Government unnecessarily cruel to Domestic Violence Leave
National are trying to claim that Jan Logie and the Greens will actually put at risk victims of domestic abuse by being forced to inform their bosses of the abuse to get the leave.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Gareth Morgan ups the ante on Education by directly inviting Teachers to policy launch
Morgan’s clever marketing of policy continues, this time by directly inviting Teachers to discuss his education policy…
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Smoking, double bunking and sexual assault in prisons – stand proud Nu Zilind
The news yesterday that Mt Eden allowed a 19 year old to double bunk with a hard core criminal who then went onto sexually assault him is just another example of how our Corrections service are as interested in prisoner rights and safety as the stockmen who feed our abattoirs are with animal welfare.
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Greens strangle off Chloe Swarbrick’s Central Auckland candidacy – National will win the seat
The Greens could have stood Chloe in Auckland Central and had a real chance of beating Nikki Kaye while Labour’s selection wouldn’t have gotten much attention at all. This was their best chance ever of winning the seat.
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Orewa is Maori for ‘Old-white-bigots-slowly-dying-by-the-sea’: Don Brash as relevant as Blink 182
The last time Don Brash was relevant was in 2004. In that year the CIA had just admitted there was no imminent threat from Iraq, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong was still competing, Shrek 2 and the Passion of the Christ were the big movies and Blink 182 was the biggest musical act.
Most of us have moved on from Blink 182 and Don Brash.
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The Deep State coup against Trump: Flynn’s firing just the beginning
The Deep State Coup underway against Donald Trump is as terrifying as the coup Trump’s own people are trying to ferment.
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Sanity & MoU prevails – Greens won’t stand candidate in Ohariu
This on paper should be making Dunne nervous, but it doesn’t mean Greg O’Connor will have a free run.
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The denial of our past State abuse and the abuse occurring right now in the present
We refuse to look at abuse in state care because our cultural need to blame the beneficiary for being in such personal circumstances that require state intervention is what most angers middle Nu Zilind , NOT that the state then goes onto abuse, assault and sexually molest the taken children.
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Meanwhile the Planet melts – when will we admit global warming and climate change is here?
…the insane heat in Australia, the extreme weather events we are seeing here in NZ, the speeding up of melting glaciers and a North Pole facing hurricane winds spiking temperatures up in ways not witnessed before, this is global warming. This is what happens when you pump pollution into the environment without an sense of self control.
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Why Bill English triumphed at Big Gay Out
Yes the Labour and Greens were there in huge numbers showing the real, authentic and genuine support they have for the rainbow community, but in a week when Bill was on stage shearing sheep, all he had to do was make an appearance at the BGO to show that as PM he can at least tolerate being around the LGBTQ community