“Suddenly, Te Pāti Maori MPs have gone from political divas perpetually courting media attention to camera-shy dormice.”
Tag: politics
Social Issues
Law firm under fire for warning doctors on gender treatments
“The hostile attention to this client service is peculiar.”
Politics
Treaty historian ridiculed in court hearing
“Come on, Dr Fisher! You’re supposed to be an independent witness for the court.”
Politics
Selective scrutiny: Charity status stripped for some, ignored for others
“They’re running advocacy campaigns. That’s politics.”
Justice
When it comes to church burnings, the media dares not call it ‘hate’
A case of selective application.
Economy
Transpower held back 20% of hydro capacity during energy crisis—why?
“If we’ve got all that water and all you need is access, how hard can it be?”
Exclusives
Christchurch tops council confidence rankings—so why the negative spin?
This seems a good example of subtle but pervasive media bias at work.
Exclusives
State media’s version of Kāinga Ora tenant evictions
State media frames Kāinga Ora evictions as government failures, and seems to expect the state to provide housing indefinitely, for free, if tenants won’t pay the already subsidised amount.
Exclusives
Waitangi Day: A manufactured cycle of outrage
Waitangi Day has become a ritual of outrage—activists set the terms, the media amplifies grievance, and dissenters are cast as villains.
Politics
Bureaucracy is strangling New Zealand’s growth potential
“But changing bureaucracy takes more than speeches.”