Winston claims he's winning the war on “woke” - it’s like claiming you're beating your imaginary enemy at scrabble - a battle of wits you’re losing against something that doesn't exist. The problem is, RSE in schools had some amazing outcomes - as I pointed out last year - and those don't change just because Winnie goes into campaign mode for his new base of voters.
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Labour’s CGT policy has the Coalition in a scramble, the Prime Minister wished real hard and got to be a real world leader, Winston is Lactasis Intolerant, and some Halloween Costume Ideas to spook your Coalition loving friends with! All that and more, in This Week’s The News.
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In a fit of rushed, panic sounding posts full of bullshit and misdirection of Labour’s CGT proposal, National claimed this made Hipkins’ a liar - for changing policy. So what what does that make National? They would never dream of changing policy… or even just straight up making up bs, would they?
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Labour’s released a plan to finally bring a CGT to the election campaign - a move generally seen by the public as a step in the right direction - and with some unusual sales points - one of which is who exactly is trying to scaremonger with disinformation and drama about it…
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Sure, the Right don’t like Labour Day because it shares a name with the party opposite them in Parliament - but did they even acknowledge it, and the workers it celebrates on the day?
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Have you noticed our mainstream news media has shifted to the right over the past 12 months? There’s clues in the way they shift focus from systemic issues to individual responsibility, fiscal narratives, culture war topics and frame the experts they platform - and we can track it because of five specific influences first identified by Herman and Chomsky in 1988 - it’s the Propaganda Model in action!
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Mega Strikes, Mega Storms, Mega Double Standards and Mega Events for Mega Nerds - it’s this week’s the News!
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Yup, blatant self promotion - let's show the country that angry old white men aren't the most important voices in democratised media here in Aotearoa
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Today is looking to see the largest strike action the country has seen this century with events all over the motu as a number of essential workers walk off the job for better work conditions and fairer pay. So if you’re going, be prepared and if you can’t make it and still want to show support - there’s a range of ways you can do that as well. #Oct23Strike
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Details? From the PM - don’t be ridiculous - the best we can offer are incoherent slogans, broad strokes and a deliberate lack of detail - which I’m sure will look good going into the 2026 election.
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For less money than we give tobacco companies in kickbacks, we can invest in our future, help support kiwi enterprise, protect our assets from being sold when National mismanages the economy again and lighten the burden on our taxes - seems like a bit of a no brainer to me…
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It’s been months in the making but over the weekend the results were mostly locked down from the Local Body Elections. So how did it all turn out? How many people voted? Will we see systemic change next time and how many people with links to disinformation groups get elected?
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The News this week is important but the week has been overwhelming - but I do have a favour to ask…
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This week’s right wing rage bait is the fear that the BSA is coming for online media after it was revealed that they are currently investigating if they have jurisdiction over online radio station The Platform - and despite claims of censoring free speech and in Stasi like way, there is actually a pretty simple explanation as to why the BSA is considering this and what makes them think it’s something they can consider in the first place.
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Why would a man who says he emulates Donald Trump, who attended the Wellington Protest, has links to known disinformation hard right group Voices for Freedom and hard Right group Democracy Northland suddenly call an emergency closed doors Council Meeting to lay a complaint about the election process just before the results are due to be finalised, an election his hand picked choice for his predecessor was only 5 votes ahead in before special votes were counted?
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We’re almost at the two year mark of the Coalition being in power - and during the campaign and right after, we saw a lot of academic research into the outcomes we could expect from their policies - so did that research hold up? Unfortunately it did…
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Putting aside the ongoing changing election results - we have a problem with the weekend’s election. The voter turnout was one of the lowest ever seen. It’s the latest in a long trend of declining turnout - which means it’s more than just apathy. But can we fix it? Maybe… but not with the current coalition…
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There’s now less than 24 hours to get your ballot in for this year’s local election - and while thousands have cast there’s, there’s always room for more - and you could do it for a variety of reasons - like saving your parks or telling the coalition to go take a running jump into a lake.
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A spanner in the works (or more accurately, a digger in back yard) has robbed me of a day to get the last of the Red Flag videos done!
But there's still time to vote and that's the important thing to remember! Till Midday Saturday - get moving, get others moving, and get voting to avoid the sort of Councillors who lack vision and drive to make your home amazing!
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A Former National Party researcher, Australian media personality and current Community Board Member, this election he's running for both a seat at the Council in the Waikanae Ward and re-election onto the Community Board.We caught up this week at a Starbucks to see how the final week of the campaign is going!