps to prop up property speculation they are still recording 45% in the polls???