Bernie McIntyre On 28 March 2020 we heard that there was going to be a Ngati Manu burial at Karetu, Te Tai Tokerau, at 11am Sunday 29 March. I’m a New Zealander and also Ngati Manu. I and many others disagreed with the gathering as it was NOT an
Police Cat MacLennan (Democracy Project): Aotearoa is no place for armed police Jean Balchin (ODT): NZ police should not have guns Glen McConnell (Stuff): In these times of turmoil, what can we do? Amelia Wade (Herald): Police Minister: ‘There is no place for racism in the New Zealand Police’ RNZ:
Warning Contains facts and opinions that may upset your world view. Davo42 Yesterday a candle light vigil was held for George “the gentle giant” Floyd at our nation’s parliament. 600 or so social media driven woke wombles bought the MSM narrative on Floyd hook line and sinker and signed
Mixed messages over social distancing Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): George Floyd protest crowds show Beehive’s lost control on gathering Audrey Young and Claire Trevett (Herald): National leader Todd Muller says confusion reigns in Govt over alert-level 1 Natalia Sutherland (1News): Black Lives Matter protestors don’t need to quarantine
As if the 1News/Colmar Brunton and the Newshub/Reid Research polls weren’t bad enough, Roy Morgan have begun polling again and have confirmed the accuracy of both the other polls. * Labour 56.5% (January 40%, March 42.5%, April 55%) * National 26.5% (January 40%, March 37 %, April
Readers will be interested to learn that the burning building in the first photo was of an affordable housing project going up in flames. Chris Martin Palmer lives in a gated community. He literally wants rioters to burn down poor peoples’ houses but not, of course, the gated “rich” community
National Party Andrea Vance (Stuff): Could middle-of-the road Muller come out a winner? Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Todd Muller’s first week not a complete disaster Bryce Edwards (Guardian): Todd Muller’s beige persona might not be a bad thing in the battle against Jacinda Ardern Audrey Young (Herald): National
'NZ stand up': Parris Goebel calls for Black Lives Matter march in Auckland https://t.co/nybaVeplnM — Newshub ENT (@NewshubENT) May 31, 2020
What does Fake News do when confronted with their own fake news? Well, they fake it, and by doing so descend from fake news to something lower. I know not what that may be called, maybe deep-fake-news or worse-than-fake, perhaps vandalised-news? Who knows? Maybe just ‘New Zealand Herald‘. Because when
Fresh water reforms, environment, conservation Richard Harman (Politik): Swimming together; the coalition agrees on freshwater reforms Collette Devlin (Stuff): NZ First claims win as Government softens freshwater reforms Jamie Morton (Herald): New Govt water reforms miss mark on nitrogen pollution, advocates say Science Media Centre: Action for Healthy Waterways – Expert
National Party Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National sets up ‘intelligence unit’ to dig up info on political opponents during 2020 election campaign Claire Trevett (Herald): Todd Muller’s sink or swim introduction to Leader of Opposition (paywalled) Mark Longley (Newshub): Dear Todd, the honeymoon is over – welcome to political leadership
