KO TE KĀKAHU O TE KURĪ: The Dog's Suit, the Worm's Voice, and the Podcast That Sold New Zealand a Lie
When the Pākehā Canary Screams: Why Sean Plunket’s SLAPP Threat Proves I Must Burn Hotter
He mea tārai e te ringa raupā — carved by the hands of the oppressed. While the coloniser reshuffles his deck of thieves, Aotearoa sharpens its taiaha.
Kia ora ano Aotearoa! Good Friday. 1:37 pm. A phone rings. On the other end: Sean Plunket of The Platform New Zealand — a man who has built a media enterprise on anti-Māori narratives, Treaty denialism, and the slow, deliberate erosion of rangatiratanga — calling to inform me he wants to
Mōrena ano Aotearoa, Ko wai rātou? Who are these men? Three men. Three interlocking roles in a single machine built to erase Māori from New Zealand's political and cultural life. Sean Plunket — the broadcaster. The voice. The man who sat in a studio on 22 July 2025 and
Mōrena Aotearoa, Ka tū, ka oho — the taiaha points north, toward Wellington, toward the bureaucratic fortress they call the Social Investment Agency. This is not a neutral institution. This is Nicola Willis's passion project, built on Bill English's rotting ideology, now exposed for what it truly
They didn't forget to fill the tank. They drained it on purpose — and charged the driver.
They closed the refinery, handed the paddles to the corporations, put Hipkins in charge of watching the horizon — and called the drowning "energy resilience."
Let's start with the facts, because apparently in New Zealand sports media facts are optional.
They sanction the shadow. They welcome the substance. And they hand Ukrainians the bill.
Mōrena Aoteaora, Let us be rid of the dumbnamic duo of Koro Jones and Peters (once and for all). They should never be let back into the proximity of power. They are abusers. The Deep Dive Podcast Money Politics and Mori Fishing Rights0:00/1177.8786391× Listen to a lively
They dressed in borrowed feathers. They sang another chief's waiata. And when the taniwha came — they handed whānau a government pamphlet and called it a rescue.
He whakaahua nō te ao, he whakaahua nō te pō. A picture of the day, a picture of the night.
A Canadian billionaire buys into New Zealand's largest media company. He secretly funds a racist's lawsuit against a Māori journalist. A court finds the rhetoric racist. And the paper he owns barely blinks.
When the government cannot fix homelessness, it makes being homeless a crime.
He Kōrero Whakatuwhera — The Hidden Connection On 24 March 2026, educators representing 34 organisations walked out of a hui in Auckland and issued the most damning joint condemnation of a New Zealand government's education policy in living memory. As revealed by NZEI Te Riu Roa, they said the
They built the road. They filled the tank of the powerful. They watched the caregivers — brown, female, rural, poor — run dry. And then they called it policy.
Kia ora Whānau, The pātaka is burning, and he’s selling tickets Winston Peters stands in front of a burning pātaka and insists it is “not obsolete”, that only his party cares, that the arson was somebody else’s idea – all while his own government clutches the petrol can and
Mōrena ano Aotearoa, In my working life, I've worked as a Labourer for the Rotorua District Council, Security Guard for Armour Guard and a Doorman at a Rotorua Nightclub, the Department Of Social Welfare, Skill New Zealand, The Tertiary Education Commission, Careers New Zealand, a Manager for Iwi,
She signed the email. The Crown paid for it. Tamariki Māori are paying the real price. And the man who should fire her is too afraid to strike.
It's about fucking time is all I can say! Yeah! ACT IS DEAD!
They set your house on fire. Then told you to fill in a form before you could have the hose
He Kōrero Tīmatanga — Opening: The Hidden Hand Behind the Wheel On Sunday, 22 March 2026, the Green Party sent a letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon offering something remarkable: 15 votes to pass an urgent, bipartisan fossil fuel crisis relief package — no coalition strings, no political theatre, just help for
The Fisheries Amendment Bill, the Sealord Shield, and the Silencing of the People