The only thing we can do about awful people is not to become one of them.

The only thing we can do about awful people is not to become one of them

Election night 2023 was a good night for the landlords, foreign speculators, and the very wealthy.

For tenants and people who mahi hard to keep afloat, not so much.

For those of us whose values include looking . . . → Read More: The only thing we can do about awful people is not to become one of them.

Time To Vote

Voting Papers

Voting Papers

I get asked a lot by people who I am voting for? And why?And who should they vote for.

Who I’m voting for is easy to answer.

I’m voting for Sebastian who lives opposite The Bean on the seats outside the public toilets.

I buy him a coffee when I . . . → Read More: Time To Vote

No Right Turn

No Right Turn I know a lot of people are concerned at the relentless volume and vitriol of the attacks and attempts to undermine our elected government.It was hard enough for them in 2017 when Winston responded to the Dirty Politics leaking of his super errors by National by forming a coalition with Labour . . . → Read More: No Right Turn

EXTREMISM: ‘Splintered realities’: How NZ convoy lost its way

Source: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/hijacked-the-inside-story-of-how-nzs-convoy-lost-its-rudder

Days of protesters’ chats reveal the inside story of how New Zealand’s convoy was hijacked by the far-right fringe, Marc Daalder reports

Special report: The convoy wasn’t supposed to end this way.

What organisers hoped would be a mass movement shutting down the nation’s capital until vaccine mandates were removed has devolved into . . . → Read More: EXTREMISM: ‘Splintered realities’: How NZ convoy lost its way

Concert Review – Meat Loaf – Western Springs 14/03/2004

Meat Loaf Auckland 2004

Another recycled article from the old Exposures Online Website archives originally published 16th March 2004

Meat Loaf Auckland 2004

He’s been to Hell and back has Meat Loaf, and some would say, he took a few of us with him.

The former 150 kg rocker has trimmed down to a nearly respectable 110 . . . → Read More: Concert Review – Meat Loaf – Western Springs 14/03/2004

R.I.P Kevin Williams AKA Mojo Buzz – 1957 – 2021

Kevin Williams R.I.P

For a very long time I had heard his name – Kevin Williams

Mutual friends told us both we needed to meet each other. It took years but when we did meet we became good friends. Mutually obsessed with all kinds of music facts and data that others thought was . . . → Read More: R.I.P Kevin Williams AKA Mojo Buzz – 1957 – 2021

National’s Train Wreck Continues

The train wreck that is The National Party continues today with the announcement by leader for 53 days Todd Muller that he’s done his dash.

National’s leadership woes have been the story of the past decade. When Sir John Key knifed Bill English in the back and took over the leadership he was hailed . . . → Read More: National’s Train Wreck Continues

Anne Salmond: Covid-19 and clickbait

CovidTel

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Michael Woodhouse still can’t provide evidence of his apocryphal ‘homeless man’ staying for free in quarantine. Dame Anne Salmond argues the Opposition and media need to be better in throwing around such claims.

It is now 12 days since the National Party’s spokesman on health, Michael Woodhouse, claimed two women who . . . → Read More: Anne Salmond: Covid-19 and clickbait

On The Media Collusion With National’s Attack Lines

Ardern & Bloomfield

Source Article

Friday, 26 June 2020, 10:59 am Article: Gordon Campbell

For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of Covid-19 would think New Zealand was actually Brazil, or Texas. The media language has been full of claims of “botches” at the border, and laxness and inexcusable errors that . . . → Read More: On The Media Collusion With National’s Attack Lines

Yes Greta, there is a fascist clause.

We all saw it. A young woman stands up at the UN and makes a speech. Instantly she is told to shut up, grow up and learn up.

Old men everywhere are suddenly woke and upset that someone said something they didn’t like or agree with.

A loudmouth chorus reaches crescendo level within minutes of . . . → Read More: Yes Greta, there is a fascist clause.