Storm Clouds Gather for Tamihere
A likely reduction in Whānau Ora funding rattles Te Pāti Māori.
Graham Adams
TVNZ Hikoi Documentary Needs a Sequel
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Platform. bassettbrashandhide.com Twenty years on, judges are quietly awarding coastal rights to iwi. Early this month, an hour-long documentary was released by TVNZ
Most of NZ’s Coastline May End up Under Iwi Control
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. Former Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Chris Finlayson is known for his forthright and sometimes combative language. In 2022, in discussing opposition to co-governance, he referred to
Well-Funded Groups Working Behind the Scenes
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. bassettbrashandhide.com Last week, Mihingarangi Forbes made an extraordinary claim while interviewing David Seymour on Mata Reports, a taxpayer-funded current affairs programme which, she says, looks at events through an “indigenous
Luxon Keeps Cool Under Fire
Graham Adams bassettbrashandhide.com The Prime Minister plays cat-and-mouse with journalists. Within a day of becoming the National Party’s leader in November 2021, three of the nation’s most influential broadcasters — Ryan Bridge (The AM Show), Lisa Owen (Checkpoint) and Jenna Lynch (Newshub) — asked the new Leader
Media Knives Out for Luxon’s Govt
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Platform bassettbrashandhide.com No one is going to die wondering how some of the nation’s most influential journalists personally view the new National-led
New Zealand’s MSM Need to Wake Up!
Graham Adams bassettbrashandhide.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This post was first published at The Platform. Last week Newsroom’s political editor, Jo Moir, seemed surprised to discover that co-governance and its various policy manifestations aren’t
Does Learning Te Reo Make You Virtuous?
bassettbrashandhide.com A week before election day, TVNZ’s John Campbell went to a polling station in Otara, South Auckland, to lie in wait for voters. When he encountered a young Maori woman who was about to vote for the first time, his trademark gushiness was unleashed: “Mere is nineteen.
Is ‘Partnership’ with Iwi to Be Feared or Just Unfair?
Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published by The Common Room It can’t be long now until a supporter of co-governance repeats President Roosevelt’s famous exhortation at his first
The Prime Minister Is Beginning to Look like a Lame Duck
Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published by The Common Room It has been a little over six months since Jacinda Ardern handed the prime ministerial reins to her friend “Chippy”, who
Should You Trust Winston Peters?
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. bassettbrashandhide.com Even the PM is not convinced NZ First will shun Labour. In November last year, the NZ Herald’s senior political correspondent Audrey Young broke the news that “For the
The PM Pushes Old-Time Religion
Graham Adams bassettbrashandhide.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Platform While Luxon is pilloried for his religious views, Hipkins is busy inserting Maori spirituality into science. It is one of the ironies
Are Bilingual Road Signs Safe?
Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Common Room Debate has been shut down by allegations of ‘dog-whistling’. At a time when the dilapidated state of New Zealand’s
The PM Should Be Shaking in His Boots
Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published at The Common Room After a Budget that failed to excite voters and a lacklustre party conference where his senior colleagues faintly praised him for
Will the Maori Party Make or Break the Labour Party?
Graham Adams commonroomnz.com Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published by The Common Room. Chris Hipkins must be fast realising that with friends like Te Pati Maori he really doesn’t need enemies. In fact,
Demonising the Rich Is a Risky Gamble
Graham Adams The Common Room Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. This article was first published by The Common Room. Chris Hipkins and David Parker have handed the Opposition a stick to beat them with until the election. When Chris