The primary reason he gets away with his BS is that the MSM do not subject the left to anything like the same level of scrutiny that they do for every other political group
So well researched and beautifully put together, Ani. Hipkins is a despicable caricature of a man, it really grinds my gears that he can get away with his lies, smears and half-truths. The Royal Commission was a total failure, a whitewash when New Zealanders, especially those who had been made ill by the vaccine or mandated out of their livelihoods, were calling for accountability and justice. Nevertheless, the pressure must be maintained on Hipkins and his ilk. He may not have been be formally held to account yet but he should know so many New Zealanders regard him with the utmost contempt. As for the "mainstream" media, the sooner they collapse into insolvency or are defunded, the better.
Yup. The fact that the key weasels of the COVID era were simply able to ‘not appear’ before the Commission illustrates how farcical it all was. The most they formally concluded was that maybe Fatso went a bit fast & loose with the money. D-uh, you think???
Thanks Ani. I've got to the stage with Hipkins that I did with Ardern: having such a strong visceral reaction to their image that I feel sick to see it. Trevor Hughes below has the right of it when he says ". . . so many New Zealanders regard him with the utmost contempt." And the tragedy is that, thanks to our left-wing media bias, he may waltz in as PM with never any acknowledgment of the part he played in wrecking lives over the covid era.
Contrast the lamestream media's fawning coverage of all things Hipkins with their recent reaction to Michael Laws being selected to run for NZ First. My case rests.
There are far more serious issues to look at than purely those relating to potential vaccine injury of young males.
The vaccine did not work (most vaccinated people still got covid and unjabbed were no worse off).
Adverse effects were common, not rare. And in some cases fatal.
Covid was no more dangerous for younger, healthier people than flu.
We could see from the Israel data that it didn't work before the NZ rollout even began.
The Bill of Rights needed to be set aside for mandates to be legal.
The Govt acted like totalitarian fascists, even if well intended.
"Trust the Science" became "trust our pet scientists (and ignore the rest, ie Covid Plan B, the Pandemic plan, etc).
Nothing in the covid years reflects well on Hipkins et al. The initial response was appropriate only until we knew what this covid thing was, but it quickly became farcical over-reaction.
Indeed! Which is the very point that baffles. This lying little twerp is linked to all those awful things you outlined, and yet still his smarmy little face pops up on TV without so much as a challenge from MSM.
That's because MSM are overwhelmingly pro-Labour (regardless of policies it seems), and the MSM themselves are very rarely held to account because so many of us have long since stopped watching their version of the news due to the blatant bias and can't be bothered arguing with ideologically-driven idiots.
And Hipkins does pop up a lot. If anyone did an analysis of appearances across the media I guarantee Hipkins would score highest. His opinion always seems to precede even the PM’s. Frustrating in the extreme.
Hipkins is not only dodging accountability for mistakes made during Covid , MSM also gives him a free pass on the failures in every ministry that he was in charge of during his 6 years in office. Education outcomes declined, crime increased and frontline health services saw no improvement despite massive increases in spending.
Under his leadership resources went into centralising control , adding back office staff in Wellington and promoting ideology over outcomes.
Labour is now campaigning on blaming the coalition on the very failures Labour contributed to ( including budget deficits largely caused by funding interest on money Labour borrowed).
The most interesting is Labours outrage over child poverty - a situation that got worse under Jacindas watch despite it being stated as her main priority when elected.
Well said. NZH today said Sir Ashley Bloomfield had refused to comment or be available for questioning. Where was his apolitical expert view on this when needed? Draws into question his standing on the "pulpit of truth" endorsing Govt policy while it knowingly went against expert scientific and medical advice. The left have deified and knighted him but he needs to front too.
Great stuff Ani, but I imagine the msm, chardonnay socialists and wokeratti will not take note. I have been boring my myopic neo-liberal friends about these examples since the Covid response wheels started falling off after the first lockdown. They are the definition of intransigent.
The fact that not only are Mr Hipkin's lies and obfuscation ignored but his failure, by any metric, to succeed in every portfolio he ever held is apparently not a problem either. No real policies, no ideas, no idea how to balance the books they ruined, but with a tame msm and now a proxy party in TOP to trick uninformed swing voters, it seems we may be at risk of the coalition of the crazy driving a final stake through the dying heart of our economy. Dust off your passports.
