Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
It’s a vile and grotesque invasion of privacy that has no real checks or balances, but New Zealander’s have such an incredulous ‘if-you-have-nothing-to-hide-you-have-nothing-to-fear’ mentality to mass surveillance, it’s difficult to feel anything but sad apathy at the manner we hand such incredibly far ranging powers over to the all seeing state.
…why on earth were the officials under National actively trying to get Chinese companies to take our water?
This militancy when Labour are in power and cowardice when National are in is deeply detrimental to industrial relations and progressive politics because it feeds into a National Party narrative that Unions feel emboldened by Jacinda being in power.
With Trump claiming China is attempting to interfere in the upcoming mid term elections, the speed with which mistakes could compound ignorance and collapse the entire house of cards is higher than ever before.
There is no greater challenge to the Government than the rising price of petrol because the entire economy is at risk and those workers already trying to survive in a country where costs outstrip wage increases will quickly revolt.
What should have happened is that Kavanaugh should have been grilled over his views on abortion and whether or not he would ever make it more difficult for women to get them, instead it became an emotive media circus that created a toxic cultural backlash which risks benefitting the Republicans in the mid term elections.
Meka must grow up, dump the chip on her shoulder about how incompetent staff are a reflection of disdain against Māori women in power and get back to the excellent work for her constituents that she is known for. The Prime Minister also must ponder how woke activists in her own office could inadvertently paint her into a corner she can’t get out of.
Because we as New Zealanders have allowed ourselves to be emotionally manipulated by mainstream media who use crime porn as a ratings aphrodisiac alongside victims rights groups who use victims pain to champion vengeance over justice, Corrections has become one vast violent, overcrowded hate pit where double bunked jail cells are rape pens.
Anyone who has been active in Auckland politics from a grass roots level over the last 3 decades knew and would have be accosted by dear Penny.
Her tenacity, her focus and her unwavering believe that people can hold their political masters accountable inspired as many as it alienated, she never suffered fools and was merciless if she saw you as the enemy.
She was a battler, a fighter and a unique character who we are made lesser with her passing.
All our love from The Daily Blog to her whanau.
…the taxpayers Union has always been an astro-turf group. Funded by the right, it seeks to weaponise the spending of public money for the small Government cult.