Media at Airport Failed To Fly
The media, in terms of objectivity and in depth journalism, is failing to fly. This needs to change and the only person who can bring it about is the minister.
NZ Politics
The Rules-Based Order Is a Failure
Other than in the minds of UN junkies and some academics, the international rules based order has not been functioning properly for a long time.
National MPs Told To Do Better After Horror Poll – But Where’s the Plan?
The only thing that will force real change is a catastrophic election result that rinses both National and Labour. That looks unlikely right now. Voters are grumpy but they are also stuck in old habits.
There Really Should Be No Surprise
Another Māori trust boss charged with stealing $2 million.
More Propaganda: What This Podcast Tells Us
Part 1 of a series, looking at “Quarantine Nation”, Stuff’s new podcast series.
What Delayed Motherhood Really Means
To celebrate delayed motherhood as empowerment without acknowledging its costs is to perpetuate a lie.
They Need Saving From Themselves
They want your sympathy, they want your welfare, but they don’t want to change.
Luxon Deludes Himself as National Slides Into Oblivion
Talk of a coup exists only in the feeble minds of legacy media. Luxon will hang on in quiet desperation, getting regular coaching from John Key, like he did last Friday, until Key nods at a proposed successor.
The Politics of Analysing Crises
The fact that the legacy media still appears to be in a state of denial over this – clinging to a fictitious world view where they are the righteous gatekeepers of truth – explains, at least in part, why they remain a dying industry.
Māori Elite Have Never Given Up
Tukaki repeatedly blurs the line between belief and governance. He treats spiritual attachment as if it were a constitutional credential. It is not.
Get a Grip
Give Luxon a break, and turn your jeers into cheers, because nobody’s perfect. If you tear down Luxon, you’re only helping the crazy left.
Would the Real National Party Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe…which way will the Nats go?
UMA Broadcasting Hammered: $43k Sting for Email Axe Job
This judgment vindicates my reporting and Matt McCarten’s advocacy and it pours shame on the legacy media for failing to hold truth to power.
National in Freefall: Luxon’s Leadership Hits the Skids
Christopher Luxon was the fastest person to go from outside parliament to PM. Now it looks like he will be the fastest person to get rolled after winning an election.