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How the Department of Internal Affairs is building a social media surveillance regime before parliament has spoken.
With about six months until the next general election, perhaps it is most pertinent to stop trying to predict what will happen and simply enjoy the spectacle.
The Covid era was a reckoning. It showed us that rights – the basis of our democratic nations – only matter unless someone decides they don’t any more and the reasons for that decision can be side-stepped and not really talked about.
Trying to overthrow a democratically elected prime minister.
National can keep ignoring the polls and the voters if they wish. They will reap what they sow.
The outrage is the delivery mechanism, not a side effect.
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Rebuilding the integrity of the police was listed as a “mission-critical” challenge following a 2025 Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report that revealed integrity failings across a small group of senior individuals.
The word for today is… meretricious (adjective) - 1 formal + disapproving a: tastelessly showy and falsely attractive b: superficially (see superficial sense 2) significant : pretentious 2: of or relating to a person who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Meretricious can
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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