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Ah the life of a Senior Political Correspondent. You can just decide, a day after a "radical" plan to undermine democracy is announced, with no polling, that "no one cares" and move on.

I'm sure your fellow journalists at NZME don't care, Audrey, and your coverage will reflect that.
Audrey Young, NZ Herald: "Where’s the electoral mandate? The reforms proposed in local government, in which regional councillors would be dumped in favour of a board of local mayors to work out its future shape, is a radical plan for which there is no electoral mandate. But nobody cares. No one is going to march in the streets to save their regional councillors. And the plan is unlikely to take effect until after the 2026 election, which would provide the mandate if the Government is returned."
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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NZ Herald, rattled by polls showing 2/3rds of the public support a CGT, desperately search around for an attack line.

"Uh, but it should only apply to inflation-adjusted gains!"

Why? Australia's doesn't

"Uh, a person’s home is also their retirement!"

Labour's CGT doesn't apply to the family home
NZ Herald editorial: According to Taxpayers’ Union-Curia, released this week and published in the Herald, almost two-thirds of New Zealanders want a CGT. But they want it to apply only to real, inflation-adjusted gains, not nominal increases as Labour’s plan is currently proposing. ... Somewhat strangely, however, Hipkins said the party had not considered accounting for inflation. Really? Why not? Given the inflation question is the first asked by many, it seems odd that the party had not given much thought to it. A nominal gain on a property will almost always be greater than a real gain, which considers the impact of inflation. If someone bought a property for $1 million and sold it for $1.1m, the nominal gain would be $100,000, or 10%. But if there was 10% inflation over that time, the real gain would be zero. For better or worse, New Zealanders have stored much of their individual wealth in residential property. For many, a person’s home is also their retirement pot and their children’s inheritance.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
dailyindignation.bsky.social
Someone show this to NZ Herald's Jamie Ensor who a few weeks ago was claiming Trump is “known for his energy and for working long hours”
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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NZME wanted to be really, really sure you understood that this is their writer's OPINION, so they broke out the double quote marks, even though they don't do that for literally any other opinion headline.

Would've been easier just apologising to Hobson's Pledge in a text message.
NZ Herald: Aaron Smale: Nicola Willis shows “utter arrogance” by describing Treaty of Waitangi concepts as “nebulous” Opinion by Aaron Smale Contributing writer·New Zealand Listener· 25 Nov, 2025
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
dailyindignation.bsky.social
I see NZME's Mike Hosking is back to pretending he's a COVID expert, today saying Britain's lockdowns were a mistake and (somehow) the Ardern govt is also to blame for locking down at the same time? Anyway, here's Mike previously saying we should lockdown and Britain was the one to follow.
Today: "Mike's Minute: Britain's COVID enquiry highlights Labour's mistakes Mon, 24 Nov 2025" Previously: "Mike's Minute: If we want to beat Covid-19, shut the country down Mon, 23 Mar 2020 Mike's Minute: Is Britain's Covid strategy proving to be right? Wed, 28 Jul 2021"
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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I'm not a Professional Reckons Haver, but telling the public "you're gonna work longer and more of your salary is gonna go into a savings account you can't touch until you retire" doesn't scream "good politics" to me, like The Post's Luke Malpass claims. Maybe you had to be there.
The Post: "From sugar rush to super savings: Luxon’s KiwiSaver reset OPINION: Good policy is good politics and taking a KiwiSaver boost into the election is a strong move for National. Luke Malpass"
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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But was it warmly, Thomas?

(NZ Herald's Thomas Coughlan, paid writer)
"He also talked warmly of a return to rising house prices, which had been a contentious topic in National, with Luxon speaking warmly of “modest, consistent” price rises, while Housing Minister Chris Bishop has talked warmly about falling house prices in the interest of improving affordability."
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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This is what it looks like when a media org throws all its resources at a story it deems important (and is!): multiple reporters, opinion columns, editorials, digging past the initial revelations, every angle covered, refusing to let the story lie.

Anyway, NZ Herald, about Tim Jago...
NZ Herald's extensive McSkimming coverage
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Aged like milk: Audrey Young

(just in general, but specifically about her attacks on Tamatha Paul's police criticism in light of recent weeks)
NZ Herald, 27 Mar 2025: "Tamatha Paul's crazy police comments set to clobber the Greens and Labour By Audrey Young Senior Political Correspondent"
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Please compare Henry Cooke's story on Chris Bishop using housing money for a bridge in his electorate – against the advice of his officials – to how NZME's Audrey Young spins it to be purely about a "flimsy" political attack by Labour.

