This picture shows why we can’t have democracy in New Zealand
You would think that an article as enormous as that would not only lead every news outlet, it would remain the top story.
Media Watch
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Waatea News: Can the activist left work constructively with new Government?
It’s not only the new Labour led Government who are finding the transition from opposition into power a difficult one to traverse, many activist groups seem to be struggling with how to engage constructively beyond mere opposition.
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I loath to agree with David Farrar, but he’s right about Golriz Ghahraman
This could have been dealt with right at the beginning, the fact the Greens once again have been tripped up by their own incompetence is soul destroying.
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Yardley & Hosking: The 2 mikes on poor people & wealth creation
We have one Mike who wants to keep propping up failed economic models and another Mike who wants to keep propping up failed welfare policy.
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Waatea News: Keystone pipeline spills 5000 barrels of oil & company caught hiring mercenaries
As if the terrible way the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe were treated when the US government seized their land to…
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In defence of Jack Tame: Why that interview best sums up threat to new Government
You can’t waltz up to the VMAs and bathe in all the social media adulation of a Jacinda and Lorde fan girl geek out hug gif without also managing the chaotic backstage green room dynamics. Why the fuck was the Prime Minister of NZ in an unguarded situation like that in the first place where she ended up being contradicted by Radio Live and the fucking Spinoff blog for fucks sakes?
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RNZ believed Manus Island Staff – but why should we?
An odd bit of state propaganda popped up on Radio NZ last week. They interviewed a ‘guard’ from Manus Island who warned us that if we took in refugees we would be asking for trouble…
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Waatea News: Based on media reporting of League violence, we don’t like Pacific Islanders much do we?
Since when did we dislike Pacific Islanders so much? I don’t know about you, but this weird myopic media focus on Pacific Island ‘violence’ after the League games currently playing up and down the country seems bewilderingly racist and vicious doesn’t it?
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The Daily Blog 2017 Christmas contribution drive
Paula Bennett DOES NOT endorse this contributions drive and would probably prefer you don’t read this blog at all.
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What Duncan Greive misses and why Ben Mack is National’s best chance of winning 2020
There is never a better fight to settle down and watch explode on Twitter than a fight between schisms.