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OPINION: For a politician who constantly speaks about leadership, confidence, and delivering results, Christopher Luxon ...
30/05/2026

OPINION: For a politician who constantly speaks about leadership, confidence, and delivering results, Christopher Luxon often seems remarkably disconnected from the people expected to live with the consequences of his poor decisions. So if Luxon expects me to answer the phone tomorrow, my question is simple: Why should ordinary New Zealanders feel compelled to listen when they increasingly feel unheard themselves?

23/05/2026

Today’s Question:
Do you trust mainstream media?

OPINION: There is something deeply telling about the timing of Maiki Sherman’s latest award. After a wave of smear attac...
23/05/2026

OPINION: There is something deeply telling about the timing of Maiki Sherman’s latest award. After a wave of smear attacks, political pile-ons and online commentary aimed at Sherman’s credibility as a high profile journalist, she has emerged with one thing her critics could not strip away. Professional recognition from her peers.

OPINION: If New Zealand First and the coalition truly stood for putting New Zealanders first, firefighters would not sti...
22/05/2026

OPINION: If New Zealand First and the coalition truly stood for putting New Zealanders first, firefighters would not still be waiting for modern frontline equipment while ministers celebrate selective spending announcements as the election approaches.

18/05/2026

Today’s Question:
Are New Zealand universities doing enough to protect academic freedom from organised harassment?

Massey University Dean’s Chair Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Re...
17/05/2026

Massey University Dean’s Chair Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) Mohan Dutta says coordinated harassment campaigns targeting his research and public opinions on social media are intensifying, raising serious concerns about academic freedom and scholar safety.

Extremist rhetoric is on the rise in Aotearoa. We have removed a wave of comments from our Facebook post about Dame Jaci...
16/05/2026

Extremist rhetoric is on the rise in Aotearoa. We have removed a wave of comments from our Facebook post about Dame Jacinda Ardern, including violent threats, abuse and misogynistic slurs.

Among the most serious were comments appearing to encourage shooting the former PM, su***de, calls for imprisonment, and remarks referencing murder and death. Many other commenters described Ardern as “evil”, a “dictator” and a “tyrant” all of which are not true, while several blamed her for supposed social division and COVID-19 mandates despite uncertainty at the time during a global pandemic.

Much of the language mirrors conspiracy-driven rhetoric imported from American QAnon and far-right online circles, narratives that gained traction in New Zealand during the pandemic and continue to fuel real-world incited hostility and dangerous extremism online.

The volume and severity of the abuse show there are growing levels of online hostility and extremism across social media platforms.

Comments on our page that breach Facebook Community Standards will not be tolerated and will be removed.

16/05/2026

Today’s Question:
Is real-world and online extremism on the rise in New Zealand?

OPINION: A clip from Prime Minister reveals the targeted hostility Dame Jacinda Ardern faced in the wake of the Covid-19...
16/05/2026

OPINION: A clip from Prime Minister reveals the targeted hostility Dame Jacinda Ardern faced in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The scenes captured during the Parliament occupation reveal what happened when New Zealand’s globally recognised leading response collided with conspiracy politics imported through the online rabbit holes of Trump-era extremism.

14/05/2026

During a media stand-up on April 28, Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour hailed Ani O’Brien’s Substack, dubbing it “Ani O’Brien Day” as he credited her with publishing allegations targeting political editor Maiki Sherman that he said mainstream media had failed to report. Seymour said it had taken “one woman with a free Substack account” to publish what he described as a story hidden behind a “conspiracy of silence” for nearly a year.

Seymour’s endorsement drew criticism as the allegations were published without an apparent right of reply for Sherman, a basic expectation in standard journalistic practice.

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour publicly backed fringe micro-blogger Ani O'Brien after she published allegations abo...
14/05/2026

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour publicly backed fringe micro-blogger Ani O'Brien after she published allegations about political editor Maiki Sherman, despite criticism O’Brien had not sought Sherman’s response before publication.

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