TDB Contributions drive for Election ’26 coverage
Election 2026 is becoming a political knife fight over who gets heard, who gets blamed and who gets protected. Independent media has never mattered more.
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Coromandel Candidate Warns Over Council Reforms
The push for larger council structures is raising fears that regional communities like the Coromandel will lose local voices and local control.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – Who will people complain to about Māori now BSA has been shut?
The BSA became a complaints box for people furious at hearing te reo Māori. But scrapping it without stronger media standards is madness.
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MEDIAWATCH: What do we replace the BSA with? The JSA!
If the Broadcasting Standards Authority disappears, what replaces it? In an era of misinformation and rage-fuelled algorithms, that question matters more than ever.
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Greens Attack Government’s Council Shake-Up
Councils are already under pressure from infrastructure costs, climate events and reform fatigue, and now the Government wants to restructure the sector at speed.
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Greens Slam Government Council Shake-Up
Councils are already stretched thin. Now the Government wants sweeping reforms pushed through at speed, and the Greens say democracy is paying the price.
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Palantir’s manifesto is pure AI Technofascism – shouldn’t expelling Peter Thiel be a national security issue?
Palantir’s manifesto isn’t just tech optimism, critics say it points toward something far more dangerous.
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250 years and America needed a king
250 years after rejecting a king, America is being warned it may be drifting back toward one.
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The madness of cheering for Reza Pahlavi
MAGA cheering Reza Pahlavi while Americans march in No Kings protests is peak imperial absurdity. The son of a coup-installed Shah is not democracy.
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MEDIAWATCH: Destroying Iwi Radio is political and dangerous to our democracy
The axing of iwi radio’s national te reo Māori news service raises urgent questions about democracy, media freedom, and who gets to be heard in Aotearoa.
