Deconstructing Headlines

Very sad news for Auckland activist Penny Bright…

The Greens are sick of being seen as a puppet for Labour and are desperate to show some independence, but was this by-election the best way to do that?

NZ requires an Opposition that will hold the Government to account, what we have however is a Party wilfully happy to manipulate and lie to generate divisive anger in their supporters.

We can’t outspend China, but we can play a far smarter game.

Getting tangled up in making it compulsory is missing the opportunity to progress while requiring focus on the structural racism that blights NZ.

The real reason National are now starting to signal they will dump ACT however isn’t because of a sudden realisation that the deal isn’t working, it’s that National want to try it out elsewhere.

The almost spiritual connection thin skinned farmers have with their cows means nothing David Parker could have said about dairy polluting our water was ever going to be acceptable.

The neoliberal welfare agencies have countered this drop in anyone wanting to interact with their agencies with glossed over stats that suggest things are getting better when front line poverty agencies see a surge in demand.

When it comes to bullshit ‘get tough on crime’ rhetoric,  Red is the new Orange. 

Four new bills have been drawn from the parliamentary ballot and they really do give you an insight into what National & Labour values actually stand for.