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Former Act leader Rodney Hide is joining ex-TVNZ newsreader Peter Williams and anti-vax influencer Chantelle Baker in a hectic new online media startup. Duncan Greive reports. “I can’t talk to you, mate,” says Rodney Hide. “I’m literally up to my arse in manure.” Quite. The former Act leader is one …
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One of New Zealand’s most prominent conspiracy theorists also happens to be a qualified lawyer – and that, as Stewart Sowman-Lund explains, presents difficulties for the media. The media has been faced with a difficult paradox for the entire Covid-19 pandemic: how do you effectively report on what …
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Prominent adverts for National MP Penny Simmonds appear on What’s On Invers, a self-described news website that lost a content sharing deal with RNZ over its stance on Covid-19 vaccines. Stewart Sowman-Lund reports. National’s MP for Invercargill is continuing to run prominent adverts on a local …
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What do a mosque shooting victim in Christchurch and a Hollywood supermodel have in common? Anke Richter looks at the mental health fallout of cult-like conspiracy movements. Three weeks ago, I sat in the High Court in Christchurch for the sentencing of the mosque terrorist and listened to 91 …
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On Saturday afternoon, Billy Te Kahika Jr was the star attraction at an Aotea Square rally replete with Covid-19 conspiracy theorists. How did a blues musician end up New Zealand’s premier peddler of conspiracy nonsense? David Farrier went searching on the most powerful disinformation network of …
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The president of the Howick-Pakuranga branch of Grey Power has sent out a newsletter packed full of conspiracy theories about Covid-19, accusing the government of ‘brainwashing’ and trying to create a ‘potential medical/police state’. Alex Braae reports. In the “President’s Page” column of the …
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Can’t decide which rabbit hole to fall into? Not sure if you think Jacinda’s a reptilian shapeshifter, or if there’s a moose on the loose in Fiordland? Fear not – Sherry Zhang has consulted the stars. The rise of conspiracy theories goes hand in hand with a global pandemic. Could the combination of …
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New research suggests that, contrary to received wisdom, people with little sense of control over their lives aren’t any more susceptible than others to conspiracy theories. While conspiracy theories have been around since the Middle Ages and its blood libels, in the past couple of decades they’ve …
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Forget 1080 – these days 5G is the conspiracy theory that everyone is freaking out about. But is there any basis for the scare stories? Emily Writes tries to unravel fact from fiction.Have you heard the news about 5G? Folks are absolutely frothing over it in conspiracy groups on Facebook. They’re …
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Oskar Howell went to the inaugural Flat Earth New Zealand Conference in Auckland and found some surprisingly normal people with some very strange beliefs. I am not a flat earther. I believe this ball we are on is round, and we are hurtling through space at over 100,000 kilometres an hour, destined …
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