The citizens of a democracy need well funded public broadcasting with an ethos centred in the values of the fourth estate to be aware enough to cast a vote once every 3 years. Working out how we fund the next generation of journalists and journalism is vital.
I’m hoping Trump is just a cynical egotist who is playing to his crowds ignorance rather than a dangerous maniac who is actively enraging his supporters to generate something terrible.
Latest research shows we are spending billions on early education yet children are turning up at school without the skills to succeed…
David Cunliffe has shone a light on the appalling laxness of the OIO and their rubber stamping of selling land to anyone, even river polluters…
When questioned why NZers should trust John Key’s personal Lawyer who helped set up the kind of trusts as exposed by the Panama Papers and which his Lawyer had also used for Key himself, the Prime Minister told NZers we shouldn’t worry about any of that because Key only worked with highly ethical people.
I still want to see Trump vs Sanders.
More people are being squashed into a job market that doesn’t exist, more migrants are moving to NZ and our unemployment rate has jumped from 5.4% to 5.7%.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Capitalism needs a huge ongoing propaganda campaign to succeed.
NZ needs more reality TV the way a drunk driver needs acceleration