Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
This is real life, not social media. You can’t just block someone or mute them, you have an obligation to interact civilly and if we as Pakeha want a day where we can celebrate being NZers, then that requires Maori to be with us enjoying the same fruits of the societal harvest.
NZ is way more formally racist than we liberals in social media bubbles acknowledge, which is why focussing on micro aggression casual racism comes across as pointless alienating self-aggrandisement.
…in the far right post truth world of the Alt Right 2 plus 2 equals whatever Donald Trump says they equal.
We require new law cementing in long term tenancies with rent controls and the promotion of ‘ethical landlords’, people who refuse to squeeze every last drop of money out of their tenants for needless greed.
English would have watched the backlash to the Peter Leitch is racist debacle and believed disrespecting Waitangi Day would perfectly compliment the growing anger at defaming Leitch.
Asking the Greens to stand their candidate aside and vote for a Labour candidate who is a former law and order hardarse like Greg O’Connor seems about as reasonable as appointing Cameron Slater to the Broadcasting Standards Association.
English is far more dangerous than Key, he is a fanatical anti-Gay, anti-abortion Catholic who believes welfare is the ultimate sin and he is far smarter a tactician than Key.
In my mind Green Socialism is the only way forward, and that will increasingly be seen as the only way forward once the impacts of out of control global warming take hold.
His surprising position on Palestine, his hard line on the environment and his strong support of a Universal Basic Income has the potential to disrupt politics and rupture ideological boundaries.
If Labour can bring a former tough on crime Police cheerleader into the fold to legislate for cannabis in the electorate seat held by an MP who refused to legalise medicinal cannabis and forced Helen Kelly to be a criminal, that would be a political coup.