MEDIAWATCH: How to save the NZ media and will Democracy Project fail before Stuff?
Democracy Project is now begging for subscriptions… …after the disastrous decision to put what was once the most important…
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Waatea News Column: Mutilating the Māori wards another kick in the face
The decision by this Government to overrule local democracy by demanding new referendums on existing Māori Wards is nothing short…
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From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom
On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated American-Palestinian journalist known across the Middle East to watchers of Al Jazeera Arabic, who was assassinated by an Israeli military sniper with impunity.
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Open Letter: On Public Media Accountability
To the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Broadcasting Jenny Marcroft MP Parliament Buildings, Wellington. Tena koe Thank you for discussing broadcasting policy…
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Dr. Parmjeet Parmar is the new face of right wing racism
Auckland University’s designated Māori and Pacific spaces: Act education spokeswoman Parmjeet Parmar’s view Upon arriving in New Zealand in my…
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MEDIAWATCH: Slater vs Plunket – When Whaleoil is beating you in an ethics argument, time to tap out
Ummmmm, WTF? Sean Plunket, Cam Slater in nasty argument over Down syndrome dolphin comments Rival internet provocateurs Sean Plunket and…
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Waatea News Column: How Christchurch hating dolphins manages to sum up NZ right now
Sir Russell Coutts’ extraordinary attack against the Christchurch city council, the Department of Conservation and local iwi over sailing restrictions…
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MEDIAWATCH: Chumbawamba just Tubthumped Winston Peters
Oh damn. There’s a burn, ad then there’s a Chumbawamba burn… Chumbawamba wrote Tubthumping as a working-class anthem. We won’t…
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MEDIAWATCH: Q+A Review – National’s weird plan to raise speed limits around Schools
This will lead to more road deaths… …I can’t understand for the life of me why the Christ National are…
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Waatea News Column: Using Māori as a political punching bag is having real world negative impacts beyond rhetoric
A polite reading of the way National, ACT and NZ First used Māori as a political punching bag during the…