MEDIAWATCH: Alt-Right Canadian Billionaire inches closer to total NZME takeover in time for election
Alt-Right billionaire Jim Grenon nears 20% control of NZME ahead of Election 2026. What it means for media independence and NZ democracy.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Winston’s attack on Maori Electorates just as bad as David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Referendum
Winston Peters proposes a referendum to abolish the Māori electorates, reopening Treaty tensions and testing Luxon’s coalition stability.
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Maybe if Eru hadn’t burnt all the Treaty Principles Referendum good will we wouldn’t be facing Winston’s attack on the Māori Electorates?
As Winston Peters targets the Māori electorates, fractured protest unity may weaken resistance. Is Aotearoa facing a majoritarian reset?
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Winston’s Māori Electorate lies are already falling to pieces
Winston Peters claims the Māori roll is shrinking. Data shows it has grown by over 16,000 voters. Here’s why the Māori electorate debate matters.
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Waitangi 2026 – Western Pakeha values + Māori Kaupapa are strong enough to welcome multi-culturalism not fear it
As Aotearoa marks Waitangi 2026, this essay argues that Te Tiriti, co-governance and democratic values strengthen — not threaten — multiculturalism.
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Is Parliament ignoring the reality of our digital lives?
As algorithms shape everyday life, New Zealand’s Parliament struggles to keep pace. Why digital regulation needs urgent reform.
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We must counter the Government’s efforts to restrict voting
As Election 2026 approaches, the Government is quietly tightening the rules around enrolment and late voting — not to improve…
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Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and the Commonwealth Journalists’ Association called on states to take practical and effective steps to end arbitrary and excessive restrictions on free expression.
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The ‘death’ of journalism – may its memory be a blessing
A snippett about the ChatGPT debate from one of the gurus of investigative journalism, Sheila Coronel, at New York’s Columbia School of Journalism. She reports on social media about a recent assignment brief given by a student to ChatGPT: “Write an obituary for journalism.”
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What now for the Tongan Democrats looking ahead to 2018?
People have a sense of some hope, some improvement. The “change of style” introduced by the Democracy Coalition to Tonga’s politics is something the people can still support despite the “hiccups”, says ‘Atenisi’s Dr Michael Horowitz.
