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Gangs outnumber police in New Zealand – But That’s Not All
Gang profits have doubled, international organised crime strengthening their hooks, NZ has lost experienced cops, retail crime is up and often being ignored, drug use is at full blown crisis, domestic violence at 8 year highs, and the violent crime numbers are off base
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2.8% of New Zealand population outbound in 2 years as division widens
OPINION: I visited Facebook recently and noticed some fake accounts (you know the ones with AI pictures depicting Māori in an unfavourable light, along with NZ flags featured prominently, as if love for a country is about a piece of cloth), and there’s a distinct anti-Indian sentiment being cultivated on the platform
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Should Luxon join Trump’s Board of Peace?
Christopher Luxon, Donald Trump, International, leadership, making shit up, Palestine, you couldn't make this shit upDonald Trump invited Christopher Luxon to join a new organisation to oversee the redevelopment of Gaza and eventually the replacement of the United Nations. How should Luxon respond?
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New Zealand losing democracy rapidly
chris bishop, Christopher Luxon, democracy under attack, democratic participation, erica stanford, social democracyMany unaware as what we hold dear and for granted slips.
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76% of Kiwis rate National Coalition poor to neutral
assets, Christopher Luxon, democracy under attack, labour, national, national/act government, nz first, privatisation, Privatisation, Public Private PartnershipsGovernment hits a NEW low today after hitting a previous record low in February 2025
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Ireland’s new President causes Western backlash
community democracy, democratic participation, Diplomacy, genocide, israel, leadership, Peace, Peace, political alternatives, UkraineThere are clear signs Ireland’s new President Catherine Connolly’s landslide victory has intensified efforts to undermine the country’s neutrality and neuter its aim to punish genocidal Israel.
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We Deserve Better
New Zealand’s media landscape is falling apart. We need a publicly-funded media entity covering television, radio and a digital platform
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Simeon Brown plays with Kiwi lives
Perhaps the biggest news from a jam packed news week is how, under National’s Health Ministers Shane Reti & Simeon Brown, Health NZ illegally hid staffing data for over a year to conceal their systemic understaffing of our public health.
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Why Changing the Government Should Be Enough
Outrage is easy. Outrage feels righteous. But outrage without discipline destroys the very people it claims to save.
If we want transformation that endures, we must build it brick by brick. Or watch it burn, again.
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How was National able to take down construction so quickly?
Industry experts say Chris Bishop and his party are to blame, but Bishop denies it, saying construction industry leaders are just “wrong”
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Power Companies Collude to Require New Zealand Coal-Fired Electricity
The country’s four main power companies have signed an agreement to stockpile coal and to extend the life of the coal-fired Huntly power station.
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National raided $6,000,000,000 infrastructure & flood fund
budget 2024, Christopher Luxon, Economy, national, national/act government, nature, nicola willis, same old nationalTasman, Top of the South Island patiently waits after National raided $6 billion infrastructure fund
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You Can’t Kill A Rainbow
The incongruence of transgender fear
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China is not a threat to Regional Peace
The real threat to peace in our region does not stem from China, but from a “China threat” narrative—promoted by the United States to rally other nations behind its China containment agenda.
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Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
covid-19, health, jacinda ardern, making shit up, politicans, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upReality Check Radio has on the eve of the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s hearings into the Government’s Covid response released a petition suggesting that Jacinda Ardern and others have been put on trial.
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The Trump Shock: Why the US President Crashed the Global Economy
AUKUS, capitalism, China, Christopher Luxon, class, defence, Donald Trump, economy, Economy, Europe, exports, Financial markets, flip-flop, Free Trade, Globalisation, history, inequality, interest rates, International, Long Read, manufacturing, nicola willis, Pacific, Politics, RBNZ, roger douglas, tech industry, trade, us politics, ZelenskyThere is a method to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff madness. The chaos and confusion is deliberate; the aim is nothing less than the […]
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Aotearoa take a bow
act, david seymour, Maori Issues, Politics, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, treaty settlements, uncategorizedThe Justice Select Committee has returned Act’s odious Treaty Principles Bill to Parliament. And in its report it has noted that the overwhelming majority of submitters opposed the bill.
