Meth use in NZ hits record high, but Ōpōtiki bucks the trend
Meth use plummeted by 50% after police dismantled a Mongrel Mob drug ring.
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Satellites reveal world’s worst methane emitters—New Zealand doesn’t even register
The Sudd wetland in South Sudan tops the list at 4.5 million tons per year.
GRAHAM ADAMS: Tamihere’s woes
“Suddenly, Te Pāti Maori MPs have gone from political divas perpetually courting media attention to camera-shy dormice.”
Transpower held back 20% of hydro capacity during energy crisis—why?
“If we’ve got all that water and all you need is access, how hard can it be?”
How vaccine scepticism is reshaping global politics
RFK Jr. now controls a trillion-dollar budget and 80,000 employees.
When it comes to church burnings, the media dares not call it ‘hate’
A case of selective application.
Treaty historian ridiculed in court hearing
“Come on, Dr Fisher! You’re supposed to be an independent witness for the court.”
Selective scrutiny: Charity status stripped for some, ignored for others
"They’re running advocacy campaigns. That’s politics.”
Law firm under fire for warning doctors on gender treatments
“The hostile attention to this client service is peculiar.”
Pharmacists revolt over ‘racist, woke’ cultural mandates—Minister steps in
"Racism on steroids."
Behind the Scarelines: sometimes big numbers don’t really mean much
Are reports of Greenland losing 30 million tonnes of ice per hour as alarming as they sound? A closer look at the numbers tells a very different story.
Christchurch tops council confidence rankings—so why the negative spin?
This seems a good example of subtle but pervasive media bias at work.
State media’s version of Kāinga Ora tenant evictions
State media frames Kāinga Ora evictions as government failures, and seems to expect the state to provide housing indefinitely, for free, if tenants won’t pay the already subsidised amount.
Waitangi Day: A manufactured cycle of outrage
Waitangi Day has become a ritual of outrage—activists set the terms, the media amplifies grievance, and dissenters are cast as villains.
China’s surprise live-fire naval drills near NZ and Australia spark security fears
“We haven’t been given a reason as to why they’re here..."