Boot Camps are screaming a failure – but that doesn’t matter because it’s all about ‘feelings’
Bootcamp re-offending rate revealed: 80% allegedly offended within the year Most of the teenagers who took part in the military-style…
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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If the Mayor of Auckland won’t front for a debate, why should we as Aucklanders vote? Is not voting an option for the Left?
Wayne Brown ‘doing a Muldoon’, rival says, as Auckland mayoralty election debate plans collapse Mayoral candidate Kerrin Leoni has accused…
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Foreshore and seabed: Govt to pass marine and coastal areas legislation despite Supreme Court ruling to appease business interests
Well, well, well. What do we have here? Government forges ahead with foreshore and seabed law The government is forging…
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NCEA, the cult of competition and the purpose of public education
The Government have decided to reset NCEA in a radical move that everyone is still digesting. What is the purpose…
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No metaphor is greater than the NZ Prime Minister, Rail Minister and Auckland Mayor going down a hole
No metaphor is greater than the Prime Minister Chris Luxon, Rail Minister Winston Peters and Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown going…
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Chris Bishop’s petrol tax creates a vast new Road Users Charge mass surveillance state you sleepy hobbits
‘Just like getting a Netflix bill’: How the new road user charge system will work You all understand the Bishop’s…
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Tamaki Makaurau By-election Week 4
We enter week 4 of the Tamaki Makaurau By-election and there are still large divergences in the campaigns. The Māori…
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Gore, schadenfreude and Farmer Pollution
Greenpeace extends invitation to Gore District Mayor to work together on drinking water crisis Greenpeace Aotearoa has written to Gore…
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600 Israeli spies say there’s no reason for more war
Don’t believe me that the ethnic cleansing genocidal war crimes by Israel are unnecessary? How about from the mouths of…
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Jordan Williams and Detective Ani O’Brien up to their old Campaign Company tricks again – mapping how the Astroturf Right manipulate you
Give the devil his dues, Sean Plunkett forced Don Brash to reveal that it was Jordan William’s Campaign Company that…