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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MEDIAWATCH: Skepticism of corporate mainstream media is healthy, believing everything you read on social media isn’t
Corporate media lost public trust years ago, but replacing journalism with algorithm-fuelled conspiracy culture is poisoning democracy itself.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – Police shouldn’t gain mass surveillance powers over Maori youth (again)
New police powers targeting protests and underage interviews are raising fears Māori youth and activists will again face disproportionate surveillance.
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Policing Bill Sparks Fears Over Protest Crackdown
The Government’s new policing laws are triggering fears of expanded surveillance powers and the criminalisation of political protest.
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Why Scrapping the BSA Could Damage NZ Democracy
Better Public Media says scrapping the Broadcasting Standards Authority would weaken journalism standards just as trust in media is already collapsing.
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The Liberal Agenda – AI, Big Tech and Journalism JMAD Conference
From deepfakes to surveillance capitalism, a major journalism conference asks what happens when AI and Big Tech reshape the media itself.
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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.