I agree with pretty much all you say. However, the problem is- insofar as accountability - that apart from the 'filtering' by a tame and compliant left wing biased media in NZ (and most western societies) many/most Kiwis are neither sufficiently discerning in their consumption of information from MSM, nor sufficiently sophisticated in their thought processes and background education to figure out these injustices, harms and see through the accompanying BS.
Michael, I think that most Kiwis fawned all over Jacinda, & that's why they voted her in, along with Chippy & co, in a landslide victory that didn't require Labour to have a coalition partner to govern (unheard of before under MMP).
So, when Covid hit, most Kiwis just blindly followed Jacinda's direction, & probably because she was sooo kind.
Now that the truth has emerged as to what Labour did to NZ under their totalitarian rule, those same Kiwis, which appear to be the majority, have realised that they were duped.
Unfortunately, IMO, the majority of Kiwis therefore, would rather disregard the events of the Covid era, lest they be exposed for being so gullible.
I suppose, in a way, most people are trying to do a Chippy, by wanting to deflect their own poor decisions during that time.
For some, to your point to acknowledge that their government might not actually have their best interests at heart would shake a naive belief that they are actually there for their people.
Misinformation that a lot of us here have learned and absorbed, and have changed out belief system to incorporate.
We should all remind Hipkins that his lack of concern and diligence KILLED PEOPLE!
Our lovely, healthy sporty nephew of 42 died of a heart attack in June 2022 after having all the jabs. He left a grieving young widow and two very young children!
I'm reading his Requiem Mass order of service right now. I will never forget that day! His tiny girl and boy, bewildered, touching daddy's coffin; the dog he was walking when he dropped dead, sniffing his master's last remains. On the order of service cover his insouciant, smiling face shines out and breaks my heart!
Let's not forget the wonderful people who are missing from our lives, and their loved ones left behind, all because of Chippy, who knew the jab would kill, could have stopped it, but didn't care!
Politicians are by nature liars. It is the job of journalists to expose their lies and the job of the electorate to vote for them or otherwise. The problem here is that while politicians lies are tolerable, there can be no place for such lies from the public service or indeed Royal Commission(s). Our system of governance cannot survive a loss of faith in those institutions. I would like to see more pressure come on the professionals involved. Everyone from Sir Ashley Bloomfield (who undoubtedly knew) to Grant Illingworth KC (whose job it was to know). They should be forced to testify under oath. Any memory lapses should be grounds for the stripping of all honours.
Anyone who watched the Commission hearings and saw the way Illingworth questioned ("attacked" perhaps a better word) people like VFF and Lynda Wharton compared to the way the pro-jabbers got a totally free ride could see clearly how biased this man is. Totally unfit for the job assigned to him.
Not only is Hipkins an inveterate liar, he is also a professional in lying by omission.
The reason he continually gets away with his shameless actions is simply because the corrupt, left wing MSM are protecting their paymaster.
It’s only because of people like you Ani who bring a modicum of sunlight to this appalling individual who totally stuffed up our health system, police and education when in the Ardern cabinet.
I live for the day when both he and his appalling Labour sycophants are unceremoniously thrown out of parliament.
Another powerful, brilliant piece, Ani. For me, the most sinister aspect to this is that, despite what should be an open goal in the election campaign, the other parties are remaining silent. Why?
No he's not the teflon man, he is being given a free pass by the media and in fact being boosted by them. This is because he is their man and they will boost him until he self immolates.
My advice Ani, which will not be taken, is turn the torch back onto the journalists who are gaslighting us. Point out the lies and their coverage, or lack of coverage, of these lies.
Point out the whitewashing and identify the journalists who have passed a very light brush over those crimes, yes crimes, listed above.
Show the people how the jessica's and now tova's buried what they knew for political purposes and sold us a pup, a man devoid of conscience and an accomplished liar. Push them until they squeak.
If the media want tp push an agenda, push one back at them until they cease to be the impartial whores they have shown us to be. Too strong, not strong enough in my book.
The primary reason he gets away with his BS is that the MSM do not subject the left to anything like the same level of scrutiny that they do for every other political group
And BOY, ain't we sick of it!!!!!!!
