Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
Hi folks, I know we are all fighting over very, very important petty shit like Police in pride parades and Māori Santas – but this is your friendly reminder that the fucking planet is melting…
NZ-Asians face the most overt racism in NZ, there is a huge tension building beneath the mild surface of NZ society, and we aren’t prepared for when it ruptures.
What happens if another Labour Party member decides to throw their hat in the ring for the Mayoralty?
Let’s wrap this up already – it’s almost Christmas and this trilogy is dragging on like the Lord of the bloody Rings, but it’s not a total flop like Mortal Engines. God, that movie is dreadful isn’t it? When the Weta Digital special effects department can’t paper over the crap plot you know you are fucked. Who thought a movie about cities on wheels was a starter for 10? It’s as much a hot mess as the Golden Compass but losing more money.
I digress.
It doesn’t matter how brilliantly Jacinda’s teeth dazzle when she throws us a smile and speaks bravely of the ‘politics of kindness’ because the truth is that the unaccountable faceless Wellington bureaucrat Stasi spying elites run this country, not the puppet masquerade of Government that keeps the sleepy hobbits distracted.
It is utterly unacceptable that this has occurred, there must be a purge of the public service and if the Government doesn’t do it they must ask themselves this question, if you can’t control these Ministries, who actually runs NZ?
It’s good to see the lynch mobs don’t hold sway over process yet.
…but this time there will be an interesting twist. This week Justice Helen Winkelmann was appointed to the Supreme Court…
As we spin on this tiny rock completing another circle around a medium sized sun at the arse end of the Milky Way Galaxy, these are insignificant ramblings trying to fish up some meaning for a 12 month period where nothing seemed to matter in the face of climate change while simultaneously everything managed to offend huge swathes of people you’ll never meet.
The Daily Blog has heard that a leadership challenge against Simon Bridges is set for January.