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Maori Speak Not for Me
The present-day Maori language is nothing like the Maori spoken by the gracious Maori of 60 years ago. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
“…they investigating…”? NZ Herald writes like the gangs talk. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more
Editor at ‘Pro-vaccine Publication’ Experienced Serious Adverse Event after Second Pfizer Shot
Rav Arora illusionconsensus.com Essayist. Writing on vaccine mandates, civil liberties, and psychedelic therapy. Seen on podcasts with Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Tim Pool, Adam Carolla etc. A few weeks ago, I published a bombshell story in which I shared my private communications with editors at top publications who roundly
Is This It for MeToo in Aus?
Is this the death of the “MeToo” phenomenon in Australia? Ever since it broke in the US, the Australian left, being the slavish imitators of the worst of American culture that they are, were desperately casting about for their own “MeToo” poster girl. For a while, Grace Tame was their
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
RNZ is investigating itself after publishing a story that included a false account of events in Ukraine. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove
The Trouble with Politics in Pop Culture
Blake Scott Ball aier.org Blake Scott Ball is Associate Professor of History at Huntingdon College and author of Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts (Oxford University Press, 2021). His research has been featured in Time magazine and on PBS, NPR, the London Times radio, and CNN
What the Media Are Not Telling You
Had the star of the story been the Labour prime minister the real story behind the Tesla (non) story would have been immediately up in headlines on all media outlets. Sadly that was not to be, as coverage of Christopher Luxon is strictly controlled and sanitised; whenever possible, negative, humiliating
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Tell us, RNZ, why the comma? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here
There’ll Only Be One Type of Propanganda on RNZ, Thank You
Back in WWI, anti-German hysteria reached fever-pitch. Streets and suburbs were re-named. Even the Royal Family changed their names: “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha” became “Windsor”, and “Battenburg” became “Mountbatten”. Not even food escaped the madness: sauerkraut was, however temporarily, re-dubbed “liberty lettuce” in the US. Even during
Is the Media Okay? Can Somebody Check?
Liam Hehir commonroomnz.com Liam Hehir is a lawyer and political commentator. He publishes his opinion pieces on The Blue Review on Patreon, is a guest writer for The Spinoff, and regularly appears as a panellist on Q&A with Jack Tame. This article was previously published at The
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
RNZ engaging in some wishful thinking, or just showing how they don’t keep up? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads
Media Freedom to Be Muzzled
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com At a post-Cabinet press conference on the 8th of February, just two weeks after becoming New Zealand’s 41st Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins announced that Labour’s proposed hate speech legislation would be withdrawn and the matter referred to the Law Commission. He explained
Face of the Day
After writing about a vicious attack on a twelve-year-old girl NZ media have been strangely reluctant to provide a description of the race of her attacker or their age. One person has been spoken to by police and will be referred to Youth Aid after a 12-year-
Looks Like Someone’s Feeling a Bit Threatened
Nothing indicates the sheer desperation of the mainstream media than their resort to ever-more hysterical and obvious lies. Churchill apocryphally said that if you have enemies it means you stood for something. If you have enemies who constantly screech ridiculous lies about you, it means you really stand for