WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: 2024 – A year of Māori led resistance
Last year’s election was forged during post-Covid bitterness and cost of living economic pain. In their anger at Labour, people…
New Zealand Politics
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The real problem with unofficial NZ police visits to China
Who was on the ‘political tourism’ trip to China? 33 New Zealand Police staff went on a “self-funded” trip to…
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The real problem with Trans child rapist Pierre John “PJ” Parsons
Child rapist tries to get supervision order lifted A child rapist who is now a transgender woman has gone to…
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We are closing Food Banks while Bank profits soar
Auckland foodbanks face closure as government funding ends in 2025 Auckland foodbanks may close or reduce services after the Government…
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FamilyBoost complexity creates more poverty
Fewer than half of families eligible for FamilyBoost get payments Fewer than half of the 100,000 families promised a childcare…
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Christmas Contributions Drive
Comrades It’s been a hell of a year. Despite the hacks that knocked us off line this year, despite the…
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2024 review + 2025 predictions
Before my review of the year a few predictions for 2025: TV in 2025: Freeview as a platform for free-to-air…
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2024 – The Year we Collectively Failed (with one tiny silver lining)
2024 was the Year of Collective Failure. In Gaza and the West Bank, Israel’s immoral genocide continued with gruesome efficiency….
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The Infamous TDB Media Awards 2024
The NZ Media. They were always the voice of corporate interest and neoliberal mythology and when everyone was making money…
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BEN MORGAN: Trump fires the first shots in possible negotiations, is the end-game starting?
Strategically, it feels like the end game is starting President Trump opening negotiation, via social media on Sunday 8 December….