Chris said it was ok so she's ok with it.
Top: Henry Cooke: "Senior minister Chris Bishop used housing money earmarked for a stormwater project to fund a walking and cycling bridge in his electorate - against the advice of his officials. ... It seemingly goes against a Cabinet Manual directive that ministers should not make major decisions about projects within their electorate, but Bishop says making the decision with Finance Minister Nicola Willis was an adequate safeguard. The funding was organised so quickly in March of this year that Treasury did not have time to take an official view on it, but Willis signed it off regardless." Audrey Young: "Bishop has a target on his back It was perhaps no coincidence that the target of Labour’s attacks this week in a full court press was Chris Bishop, the National minister considered one of the strongest contenders for leadership, should Luxon’s leadership fail. Over two days, three Labour frontbenchers targeted him about spending on a footbridge in Melling on two counts: one for a supposed conflict of interest because he is the MP for the area, and secondly because the funding for the bridge came from a funding source that was originally designated for Kāinga Ora infrastructure (not houses), but was switched. Bishop batted away allegations of conflict of interest on the grounds that the Cabinet Office had advised him when he first became Transport Minister that he was free to make decisions relating to the Melling project, even though it was in his electorate. The issue of the funding switch was unusual, but was not a federal case because a) the local council had requested it; b) it had happened before in Hamilton; and c) Labour actually supported the footbridge. The most interesting thing about the C-grade scandalette was that Labour decided to run the risk of looking opposed to a popular and long-awaited project at Melling in order to discredit Bishop on fairly flimsy grounds. "
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Normally, "NZ will get smaller ships & less extensive portside redevelopment yet still cost close to the original project, & we'll get it all years later" would cause a Politics, Business and Economics Editor to criticise a government, but not when it's a right-wing govt & your name is Luke Malpass.
The Post: "New Interislander ferries: From mega blowout to managed pain Luke Malpass November 20, 2025 ANALYSIS: The updated costings for New Zealand’s new Interislander ferries don’t make the decision to cancel the original iRex project look any more or less compelling. New Zealand will now get smaller ships and less extensive portside redevelopment — and yet will still spend close to what the original project might have cost, once the sunk iRex spending is counted. And the country will get it all years later."
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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RNZ ran a "Clay Higgins: The sole Republican who voted 'no' to releasing the Epstein files" story today via CNN. It makes no mention of either of these stories.

If you're gonna outsource your journalism to American media, maybe check it as thoroughly as you do for mentions of Palestine.
idgordon.bsky.social Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 8d
If you're wondering, "Who is this Clay Higgins dude who voted against releasing the Epstein files?," @nlanard.bsky.social has you covered:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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How much? Unbelievably, RNZ allows "property data firm Cotality" to never give a figure, so I'm just gonna say a CGT would've raised $1 gazillion dollars and forced investors to actually invest in something productive.
RNZ: "Capital Gains Tax wouldn't have raised much in recent years - Cotality" Susan Edmunds, Money Correspondent 19 Nov 2025
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Ah the ol' 'Derek Chang's data-driven stories hidden behind a paywall contradicting everything the rest of the paper and our opinion writers have been saying for the last few months' NZME special.

I'm sorry your employer actively undermines your work every day, Derek.
‘Move-on’ orders for homeless come as public disorder hits 10-year low Graph depicting trends in police proceedings against public order, health and safety offences, which are at a 10-year low. Graphic / policedata.nz
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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'But if the BBC goes, we'll only have right-wing news'
samwhyte.bsky.social Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 9d
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Govt: Time to allow businesses to fuck over the public again.

Govt lackey: How are we gonna sell this? Won't the media point out the negative affects to health & climate, and the fact we were the ones who killed the EV subsidy leading to their decline?

