Frankly Speaking

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Remember all the endless whinge stories during the last two years, from whining business lobbyists to opportunistic Opposition politicians to tourist…
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Sean Plunkett, founding editor of the new media outlet, The Platform, was interviewed on RNZ's highly regarded flagship programme "Mediawatch". Mr…
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The media's "honeymoon" with National's leader, Christopher Luxon, ended abruptly on 21 March when on Kerre McIvor's NewstalkZB show, he uttered these…
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There are currently twenty DHB's servicing Aotearoa - a country with five million people. A population that would fit comfortably in eightyone cities…
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The Big Question: Why? Much has been made of "why" Russian invaded Ukraine. Each of the small army of pundits have their own ideas and theories. But few…
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Historical Flights of Fantasy... Far Right/conservatives in the West have enthusiastically supported Putin's imperial ambitions and the invasion of…
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If not Nazis... Putin's dogged insistence that he invaded Ukraine to "de-nazify" his neighbour is demonstrably false. As false as former President…
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Word Games On 24 February, Russia invaded it's neighbour, Ukraine. As well as historical issues to consider, there are present-day implications, that…
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On 20 February - ten days before the police took decisive action to remove the occupation on Parliament grounds and the surrounding precinct - TVNZ's…
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As Russian army forces poured across the border into Ukraine, Kremlin belief that the invasion would be swift and decisive is showing to be a…
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From a blogpost published on 16 August 2015. Once upon a time, this is how we did a protest... . . . NZ, Wellington, 15 August - Anti-TPPA protesters…
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When it comes to bloated entitlement and privilege, those at the top of the wealth pyramid never fail to disappoint. ("Sir") Russell Coutts' declared on…
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