BREAKING: Simon Bridges the new Leader of the National Party
When National decide Leadership they release white smoke from Parliamentary chimney, slaughter a thousand virgins and steal some Maori land.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Why Labour must do something about renting now white middle class millennials are in trouble & time to be honest about David Shearer’s Kiwibuild
The thermodynamics of identity politics is that when middle class white Millennials don’t get what they think they were getting, all hell breaks loose politically.
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Dear Simon Bridges & Matthew Hooton – stab Judith Collins in the back NOW!
Dear Simon Bridges & Matthew Hooton.
Quick word if I may before all the voting unfolds today.
Stab Judith Collins in the back now.
NOW!
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Labour – between a hard rock and a Megaprison – the one question media isn’t answering yet
The one question media isn’t answering yet is ‘who benefits from this Megaprison’?
The last prison built was a Public Private Partnership for Serco where ACC had a 30% stakehold meaning a Government Department was reliant on incarceration for a revenue stream…
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Golriz Ghahraman, 1.5g of cocaine, a large Polynesian male and 4 cops walk into a bar…
This case matters because it’s about civil rights, not racial profiling. If this had happened to a white NZer it would be equally questionable.
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Jetstar manges to crap all over NZer of the Year
Jetstar as a company in NZ has this terrible reputation of being vicious to NZers when it comes to any kind of basic customer service.
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Male Labour MPs take Twitter offence at Iranian handshakes (and what’s worse, you allowed Judith Collins to crow)
I get that McAnulty and Tirikatene were trying to be sensitive to Luxton’s perceived embarrassment but being Twitter offended is best left for the Wellington Twitteratti, not actual Members of Parliament.
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It is not good enough when Mark Mitchell refuses to answer if he killed anyone
This man is now running for the leadership of the largest political party in NZ, not answering about his time as a mercenary in a war zone where mercenaries were ruthlessly murderous just isn’t an option!
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The continued attempt to crucify Kim Dotcom
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again, the Public ‘Service’ is this Government’s real enemy and the Left need to get their heads around that rather than suck up to the PSA.
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The beauty of the National Party Leadership race
We have a situation where 2 out of the 5 current candidates have the ability to be dictators. National should be concerned, NZ should be alarmed.