The 10 news stories that weren’t covered in 2015
There were many stories and angles to events that simply were not covered by the mainstream media in 2015, these were 10 of them.
Media Watch
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This weeks Waatea news column – New Maori Land legislation another means of telling Maori what to do with their land
This weeks Waatea news column – New Maori Land legislation another means of telling Maori what to do with their land
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This weeks Waatea news column – 2015 Top 3 Maori MPs
This weeks Waatea news column – 2015 Top 3 Maori MPs
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Tony Veitch fractured his partner’s spine in four places but still thinks he is the “victim”
In Aotearoa we don’t just give rich white men like Tony a “get out of free jail card” when they beat women over sustained periods of time and break their bones, we celebrate them.
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NEWSTALK ZB REVIEW: Climate change is without question a defining crisis but so is compassion
I was surfing through radio stations on my cellphone a couple of weeks ago while sitting on the bus and I heard the words “climate change refugee.” I stopped on the station from which these words rang out which unfortunately happened to be radio talkback station RadioZB.
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An open Letter to Sir Bob Jones: demanding a ‘liveable wage’ is not “absurd” it is a basic human right
How out of touch with reality is Sir Bob Jones? His last op-ed ‘Living Wage is a Reward Not a Right’ was so hilarious it reads almost like a parody, only it isn’t.
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Blogwatch: An open letter to David Farrar: Please, be that guy
In light of Nicky Hager’s book Dirty Politics, you wrote a blog entitled ‘Some changes on Kiwiblog’ and you suggested it was time to tighten up ship on your website, saying “I want to improve trust in myself, Kiwiblog, and perhaps the wider blogosphere.”
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Paul Henry; the issue is you, not flag-burning
When people show more outrage at the burning of a flag than Israeli forces bombing hospitals, schools being used as UN Shelters and mosques–places of refuge–while Palestinians are still inside, you know we have a collective problem as a society in connecting with our own humanity.
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A feminist takedown of Whale Oil
Whale Oil does it again. How many more times is he going to attack and discredit Tania Billingsley publicly? In a short blog published on Wednesday ‘Nothing to be sorry’ for Whale Oil also known as Cameron Slater, is defending John Key in his refusal to say sorry personally to Tania for his appalling handling of the Malaysian Diplomat case.
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There is a war being waged on NZ men… at least according to this Facebook page
Men’s masculinity is under attack in New Zealand and four people, one of whom is a woman (it always to do something about it. Sound your battle cries: