As predicted, there has been an increase in expressions of interest from aspiring emigrants in the US after the election of Donald J Trump. Most of the interest has been in other countries, but some has focused on New Zealand. The latter is an obvious ‘frying pan to fire situation’ given the country’s Dirty Politics…
Negativity won’t be tolerated Staff at a New Zealand radio station have been issued with a gagging order prior to Prime Minister John Key’s son taking up a night time slot at George FM. In the contents of a leaked email, staff are threatened with dismissal if they make negative comments about George FM’s new…
You may have heard of the stoush between an anonymous online blogger ‘JohnKeyMustGo‘ and National Party PR advisor/ChangetheFlag promoter Gwynn Compton. Here’s what the NZ Herald had to say Prime Minister John Key’s social media adviser registered the changetheflag.nz website – but the group says that does not undermine its claim to independence. Gwynn…
Journalist Nicky Hager is due to start releasing information about New Zealand’s spying activities. The revelations will be made from Thursday onwards New Zealand local time. “The Dirty Politics author is due to begin a series of revelations from tomorrow, which he claims will show which countries our spies have targeted, when and why. “We’ve…
Proof that some NZ journalists still have the ability to ask hard questions: An interview in which @johnkeypm argues that black is white (with Mary Wilson on @CheckpointRNZ). http://t.co/E6GMmImVnx — Philip Matthews (@secondzeit) November 25, 2014 Phil de Joux used to be John Key’s Deputy Chief of Staff. Key had previously refused to…
The Waikato Times today published a story saying the head of the Waikato Student’s union and a former member of the Young Nats is alleged to have bought 202 copies of Hager’s book “Dirty Politics” to burn. The youth wing of the National Party has previously been in the spotlight for anti-Semitism at its annual ball.…
Error NZ – do you wish to restart? #election2014 #dirtypolitics #NewZealand pic.twitter.com/Glv2JMhmdq — SaveOurSchoolsNZ (@Dianne_Khan) August 20, 2014 It’s been over a week since Nicky Hager’s book Dirty Politics hit the bookshelves and interest in its contents shows no sign of abating. Amid all the scandal, some lovely news. #DirtyPolitics book sales hit 15,000! Next…
