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bobmccoskrie.com Media Trust Scorecard is ‘F’ For Fake News or Fail or (no) Future … A new report measures how much Kiwis trust the news media, and it has plummeted to a new low. It should actually be a wake-up call to the media if they want to avoid going
Bryce Edwards I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government democracyproject.substack.com The media is in crisis, as New Zealand audiences flee from traditional sources of news and information. The
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia Poll is out and the coalition has slipped somewhat but is still ahead in terms of seats and is still in a position to govern. But this poll does show how precarious the situation is with MMP: a few percentage points change and we are
Carlo J.V. Caro Carlo J.V. Caro is a political and military analyst. He has a graduate degree from Columbia University. realclearwire.com By prioritizing crisis management in response to escalating tensions, President Biden and his national security team risk inadvertently paving the way for a war between Iran
As the harsh reality of “Net Zero” bites harder — and will sink its fangs even more, as winter advances — the deeper and deeper the denial grows from the idiots pushing it. Boofhead Bowen continues to insist that wind and solar are the cheapest form of electricity generation, despite clear evidence
Half a year has passed since Labor were tossed out of office, and just over a year since Jacinda Ardern scuttled off to whatever cushy globalist sinecure awaits Klaus Schwab’s minions, denying New Zealand voters the chance to pass their own judgement. Which perhaps explains the appearance of, not
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Nearly two years ago, in July 2021 when the Labour government was riding high in the polls and the nation had lost its head and was acclaiming Jacinda as the second coming, I wrote on this site the article reproduced below. Understandably it was treated
Disgruntled of Eskdale Like the aptly named Red Queen of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ fame, who could believe “as many as six impossible things before breakfast’, it seems the socialist politicians and economists of New Zealand can also believe at least two impossibly opposite ideas at the same time. The current
Bryce Edwards I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government democracyproject.substack.com Pay cuts, wage restraint, and redundancies are currently being forced on everyone in the government sector. Except in
Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com JACK TAME has tested another MP on his Sunday morning current affairs show, Q+A. Minister for Workplace Relations & Safety, Brooke van Velden, once boasted the only economics degree in New Zealand’s Parliament. Since the general election, however, this select fellowship of the
As predicted the media are blaming everyone else for the massive drop in trust. Dita de Boni, who works for NBR, thinks it is a shadowy right-wing think tank destroying trust, and the NZ Herald is blaming AI and misinformation: The media landscape has changed rapidly in the past few
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Did vested interests prevent New Zealand from establishing a world-leading environmental marine reserve? There are strong signs that in killing off the proposal for a Kermadec
People who know me would scarcely credit it, but I really do bite my tongue a lot. No matter how hard it is to do. I mean, I think I really deserve a pat on the back for, when a Guardian-reading acquaintance was pontificating recently about how they source all
You wouldn’t let Bernie Madoff teach your kids about business ethics. You wouldn’t let Gary Glitter teach them about personal safety. So, why would you let the mainstream media teach them about “the harms of online misinformation and disinformation”? Bryce Corbett […] formerly a journalist for 60 Minutes, the
Guy C. Charlton Associate Professor, University of New England Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s recent unsuccessful demand to have the central government repay the GST levied on property rates is the latest salvo in the battle over funding for local government in New Zealand. It points to the topsy-turvy state
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com City leaders have expressed disappointment over the Christchurch Cathedral’s dire financial troubles. The rebuild needs another $114 million and $30 million by August, otherwise
