The Greens Want The Truth Taken Down
Sensible Sentencing Trust put Swarbrick, Davidson and Hipkins under “BACKING THE GANGS”. The Greens complained. JCDecaux paused the ads. Swarbrick called it a “despicable downgrading of democracy”. The billboards rest on the Greens’ own words.
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Hipkins promised five actions at his first cabinet meeting. Labour’s own fiscal plan puts a price on two of them. For the hiring freeze, the ED plan and the price-gouging law, we found no published cost.
The State Broadcasters’ Favourite Kingmaker
NZ Media World read a month of 1News and RNZ Midday bulletins. On its count, Opportunity got favourable treatment in 17 of 33 items. NZ First got two of 22. Te Pāti Māori got none. The party the left needs to reach 60 is the one the broadcasters like best.
Quick Hit: Petty and Pathetic, by the Numbers
Hipkins called Luxon’s education attack “petty and pathetic”. The ministry’s own figures show regular attendance fell from 64 per cent to 39.9 per cent while he was minister, and it was falling before Covid arrived.
Interest, Yes. Pressure, No.
A senior officer swore parliament was merely interested in Brian Tamaki. The emails she was shown, and the protests nobody chased, tell a different story.
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