When Nick Smith said making every river swimmable ‘was not practical’ did a little bit of you die?
This is the NZ National voters have built.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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When will the Media start blaming the Government for Dairy intensification?
The truth is this Government were cheerleaders of the dairy intensification and now it’s fallen over no one is going to blame them for it.
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Why the ‘protections’ in new spy bill are totally meaningless
A modern day stasi that answers to the NSA doesn’t make our democracy safer, it makes it far more dangerous.
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You can’t say the things Trump says and not expect violence
The violence that erupted at a Trump rally in Chicago can be no real surprise.
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What Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common
The prominence of trade as an election issue surprised many mainstream pundits as they didn’t think voters were smart enough to understand the corporate hegemonic structures that rob them of a quality of life.
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Kawerau siege not a reason to arm Police
We can be thankful that no one is dead and it can not be a justification for arming Police as those Officers at the address were already armed when they entered.
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The irony of a Government who arrested Kim Dotcom for copyright infringement is in court for Eminem copyright infringement
…so this Government will pass 3 strike laws for Corporate Hollywood and illegally spy on and arrest Kim Dotcom for copyright but are more than happy to steal music when it suits their interests.
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God I hate to agree with Cameron Slater – but he’s right – the NZEI has some explaining to do
That a man as damaged and as much of a predator as Burrett was allowed to continue anywhere near children is disgraceful enough, that schools and unions may have been complicit in giving him that opportunity is abhorrent.
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Dear NZ – let me say this slowly – you are being conned into fearing ISIS to give spies more powers
I’m not going to get angry at NZers who have been conned into giving spies more powers using the bogeyman of lone wolf extremists creating acts of domestic terrorism.
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My fear about Government caving in on Zero Hours
I hope for the latter, I suspect the former.