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What I really love during election year and at every other time is think pieces by dudes framing pay equity as a choice/cost versus a basic inherent policy that any democracy should have as a given right - which also wouldn’t be framed as such if men were the ones primarily impacted by its absence.

Analysis Thomas Coughlan - NZ Herald headline
Labour says it can fund pay equity and public services - its fiscal plan suggests it can't afford
both

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They don't pay taxes. Glad I could clear that up for you, Fran.

NZ Herald:
Opinion
Fran O'Sullivan

Billionaires, ambition, getting rich (and more taxes) - what's not to like?

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NZME's Mike Hosking weirdly compares NZ's cocaine consumption to the "third world". Mike, it's not third world countries who have the highest prevalence of cocaine.

Mike Hosking, NewstalkZB:

Cocaine: 3/10

Most sobering, if not depressing, news of the week. Our use is third world. We are embarrassing.

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Any media outlets reporting on NZ First's fireworks ban policy without mentioning the fact they withdrew their previous fireworks ban members bill is treating the NZ public with contempt. The state of political reporting in this country is pathetic.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

While the Herald is publishing their (second) editorial crying about the destruction of election hoardings and imploring you to make your voice heard at the ballot box instead – because democracy! – here's a list of this govt repeatedly being anti-democratic, which so far have had zero editorials.

90% of submitters opposed the Treaty Principles Bill.
88% of submitters opposed the Regulatory Standards Bill.
80.5% of submitters opposed demoting te Tiriti in state schools.
99% of submitters opposed disestablishing the Ministry for the Environment
93% of submitters opposed extinguishing the Climate Tort Prohibition Bill
98% of submitters on the move on bill were against it

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's fun imagining NZ Herald editors driving to work, past homeless people and defaced election hoardings, and realising what today's editorial will be about.

Editorial: Want politicians to listen? Don't burn the hoarding 08 Oct

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And if you think I'm joking, this is the level of journalism we experienced when John Key was PM. Now and then a columnist would wonder how "Teflon John" was so untouchable, and it's like, yeah, I wonder why the public view him like a slightly embarrassing celebrity.

Various stories like what does John Key think about being the 48th hottest leader, the 50 Shades of Grey film, planking and derping, his lettuce up for sale, rugby, etc etv

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Back when he was PM, the NZ Herald would often use John Key as a kind of freelance vox pop, getting his "reckons" about everything. So to hand over their election debate to him to complain about left-ish policies is hilarious and right on brand for them. They've probably offered him a podcast.

NZ Herald:
Opinion Thomas Coughlan

Relaxed, ruthless and not on the ballot: John Key won a debate he wasn't even contesting

For a few moments, the Herald’s Future of New Zealand debate, hosted by Ryan Bridge on Wednesday night, felt like an unlikely showdown between former Prime Minister Sir John Key and Green MP Tamatha Paul.

The debate followed an unconventional format, beginning with Bridge interviewing a rolling panel of experts, including Key, about their hopes and fears for the future, and then debating the views of those panellists with political candidates in the second half.

Key’s panel went first.

He was relaxed, but nonetheless demonstrated an acuity in debating each issue, and making sure he said what he wanted the debate to say – even if he wasn’t actually answering the question he’d been asked.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A stolen car was found in Ellerslie, and towed to a facility in Mt Eden, which happens to be near a new train station. So perhaps dial down your hard-on for dramatics, Stuff, and change your headline so it's clear someone was not trying to bomb the train station.

Stuff:
BREAKING Homemade bomb found in car near new Auckland train station

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeah, that was certainly the "theme" some vested interests wanted the last election to be about, Luke. TPU made hay from it, and you got promoted.

The subterranean theme of Election 2023: competence versus diversity Luke Malpass | August 21, 2023

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

3 years on, how do we feel about The Post's Associate Editor assertion that Act's attacks on Māori were "one person's commonsense"? 'Cause from where I'm standing it looks like Hipkins was right to be concerned and actually Luke Malpass played a role in where we are today.

Luke Malpass, Sep 2023: ACT's Seymour said yesterday that Labour's "constant obsession with categorising citizens by their ethnic background," is a dead end for the country.

