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Date published: 12:39 pm, November 11th, 2024 - 28 comments
Categories: Gerry Brownlee, Media, media abuse, national, Parliament, same old national
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The Government has prevented journalist Aaron Smale from attending the Crown apology to victims of abuse in state care because his questions are too tough.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 13th, 2024 - No comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 13th, 2024 - 38 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 12th, 2024 - 8 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 12th, 2024 - 55 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 11th, 2024 - 14 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 11th, 2024 - 66 comments
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Date published: 9:44 am, November 10th, 2024 - 89 comments
Why did America vote for the least suitable candidate imaginable? And what are the implications for New Zealand politics?
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Date published: 8:33 am, November 10th, 2024 - 10 comments
Nicola Willis deflects a question on why National are spending billions on roads without a business case – after cancelling the 2026 i-Rex – which had a strong business case and required $1.4bn more to complete seismic upgraded ports and next generation ferries.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2024 - 11 comments
The media landscape in Aotearoa NZ continues to weaken. In the same week TVNZ announced massive job cuts and further firings to come, Paul Goldsmith rewarded TVNZ Directors.
But can the left learn to avoid the trap of rapid fire – we need the journalists and newsrooms we have left.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2024 - 7 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 9th, 2024 - 89 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 8th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Date published: 2:22 pm, November 8th, 2024 - 29 comments
The West, “will stand by the Israeli regime until they exterminate the last Palestinian”, says Mohammad Seyed Marandi, an American-Iranian academic. Despite being appalled at my government, I winced as a New Zealander to hear my country described as part of the Axis of Genocide.
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Date published: 12:42 pm, November 8th, 2024 - 14 comments
The Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill has now been released and it appears that the provisions take away more rights from Māori than originally proposed.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 8th, 2024 - 46 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 7th, 2024 - 16 comments
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Date published: 3:05 pm, November 7th, 2024 - 40 comments
This short excerpt represents a respite from the US election. Christopher Luxon apologises to Opposition leader Chris Hipkins and more. TPM ask Luxon about using force in boot camps. Plus a quick reminder on what we shouldn’t forget here in NZ either.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 7th, 2024 - 100 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 6th, 2024 - 7 comments
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Date published: 10:15 am, November 6th, 2024 - 20 comments
In a cynical manipulation of Parliamentary Processes the Government is changing the date of introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill. And the Waitangi Tribunal has said that the bill is a deliberate attempt to destroy the treaty relationship.
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Date published: 9:07 am, November 6th, 2024 - 11 comments
The Government’s offensive on public servants who express privately held strong views continues with Casey Costello attacking a public servant who alleged that her private research had come up with some papers that were “crap”.
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Date published: 6:05 am, November 6th, 2024 - 157 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 6th, 2024 - 6 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 5th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 5th, 2024 - 15 comments
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Date published: 7:18 pm, November 4th, 2024 - 50 comments
Tuesday (Wednesday in NZ) is election day in the United States of America. Where billionaires buy elections, the President is not elected by popular vote, and the nominee of the Republican Party attempted to overturn the results after he was voted out of office four years ago. Somehow, despite his crimes, Donald Trump is a coin-toss away from taking back the White House.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 4th, 2024 - 4 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 4th, 2024 - 61 comments
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Date published: 9:13 am, November 3rd, 2024 - 11 comments
National is scrambling to justify designated funding to the I am Hope charity after Mike King claimed alcohol was good for mental health and preventing suicide.
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 3rd, 2024 - 34 comments
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