Talbot Mills, Labour’s own pollster, has released a word cloud to its corporate clients about what people think of Chris Hipkins. It’s not flash, with the biggest words being “unsure” and “weak”. Labour leader Chris Hipkins has reacted to new research revealing what New Zealanders think of him
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia Poll is out and the coalition has slipped somewhat but is still ahead in terms of seats and is still in a position to govern. But this poll does show how precarious the situation is with MMP: a few percentage points change and we are
As predicted the media are blaming everyone else for the massive drop in trust. Dita de Boni, who works for NBR, thinks it is a shadowy right-wing think tank destroying trust, and the NZ Herald is blaming AI and misinformation: The media landscape has changed rapidly in the past
The latest media trust survey is out and there are no surprises in the results. What is surprising though, is the hand-wringing in media circles about the lack of trust in media, and how it is everyone else’s fault but theirs. The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media
There has been much criticism in the past week about Christopher Luxon and his ministers talking about New Zealand as though it were a company. Personally I think that is exactly how we should view New Zealand. If we are to have loads of nice-to-have things, often called
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were Alwyn Poole, Gary Moller and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! ALWYN POOLE: Education Specialist: On The State Of NZ’s Education System; Concerning Statistics, Potential Impacts And Solutions Education specialist Alwyn Poole drops
The latest Roy Morgan poll is out and, despite the relentless negative pressure from the media and the failed opposition, public sentiment toward the Government is increasing in positivity. Labour is sinking into oblivion, while the coalition continues to soar. Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for March 2024 shows
Stuff had an article yesterday asking how much fat can be trimmed off public sector jobs. I would suggest that the answer is plenty, plus some more. Stuff, however, thinks such thoughts are too simplistic. It is too simplistic to assume that recent large increases in public sector staff numbers
Chloe Swarbrick seems to be showing us she is not one of those cute cuddly Greens who can always find something good to say about everyone. Nope, she’s a whinging, nasty serial complainer, who thinks if she shrieks, scolds and stamps her foot then people will start listening to
It seems day after day we are seeing news about some person who was apparently healthy being diagnosed with cancer and dying within weeks. Yesterday there was one such tragic article at Stuff. Christchurch single mother Naomi Argyle, 45, was told she had weeks to live just days after going
Bold, Focussed and Determined, that’s The BFD and we are proud to announce the buyout and the rescue of Stuff in order to properly protect journalism in New Zealand. Brash and positive are some of the words being used to describe the buyout of Stuff by the BFD. The
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were John Banks, Simon O’Connor and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! JOHN BANKS: On The Performance Of The Coalition So Far And The Important Issues Of Our Future John Banks joins the show
Newshub is stoking the fires against David Seymour and Winston Peters, expressing outrage about what both have said about the appalling segregation occurring at Auckland University. Their headline screams they are facing criticism: But are they? And who is the criticism from? The Deputy Prime Minister and ACT Party are
There are some folk who haven’t realised that Kiwis rejected racism, separatism, and segregation at the last election. The parties which promoted those policies, Labour, Green and Maori, got bundled out of office. Now a storm has erupted over a sign at Auckland University. Act got into the debate,
Yesterday the SFO lost their appeal in the Court of Appeal in the long-running NZ First donations case. This is the third case the SFO has lost and it is not surprising as they tried to shoehorn Electoral Act offences into criminal charges. The Court of Appeal was having
Chris Hipkins has suddenly decided that a capital gains tax is a good idea after all. He kept that quiet before the election, actually saying no to it. We can now be under no illusion that had Labour won the election they would have rammed through a capital gains tax