Speaking at Koroneihana, Hipkins said that "I think there is some con- cern about sort of elevated levels of race baiting at the moment, to use a fairly blunt term. And, you know, I share some of those concerns."

He also talked about driving "a wedge between Maori and non-Mãori New Zealanders."

It is a good reminder that one person's dog whistle is another person's commonsense. And a key debate in this election is now shaping up as one over race, ethnicity and the institutions that support them - co- governance in particular.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

NZME will make a lot of noise this week about how much Labour's promises are gonna cost, and it's worth comparing to the noise the same journos made about the cost of the coalition's RONS (over $56b) – i.e. when they even bothered to mention it, it was hidden behind innocuous framing and paywalls.

Jamie Esnor, NZ Herald:

Road projects across New Zealand: What's happening with Roads of National Significance near you
Jamie Ensor Chief Political Reporter • NZ Herald • 9 Jul, 2026

Analysis
Jamie Ensor
Can Labour make it add up? Big questions hang over Hipkins' fiscal plan 03 Oct

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The order of importance for the Herald and its readers

NZ Herald caption: A house is not simply an investment. You need somewhere to live.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You can't tell me Stuff, which ran days-long coverage about Charlie Kirk and frequently runs very-online, American-centric content, doesn't know that "globalists" is a antisemitic dogwhistle now used by the far-right. And yet Winston Peters continues to say it, they repeat it, and... nothing.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Stuff's editorial judgement continues to be non-existent. I know, let's tease which slur Hegseth uses! We won't censor it in the video so it'll be a nice surprise for our trans audience! And we won't provide any context, just the 30sec clip! What is the point of this (apart from some ad clicks)?

Stuff:
Pete Hegseth Going full Hegseth: 'No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps' (and worse)

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love how Mike Hosking is all "don't waste time on ideological stuff if it doesn't grow the economy" but the second the govt potentially faces some economic consequences for their ideological decisions he calls it treasonous. You can deny reality all you want, Mike, but it always wins.

Mike Hosking, NewstalkZB:
The EU FTA climate mess: 1/10

It's one thing for a bunch of Dutch losers to whine, but to be backed by Kiwis, even if they are radicals, is treasonous.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Well as the New York Times once argued when asked why they don't say Trump lies, they can't know what's in his heart.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

By "got busted on equity" Mike means Labour promised to restore equal pay for women, and by "CGT promise appears problematic now" Mike means he tried to attack Hipkins with incorrect figures. It certainly was a bad week for someone, Mike.

Mike Hosking, NewstalkZB:
Labour: 4/10

Bad first week. Got busted on equity and the CGT promise appears problematic now that housing isn't growing.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a good headline! It refuses to amplify the false claim by using "wrongly", and includes the truth in the headline for everyone who doesn't read the full story (which is mostly everyone). It's also compelling clickbait for those ad guys. Now do this all the time!

The Post:
Christopher Luxon wrongly suggests allegation about Greens came from media - it came from his minister

Henry Cooke

The Post
October 2, 2026

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I appreciate Gower advocating for personal causes, but sunbeds haven't even been in the news for ages, so how anyone was meant to prepare for that, especially in Stuff's inane "YES OR NO" format, is just pointless grandstanding from the best to ever do it.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You cannot tell me that that weird 'should we ban cancer-causing sunbeds' question in Stuff's Kingmaker debate last night didn't come from Paddy Gower.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It really is remarkable how this blatantly racist, conspiracy-spreading, actually-powerful old shithead continues to get a free ride because all of our journalists are so enamoured by the odd "quip". Go review Dancing with the Stars if that's your criteria.

Stuff:

Political analysis

In the Kingmakers' Debate, Winston Peters showed why he's the king

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"My co-worker Mike Hosking skewered the Labour leader with incorrect figures! I declare this a draw!" Honestly, Audrey Young continues to be a parody of herself.

Audrey Young, NZ Herald: "One-all on housing

Hipkins was aggressive, but so was Hosking. He tried to skewer Hipkins on how a capital gains tax would raise what Labour had calculated, given that the Treasury has since slashed forecasts for house price growth. Hipkins said his economic advisers had told him the Treasury forecasts were more than the 3% average over the forecast period, but Hosking insisted otherwise.

