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NZ First doubling down on fossil fuels while attacking Helen Clark for sharing valuable international expertise. Iran war illegality clear & WP should focus on the significant geopolitical & security implications we are facing.

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Such bullshit but what do you expect from NZME. Luxon crashed the economy from the start but predictable for them to pin it on the war. Wonder if they will blame inflation on the war too given they ignored Covid's causation for Labour. Wouldn't be that hypocritical would National/ACT?

Thanks

Stanford preferred, Bishop possible

LOL!

Cheers!

And Steven Joyce former National Party Campaign Chair and Minister is chair of the board of NZME which owns the Herald and ZB

Mediawatch: Fears of interference and influence in news Two cases this week raised questions about influence on newsrooms from outside - and inside media companies - and sensitivities about the possibility of political interference.

"It's dangerous"

Reactions on TVNZ Board / Paul Goldsmith in 1News journalism - similar cases have seen other TVNZ Board Members & Ministers resign

No surprise we've seen right wing pundits like Ben Thomas & Audrey Young downplay it but it shouldn't be forgotten #nzpol

PM shaken by horror poll result, said to be considering options Political insiders have indicated to Stuff that the Prime Minister is shaken by today’s horror poll result and that he is taking some time to consider his options.

Jenna Lynch, ACT Chief of Staff's partner, now reporting Luxon is "considering options" - hinting resignation on the table

/s in case not obvious

a cartoon character is hanging from a tree branch with his eyes closed ALT: a cartoon character is hanging from a tree branch with his eyes closed

NZ First's strength is all thanks to Luxon's frail and outsized weakness

That is something not easily surpassed by .. anyone

He's been scheming since 2024, give him a break!

There's no words for how ..

lol One option I suppose I always find it fascinating how fast they find my posts...

He never answered me as to how he felt helping a party that wants civil war in NZ.

Indeed and like to sound like they know what they're talking about when stories full of holes

Labour up to 34.8, Nats down 2.9 at 28.4 Razoe thin centre left majority Nats behind on safety, taxes and inflation Hipkins up 4.6 to 22.7% and Luxon down 1 to 21%

Here's the poll they've been trying to work up all morning, yawn #nzpol

😆 Well it's over there right?

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

If this happened to the West, it would be armageddon

US most likely struck Iranian school killing dozens of kids. Poor kids and their families #uspol #nzpol

Reddit always fascinates me, even if I delete a post, I get people posting on it up to 1/2 hour to even an hour later. Of course they are invariably right wing accounts. How do they do it? #reddit

Ben Thomas over on X desperately trying to call the TVNZ incident "a conspiracy" #nzpol

"TVNZ has faced heat over a news story on Thursday last week that focused on rising gang membership but ignored new data, released by the Government on the same day, that showed a dramatic reduction in the number of violent crime victims."

Hey did you think the important story was government ministers interfering in editorial decisions of our state broadcaster? No, no, no. The story, according to NZME's Shayne Currie, is the state broadcaster wasn't sufficiently flattering of the government. Luckily, we have NZME for that.

I've always said Curia Market Research play political polls pretty close to the mark, but it's their other polls that reveal a history of issues, resulting in disciplinary findings

Today's TPU-Curia poll showing Luxon has hit record low isn't surprising & prob. obvious to even Chuck & Mary #nzpol

Not sure, I'll look into the usual suspects like Ghost I guess

Thank you :-)

NZ spy chiefs warn of extremism risk as teenage boys dominate investigations Our national security agencies are worried about New Zealand’s young men.

In 2022 a group of us (experts) tried to explain to the joint security group that extreme misogyny was the fastest growing form of violent extremism www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

If you are an Immigration Minister, with access to the latest data and experts as part of your job description, and you're still peddling false and misleading over-stayer figures in an election year?

You didn't "misspeak." You are a LIAR who got caught LYING. End of story. #nzpol

Nats’ press secretary turned government lobbyist to lead NZME editorial board Hamish Rutherford, who is also a former journalist, was named as the leader of the media company’s independent advisory board.

The new head of media company NZME’s editorial advisory board is Hamish Rutherford - former chief press secretary for Luxon and a current government lobbyist #nzpol

This Admin are as dumb as we've ever seen so how hard could it be to lure them in?

:-) Cheers mate