Waikeria prison riot Chris Trotter: A Powerful political metaphor Polly Gillespie (Stuff): The prison riot that didn’t need to happen Ani O’Brien: Waikeria Prison riots and calls for prison abolition Don Franks (Redline): Reflections after Waikeria incident Cathy Odgers: Maori activists do not run prisons – time to clear
A reputable NZ journalist with decades of experience under his belt writes for the ODT saying 2020 was “The year Donald Trump lost — badly.” Given the wealth of evidence about US election fraud emerging recently and reported as “baseless” by NZ media; labelled by Twitter and Facebook as “containing false
Christopher Ruthe waikanaewatch.org Update: The date of the quoted NZ Listener article was incorrect. It has been corrected from the 12th of December to the 19th. This was written as a riposte to an article in The NZ Listener — but it refused to publish it. “The great enemy of
New Year’s Honours 2021 list announced Amber Allott (Stuff): Christchurch’s new knight reflects on nearly 30 years in politics Rahul Bhattarai (RNZ): David Carter on knighthood: Speaker’s role vital in a democracy Bridie Witton (Stuff): Wellington epidemiologist who pushed for lockdown honoured John Weekes (Herald): New Year
Housing Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): What would actually happen if *shock horror* house prices fell? Rob Stock (Stuff): House prices set to rise further in first half of 2021 Brendon Harre: Depoliticising Housing Greg Ninness (Interest): Rising house prices more than offsetting benefits of lower interest rates on mortgage payments Parliament,
Parliament, and end of year reviews Bryce Edwards (Guardian): The secret of Jacinda Ardern’s success lies in her conservatism Chris Trotter (Interest): Jacinda Ardern knows that it’s restoration people want – not revolution Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): New Zealand’s 2020 report card: doing well but could try harder
Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter: 2021 will be about brown poverty and white guilt Steve Braunias (Guardian): Photos of New Zealand politicians and their bookcases are creepily revealing Claire Trevett (Herald): The lol-lights and comedy awards of 2020 (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Fact or Fiction: the
I don’t think that this was the taste of “Maori culture” that this tourist was looking for. Putting this video in the middle of the story about an Asian tourist being beaten up by the locals is a stuff up for mixed messages at the very least. Please share
Housing Dan Satherley and Rosie Gordon (Newshub): Housing crisis: Rents up everywhere, as demand far outstrips supply Miriam Bell (RNZ): Median rent now 21 per cent higher than in 2015, Trade Me data shows Marta Steeman (Stuff): Construction sector slump forecast with calls for Government action Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Auckland