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Cuts to Disability Services Are Part of a Class War
act, activism, benefits, Christopher Luxon, class, class war, Coalition NZ, coalition of chaos, david seymour, Debt, debt / deficit, disability, economy, health, housing, human rights, inequality, national, national/act government, nicola willis, Politics, poverty, Privatisation, public services, tax, treasury, welfareOver the last year, the Coalition has unleashed a series of cuts which have been devastating for the disabled community. These cuts are part of a class war — and it’s time to organise and fight back, writes Elliot Crossan.
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3 Things To Know About This Government – 8 Things We Should All Do Now
This is an excerpt from a longer article: What Can We Do Again?
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Its the end of the Media as we know it …
Two recent media related stories made me wonder if there was now formal acknowledgement that the concept that media should fearlessly and impartially report the news is now dead.
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What does Trump have against Canada?
And why isn’t New Zealand backing Canada against Trump’s self declared trade war?
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David Farrar’s Curia Market Research Woes
David Farrar, Dirty Politics, Media, media abuse, national, polls, same old national, spin, taxpayers unionWhat happened to the Curia Market Research suspension? David Farrar responded after RANZ hired an independent sub-committee to investigate complaints about polling integrity
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Clearing the Decks: Government replaces half of the Waitangi Tribunal
The government has replaced half of the Waitangi Tribunal, removing three of NZ’s most highly regarded experts in mātauranga Maori.
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The Los Angeles fires – could they happen here?
climate change, Donald Trump, global warming, making shit up, Media, politicans, science, spin, uncategorized, you couldn't make this shit upWith large parts of Los Angeles burning and the right still trying to divert attention and blame the question arises, could the same thing happen here?
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Atlas Network in New Zealand
The similarities between the Atlas Network modus operandi and our government’s policies appear strident and unsettling.
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END GAME
Austerity, australian politics, Brexit, Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, Maori Issues, national, national/act government, nz first, Privatisation, same old national, thinktankWhat is the game plan for the Coalition government? What characteristics can we observe and what is the “end game?”
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The 2024 US Election: A No-Win Scenario
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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Luxon Promotes Wealthy & Foreign Interests
chris bishop, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, Dirty Politics, national, national/act government, Privatisation, winston petersChris Luxon continues to talk up privatisation and wealthy foreign interests from the Middle East and elsewhere. Privatisation and PPP models have been shown to cost a country – but he and ACT and NZ First seem set on their course to sell NZ assets.
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Will This Be a One-Term Government?
act, Austerity, coalition of chaos, Dirty Politics, national, nz first, Politics, polls, racism, uncategorizedElliot Crossan at System Change Aotearoa reviews the past year. Despite the tepid public support for this government’s problematic actions, he warns that ‘The Right Is United By Power — Don’t Underestimate Them’
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New Zealand treats the wealthy better than comparable nations
A recently Tax Justice Aotearoa study suggests that the country could impse a capital gains tax or wealth tax and the wealthy would still be better off than they would be in similar countries.
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About Karen Chhour’s future
Act minister Karen Chhour has recently adopted the mantle of victimhood and claimed that she has been under attack and feels unsafe in Parliament. But the attacks are not personal and are motivated by the damage her party is causing to Oranga Tamariki as well as to the country’s race relations.
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Mountain Tui: Trump’s shooting reveals a hidden danger for New Zealand too
Trump’s shooting has left the world shocked and bewildered. But what, if anything, does it mean for us here in New Zealand?
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The political centre has moved, someone should tell the strategists.
30 years ago, we had Dot Matrix printers, Windows 95 and brick cell phones. Today we live in a world of AI, Tik Tok and 5G. While technology changes have been embraced, including in political campaigns, strategies and methods to connect with voters seem stuck in the MS-DOSS era.
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NATO escalation danger
nuclear war, Peace, Russia, Ukraine, warThe destruction on 23 May of a key part of Russia’s nuclear defence means the Doomsday clock is ticking closer to midnight. A Ukrainian/NATO drone attack on the Armavir radar station north of Georgia attcked a Voronezh-DM radar which is designed to detect incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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National’s irksome incompetence is inexcusable
When the fabric of lies unravels the gaslighting increases.
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At least Chris Bishop sleeps in a well made bed
Having a decent home is a human right
