The War on News: Trump’s War Crime Threat, Iran Escalation & NZ’s Culture War Distraction
Trump starts redefining war crimes. New Zealand starts arguing about culture wars. If that doesn’t alarm you, it should.
Media Watch
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MEDIAWATCH: Damien Grant’s snide Libertarianism can’t deflect from illegal Iranian War
Bend the logic hard enough and anything looks defensible. That’s the trick. That’s also the tell.
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MEDIAWATCH: Drown Damien Venuto and his middle class speculation in an ocean of RocketLab blood
Buy, sell, hold — that’s the conversation. Not what it does. Not who it serves. Just the money.
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Te Kaupapa Election 2026 weekend political podcast: with Willie Jackson and Matthew Tukaki
War abroad. Power at home. And an economy that doesn’t add up. Te Kaupapa pulls it all apart.
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MEDIAWATCH: Police Commissioner has misled country over Trash Queen’s involvement in Netflix doco
The Police Commissioner says nothing was hidden. The emails suggest otherwise — and the deeper this goes, the worse it looks.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Is an English-first rebrand of Government Departments the most pressing issue confronting Aotearoa during the worst energy crisis ever?
Fuel crisis. Inflation rising. Jobs under threat. And this is what politicians are arguing about?
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MEDIAWATCH: A Willie Jackson masterclass in how to take down Sean Plunket
If you’re going to take on Plunket — this is exactly how you do it.
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Watching Luxon stumble over Māori in his Cabinet is glorious
Forgetting your own Cabinet is awkward. Doing it twice? That’s something else entirely.
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The Bradbury Group with Chris Hipkins + John Tamihere, Barbara Edmonds & Matthew Hooton
A Marxist, A Party President, a Party Leader, A Mum of 8 and a Newspaper columnist all walk into a…
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Maiki Sherman TVNZ Controversy: Sack Her Now
When a Political Editor apologises to a Police Minister for journalism, it’s not a mistake — it’s a warning. So what happens if no one is held accountable?
