The genius of Bill English’s Superannuation stumble and why it spells trouble for the Left
By proposing a change in 20 years time, English has managed to do 3 brilliant things.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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What every single mainstream media pundit seems to have missed in the Boomer vs Gen X vs Millennial debate
To ignore neoliberalism when trying to understand the generational differences is like trying to see a rainbow in only black and white.
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Your NZ Police at work – tasering a man to death
The thing that is most concerning about all this abuse using tasers is that the rules on taser use are incredibly clear, a Police Officer can only use a taser if a person has a weapon on them and are threatening use of it against the Police or other people.
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NZ Politician Celebrates International Women’s Day by complaining about female MPs clothing
David Seymour, the Leader of the hard right political party ACT, chose to celebrate International Women’s Day in NZs Parliament in an interesting manner…
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Jan Logie reminds NZ what Parliament can be used for – serving the people
Congratulations to Jan Logie and the Green Party for getting their law to give domestic violence survivors and whanau paid and unpaid leave for domestic violence through to its first stage in Parliament.
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How latest CIA Wikileaks impacts NZ as we prepare to give GCSB & SIS even more powers
Surely the NZ Government has to assure us the people that the surveillance powers they are about to grant the GCSB and the SIS can’t be misused by foreign spy powers, otherwise everything they are gathering is effectively intelligence for the Americans.
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Yes, Andrew Little and Jacinda intend to campaign together – that’s because Labour intend to win
Jacinda appeals directly to the generation who don’t vote and she has built a huge social media presence. Andrew Little is not so shallow and needy that he has any problem sharing the lime light to reach out to electorates Labour have lost.
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Toxic masculinity, Wellington College and social media
The day to day sexism, the gender pay gap, the double standards, the lack of justice when it comes to sexual assaults and the domestic violence rates all conspire to create an ongoing civil war against women.
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NZ Politics is broken – lowering voting age to 16 could be a solution
The grim reality that policy is built for baby boomers and the rich is blindingly obvious to 18 year olds who have a cynical view of politics. The difficulty in getting them to engage is that they are actually right, the system is built by those who profit from it and numerically that’s baby boomers.
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Why raising Superannuation to 67 is so unethical
With shorter life spans, it is unethical to allow Maori, Pacifica, working class and unhealthier generations to wait two more years to get to Super so National can bribe the electorate with tax cuts that benefit the rich.