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News Briefing: 4 June 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards 1NEWS-VERIAN POLL, RNZ-REID RESEARCH POLL, PARLIAMENT Tom Day (1News): Poll: NZ First keep rising as National and Labour fall 1News: 'Looking to other quarters': Minor party leaders on poll boost Russell Palmer (RNZ): Left bloc would have enough support to turf coalition
Stan Walker’s Political Stunt at Aotearoa Music Awards Sparks Outrage, Media Witch Hunt Ensues
Bishop’s comments weren’t a scandal: they were a moment of honesty in a world increasingly allergic to it. If Stan Walker wants to play activist, he should expect pushback.
News Briefing: 3 June 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DAVID SEYMOUR SWORN IN AS DEPUTY PM John Campbell (1News): Why is Peters laughing? And what is Seymour thinking? Luke Malpass (Post): Winston Peters departs as deputy PM with NZ First sitting pretty (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Sunday Star Times): The ‘impossibly ridiculous’ idea of
Helen Clark’s Hypocritical Hysteria: Smearing Musk While Ignoring Her Own Backyard
Clark’s outburst isn’t about truth or lives: it’s about relevance. She’s a has-been, clinging to the spotlight by hurling insults at those reshaping the world. Musk’s pushing innovation – she’s pushing dogma.
A ‘Good’ Death and the Covid Era
The fact that people in power purposefully prevented this basic human right, based on nonsense and pseudoscience that turned out to be completely false, will always be a stain on our history and it should be a stain on their careers.
Load of Crap at the AMAs: Bishop, Seymour and the Hypocrisy of the Music Luvvies
Chris Bishop has every right to say what he thinks and, in this case, he’s dead right. David Seymour was right to back him up. The music luvvies need to grow a thicker skin and stop crying when their activism gets pushback.
Te Pāti Māori’s Violent Streak: Eru Kapa-Kingi’s ‘Charity Fight’ Challenge to David Seymour
Te Pāti Māori needs to grow up, ditch the violent rhetoric and start engaging like adults. Seymour’s got the right idea – call it out, don’t back down and let’s keep politics civil. Anything less is a disgrace to our democracy.
News Briefing: 30 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards RMA, ENVIRONMENT Lillian Hanly and Giles Dexter (RNZ): Farmers hail end of 'unworkable' RMA, Greens say changes dismantle protections Jamie Ensor and Julia Gabel (Herald): Major proposed changes to Resource Management Act outlined for freshwater, infrastructure, farming Russell Palmer (RNZ): Sweeping RMA
RMA Reform: Finally Slaying the Bureaucratic Beast That’s Strangled New Zealand
Palmer and Upton’s legacy of economic sabotage has held New Zealand back long enough. These reforms are the first real swing at dismantling their mess. If we get this right, we can unleash the potential of our farmers, builders and miners and build a country where progress isn’t a pipe dream.
Civil Servants Take the Piss with Leaked Crackdown Email – Time to Get Serious
Enough is enough. The civil servants and their media enablers have had their fun. It’s time to remind them who they work for – and it’s not themselves.
News Briefing: 29 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PUBLIC SERVICE RNZ: 'Chilling effect': Union raises concerns over ministers' interference after leaks John Gerritsen (RNZ): Education Ministry asks RNZ to help investigation into leaks - we declined RNZ: Drip, drip, drip: NZ's biggest political leaks Azaria Howell (Herald)