Why is the local paper in Wellington campaigning for even deeper cuts? When do the advertisers and readers say: ‘Enough!’?

April 10, 2026 - 04:23 UTC

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They don't because they're so steeped in this nonsense they've forgotten there's even alternatives.
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Because it serves Capital?
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Because they would like Wellington to fade away and die.
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I mean there's a clear editorial bias towards the right which is fine, it just makes it very hard to take the local reporting about how bad things are getting seriously when they actively pushed for the causes
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Maybe they really do think that 100% of the problem is cycleways
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Nah it’s that we don’t have an agreed definition of a woman 🙄
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@bernardchickey.bsky.social that would be because Post political editor Luke Malpas is very much an austerity hawk with links to the Atlas network.
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