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Posts Tagged ‘disinformation’

Why did NZ First cancel country’s public diesel reserves?

Written By: - Date published: 6:41 pm, March 27th, 2026 - 24 comments

NZ First have been busy sowing disinformation. So why don’t they take responsibility for cancelling a decision to stock public diesel reserves and increase duration?

NZ consumed 30% more Russian disinformation than the USA during Covid

Written By: - Date published: 11:15 am, August 22nd, 2025 - 38 comments

Russian troll farms successfully penetrated Kiwi country and culture. The consumption remained high and the fervour hasn’t stopped

National Government will have increased gross debt by over $100b – Who benefits ?

Written By: - Date published: 4:02 pm, August 19th, 2025 - 21 comments

The debt bogeyman has been unleashed in NZ, which we will examine – but even on face value, National Party debt is 25% more than Labour’s full debt contribution over 6 years – with no global pandemic

Canadian billionaire linked to right wing websites buys a near 10% of NZME shares

Written By: - Date published: 1:45 pm, March 3rd, 2025 - 14 comments

James “Jim” Grenon spends almost $10 million to buy a ~10% stake in the publisher of NZ Herald and owner of Newstalk ZB.