In this last treatise on Audrey Young’s NZ Herald article, which contains possibly more Bah Humbug than you can take, she talks about Ardern and Robertson and their team. Her piece is headlined – Joined at hip, there’s no way Ardern, Robertson can possibly be separated. Audrey notes that
Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Trevor Mallard has made things worse Barry Soper (Herald): Trevor Mallard raises more questions than he answers Claire Trevett (Herald): National’s attacks water off a Mallard’s back (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: Barry Soper reacts to Trevor Mallard’s
Australia-NZ dispute over terrorist suspect in Turkey Dan Satherley (Newshub): Judith Collins defends Australia’s move to dump terrorist problem on New Zealand Tova O’Brien (Newshub): How Australia snookered New Zealand and angered Jacinda Ardern Audrey Young (Herald): Australia fails to meet its own ‘fair go’ test (paywalled)
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breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com News: Safeguarding at-risk matauranga Maori from the ongoing threat of COVID-19 Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Carmel Sepuloni, has announced 18 initiatives to support iwi, hapu, whanau and Maori communities to safeguard at-risk matauranga Maori, and protect indigenous knowledge from the ongoing threat
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant O come ye, O come ye to Wellington O come and behold her Born the Queen of Kiwis O come let us adore her… Such is Audrey’s admiration for Ardern that the Christmas carol is pretty much appropriate. Audrey says few
Briefings to Incoming Ministers Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government briefings blame Covid and are a double edged sword Henry Cooke (Stuff): Some cash, please: Many government departments want more funding after Covid-19 Herald: Briefings to ministers: Government releases advice to new ministers Newstalk ZB: Housing crisis, Covid misinformation, racism: Problems
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Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge spokesman As many readers will know, on the last day of November the Stuff media group ran an apology to Maori New Zealanders on the front page of all their newspapers under the heading “We are sorry”. They said that they had been racist, “contributing
Asking if Australia’s taxpayer-funded media is biased is a bit like asking if water is wet. Everyone knows it is, but anyone who says so out loud is immediately hit with a barrage of “Define wet!” type challenges and assertions that, in someone’s distant memory, it was
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Oh what fun! The media are now in full cry with their standard pack-hunting turning on Mallard with resignation demands over his rape allegation, and the subsequent legal costs met by taxpayers. Now I can’t speak for radio and television news as I
Audrey Young, writing in the Weekend Herald, says the biggest risk from the 2020 election result is that Labour’s outright majority could deliver the most boring parliamentary term in recent memory. In my view, that description could just as well apply to their first term where there was inaction
Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Stuff: Editorial – Speaker faces pointy inquisition from select committee Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Former deputy speaker expected Trevor Mallard’s legal dispute to be costly when agreeing to it Herald: ‘He made a mistake’: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern continues to back Speaker Trevor Mallard Newstalk
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com News: Mongrel Mob Wahine Toa lodge first ever all-female gang Treaty of Waitangi claim The first Treaty of Waitangi claim filed by an all-female chapter of a gang has been lodged by the leader of the Mongrel Mob Wahine Toa “It’s about looking at
Sommer Kapitan Jessica Vredenburg Auckland University of Technology Amanda Spry RMIT University Joya Kemper When New Zealand digital media giant Stuff stopped using Facebook as an advertising partner in July this year, it joined the ranks of other openly activist brands. But it also showed how brand activism is moving