Like Ginny Andersen lecturing Mark Mitchell in recent weeks on how “wrong” he was about transport funding, Hosking lectured Hipkins about how he had been wrongly advised. “The forecasts tell you very clearly the 3% is not there.”

Only they don’t. The forecast for the next four June years (including the current one) is for an average 3.12% growth in house prices. The forecast over the four years beginning in the 2027-28 financial year – when the CGT would kick in – is 3.75%. Hosking skewered Hipkins, but it was on the basis of incorrect figures. Hipkins wasn’t familiar enough with the numbers to have skewered Hosking. One-all. Hipkins has since familiarised himself with the forecasts that back up what he was told by his advisers."

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't really want the guy who makes sure Mike Hosking is happy running our public service broadcaster. The country's a much better place when Hosking is fucking miserable.

Media Insider, NZ Herald: "‘Staino’ is a man on the move, splitting his workday between the first-floor NZ Herald-Newstalk ZB newsroom and the ground-floor suite of entertainment radio stations.

The first two hours of his day are what I’d describe as the “Hosking Hours” – he’s at the ZB desks, earpods in, listening to what’s coming out of the breakfast show, and making sure the country’s biggest radio talent is, indeed, having a happy day.

“Anything you need?” Winstanley often calls across to Hosking as the broadcaster heads towards the door shortly after 9am. Sometimes there’s a bit of banter; the answer is invariably no."

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Anyway, you can read the BBC article here. It's interesting! It might broaden your mind a bit! I can see why Stuff would prefer you just got angry in their comments section! www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Classy or classist? How bare nails became a hot issue

Bare nails - or nails that appear that way - are a growing trend. But is it as innocent as it seems?

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

By the Daily Mail and the Telegraph. Who Stuff chooses to promote, and call "less liberal" publications than the BBC. But I can understand why a news site run by Lloyd Burr would want to quickly stamp down on any suggestion of white supremacy.

Stuff:
BBC story on class and race issues in bare nail trend called 'the most absurd story ever' 23 mins ago

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If Jason was in the US he would be working for Leading Report

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like, if you as Political Editor for the biggest radio network in the country, find it so unbelievable that the Greens continue to poll well, you might have a right-wing echo chamber so extreme you're not qualified to talk about anything, let alone be head-hunted by a rival network.

HOME › OPINION › JASON WALLS

Jason Walls: The quiet before the storm for the political Left

OPINION JASON WALLS Jason Walls, Sat, 15 Jun 2024, 12:00pm

Sandwiched neatly between a story about pigs flying and a column about hell freezing over was a piece in the newspaper about how Te Pati Mãori and the Greens both saw their collective support increase last month. For those at home playing the classic party game Two Truths and a Lie, as farfetched as it seems, it's the latter story that was correct.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like, if you as Political Editor for the biggest radio network in the country, don't know a former journalist is about to run for a Māori seat, subsequently winning 65% of the vote, don't pretend you know shit about dick.

Labour likely to claim Tamaki Makaurau seat in wake of Kemp's passing

ON AIR EARLY EDITION WITH RYAN BRIDGE Newstalk ZB,Fri, 27 Jun 2025, 11:11am

Newstalk ZB's Jason Walls told Ryan Bridge it's almost certain Labour's Peeni Henare will run for the seat, and would be likely to win. He says Te Pati Maori would need to find a new candidate and would be hard pressed to find someone with better name recognition than Henare - unless John Tamihere himself ran.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am so glad TVNZ decided to hire Jason, because he really showed he who was at NewstalkZB, and that was a right-wing jerk who loved to punch down (naturally), but also someone who was really bad at his supposed job of decoding politics for the public. Like, he was ALWAYS wrong.

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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."

Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is Audrey Young, later in her *same* column, once again repeating National's tax lie, without pushback. It's just a wonder at how it got to be so "effective", eh, Auds?

"He continued National’s tax attack: “You can’t afford a Labour Government. You can’t afford nine new taxes. You can’t afford an $18 billion hole with no plan to pay for it. You can’t afford a four-way coalition with six leaders, spearheaded by Chloe Swarbrick and Rawiri Waititi. You can’t afford to get bribed with your own money. You can’t afford Chris Hipkins.”"