Govt minister: Oh my poor sweet summer child.
Headlines from across the NZ media framing the Clean Car Standard being slashed as "realistic", "too onerous", "too stringent", and "negligible".
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Asset "recycling"? What a fun euphemism that NZME have immediately picked up and used.
NZ Herald: "Christopher Luxon calls for ‘mature’ conversation on asset recycling, as Chris Hipkins pledges to hold onto all state assets" Jenée Tibshraeny Wellington Business Editor, NZ Herald 10 Nov, 2025
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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As soon as a leftist wins, the New York Times Editorial Board urges him to be "pragmatic" (i.e. more right-wing) and abandon the promises and ideas that got him elected.

The "Democrats don't deliver" and "media insists leftist policies aren't popular" venn diagram continues to overlap.
New York Times editorial, 4 Nov 2025: "Mr. Mamdani will take office on Jan. 1, 2026, with a reservoir of good will. He inspires young people who are cynical about politics. He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor, its youngest mayor in more than a century and its first immigrant mayor since the 1970s. But the reasons that many New Yorkers are skeptical of him also deserve to be taken seriously. He had almost no management experience before his campaign, and extreme rhetoric was his normal mode of communication until recently. He called the New York Police Department “a major threat to public safety.” He initially refused to condemn Hamas after its Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel. To this day, he proudly identifies with the Democratic Socialists of America, whose platform supports open borders, voting access for noncitizens and a weaker U.S. military. He can win at least some of his skeptics over by getting results as mayor. He should start by building a leadership team light on democratic socialists and heavy on officials with records of accomplishment and proven management skills. "
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Rrrrgh, there's a word for when a family blends its business interests with governance in a democracy, it's on the tip of my tongue but I just can't think of it!! I hate it when this happens.
Screengrab of a NYT headline reading, Blending Family and Governance, Trump Organization Talks Real Estate Deal With Saudis
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
A graphic from the front page of the WSJ, titled, "The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump." Using blue does it compares how many of the email threads released by Oversight are about various people. 1,670 are about Trump. 207 mention Michael Wolff. 155 Kathryn Ruemmler, 117 Larry Summers, and 512 Clinton.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Absolute Piece of Shit – sorry, 'Head of Business, NZME' – Fran O'Sullivan uses her platform and the McSkimming scandal to attack the police for being too woke.

Just more hateful rhetoric from NZME's highest paid names.
NZ Herald: Full inquiry into police needed to change ‘old boys club’ culture – Fran O’Sullivan ... "That culture has been lacking. Women’s rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, otherwise known as Posie Parker, had to abort her Let Women Speak tour when her speech in Auckland’s Albert Park was drowned out by counter-protesters who dwarfed her supporters by at least 10 to one. Police were ineffective on the day. But what was outrageous was the fact that it took a social media campaign by longtime Auckland hospitality boss Leo Molloy, who runs the popular Headquarters bar in the downtown Viaduct Harbour, to first identify a young man who punched a 72-year-old woman in the face, then have him face charges. Molloy ended up doing the police’s job. The unfortunate subtext was that police top brass were seen to have been so on song with the former Government’s culture war agendas that this had filtered down into the ranks. Does that mindset endure today?"
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Dawn, a Pakistan newspaper, was caught using ChatGPT to write one of their stories. The author forgot to delete the question at the end. The paper has since apologised.
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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bentorkington.bsky.social
old enough to remember when HDPA bought a rifle with false details as a bit, then got all pissy about the cops turning up to check how she's been storing it
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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It's okay, Heather isn't just mad about a woman emailing a man's wife (??), no, what really riles her up is judges taking into account childhood trauma when sentencing (???).
"Just because Jevon McSkimming is a creep and clearly the villain of the story doesn't mean that she is necessarily innocent. I mean, look at the allegations. Allegedly emailing a police officer is one thing. Allegedly emailing his wife is something else. And this is after some pretty bunny-boiler behaviour, including sending 300 emails to McSkimming and others over a series of years. Now, there will be some people who have complete sympathy for her in this, who will say that the allegations show that she is a woman driven mad by being ignored and gaslit by the very people that she was asking for help. And that may well be true, and I suspect that it is, and I feel sorry for her, and I feel sorry for the horrible situation that Jevon McSkimming, the absolute creep, has put her in. But I still don't think it justifies alleged lawbreaking as a response, because that logic is the very same logic that is used by the soft judges who read cultural reports about offenders' childhoods and then excuse them for what they did because of what was originally done to them when they were kids. Do you follow what I'm saying?"
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM