The Missing Man They Won’t Name
How New Zealand's law enforcement became an activist agency protecting a fiction, and the media reinforces the deception.
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Pope Nowhere to Be Seen for Nigeria’s Christians
This is what ‘coexistence with Islam’ really looks like.
Muldoon homophobia in focus as 1News revisits David Lange career
In a 1News New Zealand report, New Zealand political history is revisited through the lens...
The Best Ruling the Employment Court Has Ever Made.
We can each now exploit our different cultural values to do as little actual work as possible.
Luxon Has to Turn the Ship Around
National’s political ship needs to sail with the winds (voters), not against them. There’s a lot of water to go under the bridge between now and the election but the implementation of voters’ wishes will ensure smoother sailing in calmer waters.
Unreported for Nearly a Year
Inside the press gallery: power, silence, and the accountability gap in New Zealand media.
Media’s Selective Outrage: A Year of Silence on Their Own Homophobic Slur Scandal
New Zealand deserves better than a media class that holds everyone to account except its own members. The cover-up lasted nearly a year. The damage to their credibility will last much longer.
Quick Hit: Right Bloc Leads Coalition Preference 45–39, NZ First Voters Lock It In
The current coalition retains the advantage on the only question that matters under MMP – who can actually form a government. The left still has significant work to do to become a credible alternative.
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Face of the Day
The 85-year-old’s remarkable life was cut short on Saturday morning in a crash near Ngongotahā on his way to the Ōhinemutu dawn parade in Rotorua to honour the Anzacs.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… ravenous (adjective) - 1: rapacious 2: very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Ravenous and ravishing are not synonyms, and mixing these two words may lead to potentially awkward writing or conversation. Ravenous is commonly used with the meaning “very