Labour Party Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns voters not to expect big Labour Party policies this election Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Labour’s hiding away this election Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Don’t expect large-scale policies from Labour this campaign Maori TV: Labour celebrates having more
Government inquiry into Operation Burnham Thomas Manch (Stuff): An apology from the Defence Force, but redemption has just begun Stuff Editorial: A mix of shock and relief in the SAS report ODT Editorial: Operation Burnham Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Former Minister Wayne Mapp ‘forgot’ about civilian casualties RNZ: Call for NZ
A Taranaki nurse has been deregistered for making racist comments against Maori on social media – and then walked out during a karakia to close proceedings against her. On Wednesday, the second day of proceedings, the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal found two charges against Deborah Kathryn Hugill were established, amounting to
1News Colmar Brunton poll, opinion polls 1News: 1 News Colmar Brunton poll: Collins up as preferred PM, but National still in deep trouble 1News: 1 News poll ‘great for Ardern, leaves Collins disappointed’ says Jessica Mutch McKay 1News: Who do you trust in Parliament? PM rates highly, Winston Peters least
Managed isolation charges, escapees, border Audrey Young (Herald): Govt misstep on user-charges for coronavirus Covid-19 isolation (paywalled) ODT Editorial: Payment regime welcomed Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Quarantine charging is nothing more than tokenism Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Govt’s puerile isolation hotel charging system Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour’s
It seems that Tova O’Brien has mobilised to try and destroy Judith Collins after Newshub’s dodgy poll was slated. Yesterday we saw a milk moustache on a 14-year-old as news, a story about Judith Collins’s eyebrows and then their word soup polling. Someone is acting rather defensively.
Election Richard Shaw (The Conversation): Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in New Zealand politics Claire Trevett (Herald): Leaders Unplugged – NZ First leader Winston Peters and the wild horses of worry (paywalled) Chris Keall (Herald): What NZ political parties are spending on Facebook amid
Awwwwww….. Cheeky… Cutie pie……. OMG literally Hitler!… Autistic left-wing screeching…
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Newshub-Reid Research poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Voters trust Jacinda Ardern far more than Judith Collins Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Kiwis trust Labour more than National to run the economy Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): How rogue is the Reid Research poll? (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): National
Alexander Hall papundits.wordpress.com Don’t doubt that Wikipedia is liberal. Fierce debate erupted among Wikipedia moderators about whether Fox News could even be used as a credible source in Wikipedia entries. It ended by being a source that could only be used with proper warnings in place. Wikipedia
