By Muriel Newman
Finally, the mainstream media is reporting that a coup is under way in New Zealand – by the Māori tribal elite.
Admittedly that observation was penned by former Labour Minister and ACT Party leader Richard Prebble in an opinion piece for the Herald – but the newspaper published it and Radio NZ reported it.
The on-line Herald headline read “Three Waters is a coup — an attack on democracy”.
That bold and compelling headline, however, didn’t last. It was changed to remove the words “a coup” and now reads: “Three Waters is an attack on democracy”.
The obvious question is why?
A clue comes from an article written last year by political journalist Andrea Vance, about Jacinda Ardern’s PR machine:
The Government’s iron grip on the control of information has tightened. At every level, the Government manipulates the flow of information.”
She then explained,
“And the prime…
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