So well researched and beautifully put together, Ani. Hipkins is a despicable caricature of a man, it really grinds my gears that he can get away with his lies, smears and half-truths. The Royal Commission was a total failure, a whitewash when New Zealanders, especially those who had been made ill by the vaccine or mandated out of their livelihoods, were calling for accountability and justice. Nevertheless, the pressure must be maintained on Hipkins and his ilk. He may not have been be formally held to account yet but he should know so many New Zealanders regard him with the utmost contempt. As for the "mainstream" media, the sooner they collapse into insolvency or are defunded, the better.
Yup. The fact that the key weasels of the COVID era were simply able to ‘not appear’ before the Commission illustrates how farcical it all was. The most they formally concluded was that maybe Fatso went a bit fast & loose with the money. D-uh, you think???
Thanks Ani. I've got to the stage with Hipkins that I did with Ardern: having such a strong visceral reaction to their image that I feel sick to see it. Trevor Hughes below has the right of it when he says ". . . so many New Zealanders regard him with the utmost contempt." And the tragedy is that, thanks to our left-wing media bias, he may waltz in as PM with never any acknowledgment of the part he played in wrecking lives over the covid era.
Indeed Aroha. He’s right up there with Finlayson & Fatty Grant for me. An odious little smarmer.
Contrast the lamestream media's fawning coverage of all things Hipkins with their recent reaction to Michael Laws being selected to run for NZ First. My case rests.
There are far more serious issues to look at than purely those relating to potential vaccine injury of young males.
The vaccine did not work (most vaccinated people still got covid and unjabbed were no worse off).
Adverse effects were common, not rare. And in some cases fatal.
Covid was no more dangerous for younger, healthier people than flu.
We could see from the Israel data that it didn't work before the NZ rollout even began.
The Bill of Rights needed to be set aside for mandates to be legal.
The Govt acted like totalitarian fascists, even if well intended.
"Trust the Science" became "trust our pet scientists (and ignore the rest, ie Covid Plan B, the Pandemic plan, etc).
Nothing in the covid years reflects well on Hipkins et al. The initial response was appropriate only until we knew what this covid thing was, but it quickly became farcical over-reaction.
Indeed! Which is the very point that baffles. This lying little twerp is linked to all those awful things you outlined, and yet still his smarmy little face pops up on TV without so much as a challenge from MSM.
That's because MSM are overwhelmingly pro-Labour (regardless of policies it seems), and the MSM themselves are very rarely held to account because so many of us have long since stopped watching their version of the news due to the blatant bias and can't be bothered arguing with ideologically-driven idiots.
Yep, I’ve quit RNZ except for the concert program. RNZ Nat needs to be flushed out.
And Hipkins does pop up a lot. If anyone did an analysis of appearances across the media I guarantee Hipkins would score highest. His opinion always seems to precede even the PM’s. Frustrating in the extreme.
Hipkins is not only dodging accountability for mistakes made during Covid , MSM also gives him a free pass on the failures in every ministry that he was in charge of during his 6 years in office. Education outcomes declined, crime increased and frontline health services saw no improvement despite massive increases in spending.
Under his leadership resources went into centralising control , adding back office staff in Wellington and promoting ideology over outcomes.
Labour is now campaigning on blaming the coalition on the very failures Labour contributed to ( including budget deficits largely caused by funding interest on money Labour borrowed).
The most interesting is Labours outrage over child poverty - a situation that got worse under Jacindas watch despite it being stated as her main priority when elected.
Well said. NZH today said Sir Ashley Bloomfield had refused to comment or be available for questioning. Where was his apolitical expert view on this when needed? Draws into question his standing on the "pulpit of truth" endorsing Govt policy while it knowingly went against expert scientific and medical advice. The left have deified and knighted him but he needs to front too.
But I believe that Doomfield was happy to front up to a Scottish inquiry into Covid.
Great stuff Ani, but I imagine the msm, chardonnay socialists and wokeratti will not take note. I have been boring my myopic neo-liberal friends about these examples since the Covid response wheels started falling off after the first lockdown. They are the definition of intransigent.
The fact that not only are Mr Hipkin's lies and obfuscation ignored but his failure, by any metric, to succeed in every portfolio he ever held is apparently not a problem either. No real policies, no ideas, no idea how to balance the books they ruined, but with a tame msm and now a proxy party in TOP to trick uninformed swing voters, it seems we may be at risk of the coalition of the crazy driving a final stake through the dying heart of our economy. Dust off your passports.
