The campaign is getting louder. The money isn't.
September was light on money and the election is heavy on work. If more of you don't start paying, I will cut content and services.
The Greens Want The Truth Taken Down
Sensible Sentencing Trust put Swarbrick, Davidson and Hipkins under “BACKING THE GANGS”. The Greens complained. JCDecaux paused the ads. Swarbrick called it a “despicable downgrading of democracy”. The billboards rest on the Greens’ own words.
The State Broadcasters’ Favourite Kingmaker
NZ Media World read a month of 1News and RNZ Midday bulletins. On its count, Opportunity got favourable treatment in 17 of 33 items. NZ First got two of 22. Te Pāti Māori got none. The party the left needs to reach 60 is the one the broadcasters like best.
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Interest, Yes. Pressure, No.
A senior officer swore parliament was merely interested in Brian Tamaki. The emails she was shown, and the protests nobody chased, tell a different story.
Hipkins Wrote The Rule, Then Called It Racism
Hipkins ruled Greens and Te Pāti Māori out of police and corrections over the Mob pad photos. His own Tāmaki Makaurau candidate quit after a Mob video. Then he called the reaction racist and left her name on the ballot.
The Week at The Good Oil, 16 to 22 Oct
Polls, overhangs and gangs. Everything we ran from 16 to 22 October.
Paid For By You
John Minto posted photos of two visiting Israelis and told people to go and confront them. His party has $82,011 of your money to spend on broadcasting.
Your election desk is already paid for
Fifteen days out and it's a coin toss. You've got the receipts.