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's okay everyone! Chief ass-coverer Audrey Young has decided Luxon was only saying "cry me a river" to Hipkins, not about the subject Hipkins was talking about. Because it's not like Luxon has a history of openly not caring about ordinary Kiwis... oh wait I'm hearing he has a long history of it

Audrey Young, NZ Herald: "Luxon’s sarcastic boo-hoo response, “cry me a river”, was clearly aimed at Hipkins, but Labour has decided that two can play the “bull****” game and is depicting it as Luxon’s attitude to ordinary Kiwis.

This is what went down in Parliament.

Hipkins: “When real wages have fallen, power prices have gone up, insurance prices have gone up, rates have gone up, insurance has gone up – all by more than 20%, under his leadership, in just the last two years – will he now admit that the cost-of-living crisis is not only not over; it’s getting worse under his leadership?”

Luxon: “What I’d say, again – you know, cry me a river”.

This is how that exchange ended up in Hipkins’ speech: “You can choose a Prime Minister who will fight to get your costs down. Or a Prime Minister whose response to rising prices was ‘cry me a river’. "

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When the hivemind that is the press gallery collectively choose not to make something an issue, not only does the public suffer, everyone in media does too. I'm not surprised RNZ's "relentlessly curious" host Kathryn Ryan hasn't heard about Luxon's comments, because she reads the same news we do.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It sure does say "something" that National’s tax attack lies have been effective, but what it says is our institutions – like the one you're inexplicitly the Senior Political Correspondent for, Audrey – have utterly failed at their job.

Audrey Young, NZ Herald: "National was not just telling lies about Labour’s tax plans, it was “bull****”, Hipkins said.

It says something about the effectiveness of National’s tax attack that he needed to resort to swearing to get attention, but it worked."

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was actually fine when Obama tried to freeze Fox out, because Fox is not a legitimate news organization, and the fact that a CNN anchor, of all people, thinks they're equivalent is one reason CNN has lower ratings than a test pattern. Also, this is...not dignified.

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Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Maybe if the gallery had reported it eh? Also who is meant to be the left-wing balance here, ex National staffer Thomas or ex NZFirst minister Martin?

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Weird how RNZ's word count can't extend to telling the reader which minister this 'non partisan' parents alliance group head worked for.. #nzpol

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Journalists are crowing 'what's new?!' because they have forgotten that there is a second draft of history, and don't seem to recognise that a book like this, is it. This govt has literally forced the TPU into the *school curriculum* in its ideological vandalism, well here's the primary reference.

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who is this book for? Journalists? It is for the public, to have summarised in one place, the story of an influential lobby group with the context, analysis and moral judgment that our gallery reporters have no incentive to provide.

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This tired excuse, trotted out by Stuff's Editor in Chief, always avoids the reality: that you intentionally publish divisive material to drive engagement, because that's your entire business model. So stop acting like it's some moral position for a news org to knowingly publish hate and even lies.

Keith Lynch, Stuff: "This year, though, we have been (and will continue to) bolster our stable of columnists. While our news reporters do not (and will not) offer opinions on what they report on, it is healthy for news media to showcase a wide and diverse range of opinions.

We will continue to try and showcase a range of voices from a range of political and demographic perspectives. We’ll sometimes publish columns you disagree with or make you angry. We’ll sometimes publish columns that you nod along to or fully agree with. This is healthy. You should be exposed to people and opinions you disagree with."

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Become Stuff's newest opinion columnist! I hear you can do book reviews without even reading the book.

Stuff:

The next great voice

Are you the next Matthew Hooton or Verity Johnson? Well then, tell us

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not surprised the media’s reaction to Dirty Work is reflexive protectionism, as the same thing happened with Dirty Politics. Key difference is back then awful people used journalists to surreptitiously launch bad-faith attacks, whereas now, they get their own columns. It’s all out in the open.

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That these 2 guys can dismiss the book as 'business as usual' tells us a shitload about their warped perspective on NZ politics and the infiltration of lobbyists. It also insults their listeners, who care deeply about the influence of corporate money, esp when it's ramping up racism and dividing us

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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The most important thing to Stuff is the '319 comments' bit. It's all about engagement baby!

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LIP @l11p.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the level of opinion column Stuff thinks you deserve

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