How stupid are the people of Hawke’s Bay?
I’ve never been to Hawkes Bay, so I have no idea of the collective IQ of this region, but are the people of Hawke’s Bay blind stupid?
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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What’s driving the crime rate up? Poverty and an election
…Kiwi’s love punishing criminals more than they hate crime, so in a culture as tiny minded as ours, we refuse to see connections between culture and personal choice. It’s part of our 30 year neoliberal mythology, I succeed because I’m great and hard working, you fail because you are a loser.
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Blaming recreational fishing while Industry pillages
It staggers me that as a nation we have spent more media time crucifying the Rugby Union for not publicly whipping Losi Filipo than we have demanding every MPI employee be arrested for allowing the fishing Industry to burn and pillage our fishing stock.
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Housing NZ hoisted by their own P Pipe
This isn’t an issue about health or safety, it’s politicised fear mongering to demonise state tenants and soften the public up for state house privatisation, so the joy of watching Housing NZ squirm due to their own hysteria about P over this furniture that was left for 3 days is wonderful.
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Now we have a new Governor-General can we please investigate the old one for War Crimes?
It took 18months for the cops to admit they were wrong for illegally raiding Nicky Hager’s house. It took 5 years for Key to admit he was wrong for defaming Bradley Ambrose. It took the NZDF 7 years to admit their defaming of Jon Stephenson was wrong. How long do we have to admit as a country that handing civilians over to known torture units was also wrong?
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Have we finished crucifying Losi Filipo? The case for 17 year olds in Youth Court
It is difficult to put aside our righteous disgust at his bullying violence on that night, but that’s what we as citizens in a liberal and progressive democracy must do. We have a Judiciary who is asked to stand above the anger and make decisions on punishment that are beneficial to the wider community.
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Political Dictionary Time – ‘Doing a Luigi Wewege’
‘Doing a Luigi Wewege’ – is a term used to describe a tactic by right wing activists who sleep with a woman to gain politically damaging information to smear and attack a person in public.
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Dirty Politics wins – Colin Craig loses to Jordan Williams
Cameron Slater and Jordan Williams win again.
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Is Don Brash running CYFs now? Why we will see a new stolen Generation
Many Maori and Pacific Island community organisations already complain about the lack of research the current CYFs go to when trying to find appropriate whanau, how much more lax will it become if cost cutting private contractors are focused on the placement over other considerations?
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Hobson’s Pledge, Massey racism and casual fascism – what it means to be a Kiwi
Kyle Chapman’s brand of racism never really caught on much in NZ. Not because NZ isn’t racist, it’s just because Kyle’s National Front Movement required so much energy.
Dressing up as neo-Nazi’s and saluting swastika’s is too much effort for NZ’s ultra laid back culture