Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
Surely public policy should hold public safety above all else, yet Police Chase Policy manages to have an open ended kill threshold – why is that?
It’s because we are a juvenile culture with all the maturity of a can of coke-cola.
A ‘witch hunt’ is an angry lynch mob hunting for a mythical monster and what we have learned and seen about harassment in the work place over the last couple of years tells us that harassment isn’t a myth, it’s real, it’s visceral and it’s unacceptable. We don’t have a witch hunt here, we have the ingredients for a witch trial.
John Tamihere has asked crucial questions in his new Herald column demanding to know where the public good values have evaporated within NZs largest construction company…
This is the organisation that our State Agencies are hiring to do dirty work against our own people?
This deal is for those corporate interests who wish to exploit the pristine base products we produce, it is not about us protecting our future.
Because climate change is a political problem & not a scientific question, The Daily Blog is naming all cyclones after our MPs and Companies who have done so much to hold back genuine climate change reform – this new one that is joining our increasingly erratic and weather pattern is called ‘Cyclone Hon Steven Joyce’ in honour of Steven Joyce who did sweet FA in 9 years on climate change.
…what do the Press Gallery Political Editors need to start doing some, you know, journalism?
…as a witness in this case, it was apparent to me that the Judy didn’t seem to have any comprehension whatsoever of defamation law.
Jacinda visited our arsehole cousins across the ditch and all she got was this T-shirt…
Jacinda is off to the Pacific to desperately try to counter Chinese influence throughout the Pacific…