Media accused of creating Opportunity’s rise, not just reporting it
Opportunity is receiving the kind of attention “you can’t even pay for”.
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‘The words don’t necessarily match our intentions’ – Govt drops DOC land disposal powers
“Public pressure is working.”
Help Ian Wishart bust the bias in climate reporting
Help fund Ian Wishart’s High Court appeals challenging inaccurate climate reporting, demanding greater media accountability.
1News poll puts Labour bloc ahead, but result depends on key assumptions
The result also depends on TOP remaining outside Parliament.
Greens correct $800m tax policy error after IRD cost counted as revenue
The correction reduces the party’s projected net revenue by about $200 million a year, or roughly $800 million over four years.
Taxpayer-funded groups mobilise against NZ First’s man and woman definitions bill
Should the undefined concept of gender identity become a competing legal category?
Baker links H5N1 warning to New Zealand’s rejection of WHO health rules
Readers should distinguish between the health risk itself and the political prescription being attached to it.
NZ organisations warned AI will sharply increase cyber risks
AI is “not a future consideration” but already here.
National’s KiwiSaver plan would force self-employed workers to contribute 4%
"A blunt instrument..."
UN climate levies on shipping and aviation raise taxation without representation concerns
The question is whether unelected international bodies are creating compulsory costs that nations merely administer.
Trade Depot apologises after job ad required Hindi or Punjabi
“Those languages should have been described as an advantage for this role, not a requirement.”
Franks seeks law change after Law Society case over puberty blocker criticism
Franks says professional bodies should be politically and ideologically neutral, and should not misuse their powers to punish unfashionable views.
Were ministers following the science, or the politics, on teen COVID vaccinations? Pt 2
The Ministry of Health has provided a detailed list of ministers and officials who it says attended a key Vaccine Ministers meeting. But it also says the meeting was not minuted and no notes exist. Another agency denies that the meeting even happened.
Jones’ $63,000 Canada trip approved months later after officials chased explanation
“Provoke the matua at your peril.”
Mitchell backs High Court ruling that gang patches cannot be returned
“It is Parliament that makes the law.”
National cites eating disorders and self-harm to justify digital ID and total online surveillance
“Every minute that we waste, another young girl has been fed awful information about her weight and her looks.”