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A critical analysis: why NZ Herald’s keffiyeh story on Davien Gray is NOT what it seems.
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What Do the Letters TVNZ Stand For
Most don’t watch One News for these reasons. It brings to mind the Herman’s Hermits hit from 1966 – “A Must to Avoid”.
Coalition government NZ ‘working well’ despite email clash, Simeon Brown says
The coalition government NZ is being described as stable even as internal tensions surface, with...
David Seymour says Wayne Brown should go on Celebrity Treasure Island
David Seymour has publicly nudged Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown toward reality TV, telling Stuff NZ...
The Hīkoi Threat Over Treaty Clauses Review
Fighting talk from a TVNZ journalist.
Justice delayed, Justice denied?
A young man is dead. And that is a tragedy without qualification. But what does the court outcome actually represent?
UNDRIP on the Sly
National, Labour and ACT are sneaking the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into New Zealand law.
Willis Runs for Leader While National Panics Over Winston
National can keep leaking and attacking if they want. But they might want to remember one thing in politics: you have to know how to count. On the current numbers this looks more like panic than strategy.
David Seymour interview: NZ Herald highlights Acting Prime Minister on Newstalk ZB
Acting Prime Minister David Seymour appeared in a Seymour interview with Mike Hosking on Newstalk...
Quick Hit – ACT Sniffs the Wind and Borrows NZ First Immigration Policy
This is ACT desperately trying to poach votes by copying NZ First’s successful playbook. They’re right on the policy, but it highlights ACT’s polling slump while NZ First surges.
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Face of the Day
Former NZ PM Helen Clark says a female UN Secretary General would be ‘transformative’.