A Sceptic
I agree with pretty much all you say. However, the problem is- insofar as accountability - that apart from the 'filtering' by a tame and compliant left wing biased media in NZ (and most western societies) many/most Kiwis are neither sufficiently discerning in their consumption of information from MSM, nor sufficiently sophisticated in their thought processes and background education to figure out these injustices, harms and see through the accompanying BS.
Michael, I think that most Kiwis fawned all over Jacinda, & that's why they voted her in, along with Chippy & co, in a landslide victory that didn't require Labour to have a coalition partner to govern (unheard of before under MMP).
So, when Covid hit, most Kiwis just blindly followed Jacinda's direction, & probably because she was sooo kind.
Now that the truth has emerged as to what Labour did to NZ under their totalitarian rule, those same Kiwis, which appear to be the majority, have realised that they were duped.
Unfortunately, IMO, the majority of Kiwis therefore, would rather disregard the events of the Covid era, lest they be exposed for being so gullible.
I suppose, in a way, most people are trying to do a Chippy, by wanting to deflect their own poor decisions during that time.
For some, to your point to acknowledge that their government might not actually have their best interests at heart would shake a naive belief that they are actually there for their people.
Misinformation that a lot of us here have learned and absorbed, and have changed out belief system to incorporate.
We should all remind Hipkins that his lack of concern and diligence KILLED PEOPLE!
Our lovely, healthy sporty nephew of 42 died of a heart attack in June 2022 after having all the jabs. He left a grieving young widow and two very young children!
I'm reading his Requiem Mass order of service right now. I will never forget that day! His tiny girl and boy, bewildered, touching daddy's coffin; the dog he was walking when he dropped dead, sniffing his master's last remains. On the order of service cover his insouciant, smiling face shines out and breaks my heart!
Let's not forget the wonderful people who are missing from our lives, and their loved ones left behind, all because of Chippy, who knew the jab would kill, could have stopped it, but didn't care!
MURDER, I SAY!
CHIPPY GOT AWAY WITH MURDER!
Politicians are by nature liars. It is the job of journalists to expose their lies and the job of the electorate to vote for them or otherwise. The problem here is that while politicians lies are tolerable, there can be no place for such lies from the public service or indeed Royal Commission(s). Our system of governance cannot survive a loss of faith in those institutions. I would like to see more pressure come on the professionals involved. Everyone from Sir Ashley Bloomfield (who undoubtedly knew) to Grant Illingworth KC (whose job it was to know). They should be forced to testify under oath. Any memory lapses should be grounds for the stripping of all honours.
Anyone who watched the Commission hearings and saw the way Illingworth questioned ("attacked" perhaps a better word) people like VFF and Lynda Wharton compared to the way the pro-jabbers got a totally free ride could see clearly how biased this man is. Totally unfit for the job assigned to him.
How people can look at this person and think he could be a PM is beyond me. (Note I have purposely not used the word "man" to describe him)
Not only is Hipkins an inveterate liar, he is also a professional in lying by omission.
The reason he continually gets away with his shameless actions is simply because the corrupt, left wing MSM are protecting their paymaster.
It’s only because of people like you Ani who bring a modicum of sunlight to this appalling individual who totally stuffed up our health system, police and education when in the Ardern cabinet.
I live for the day when both he and his appalling Labour sycophants are unceremoniously thrown out of parliament.
Ani, you should also acknowledge the Outdoors and Freedom Party for chasing the OIAs of this and asking the questions.
Another powerful, brilliant piece, Ani. For me, the most sinister aspect to this is that, despite what should be an open goal in the election campaign, the other parties are remaining silent. Why?
No he's not the teflon man, he is being given a free pass by the media and in fact being boosted by them. This is because he is their man and they will boost him until he self immolates.
My advice Ani, which will not be taken, is turn the torch back onto the journalists who are gaslighting us. Point out the lies and their coverage, or lack of coverage, of these lies.
Point out the whitewashing and identify the journalists who have passed a very light brush over those crimes, yes crimes, listed above.
Show the people how the jessica's and now tova's buried what they knew for political purposes and sold us a pup, a man devoid of conscience and an accomplished liar. Push them until they squeak.
If the media want tp push an agenda, push one back at them until they cease to be the impartial whores they have shown us to be. Too strong, not strong enough in my book.