Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
…Key had golf with Obama on January 3rd 2014 and by 19th February 2014 the old boy network of the New Zealand appeals court overruled the 28 June 2012 decision, and declared the search warrants against Kim Dotcom to be valid.
I for one did not vote Greens for them to hand over fucking 42 parliamentary questions to the fucking National Party.
…the latest sackings at the Trump White House & Casino this week show Trump is now so comfortable in his ignorance that he will throw any semblance of caution to the wind and surround himself with people who flatter his ego rather than serve the Office.
…how did a far right Troll know about this scandal before anyone else in the Labour Party hierarchy?
On a very technical level at a Wellington-Central-vegan-cycle-friendly-consent-contract-signed-after- work-function that is chaperoned, you could mount an intellectual argument that Governments can’t and won’t hold themselves to account so giving the Opposition extra questions to do that is a technically principled position to take.
You could mount that argument.
…apparently this is a hate crime against humanity because finding any humour in men dressed as woman is transphobic hatred.
The whole reason why Winston was pushing for a free trade deal with Russia was a counter pressure point to Chinese threats to our economy if NZ pushed through legislation banning foreign land sales.
When we face a catastrophic climate change future, who are the NZ Government working for? NZers or big oil?
That the Ministry for Abusing Children had the gall to explain to the Judge that they couldn’t place the teen because the Horse of the Year is on, while hilarious for its Nu Zilindness, sums up the ‘not-funded-enough-to-give-a-fuck’ mentality from the Ministry.
We must stop allowing our water to be exploited like this, it is madness.