Wow. Hipkins asked on radio why we don’t hear about ram raids any more and if they’ve stopped happening:
Direct quote – “Nah it’s cause your Tory owners at NZME have just decided not to put it on the front page any more. It’s still happening, it’s just NZME have decided that it’s not in the Government’s best interests and they do the National Party’s singing for them and so they’re not covering it as much any more.”
For those interested, there were 714 ram raids in 2022, 495 in 2023, 209 in 2024 and thus far 45 in 2025.
Hipkins directly accuses the NZ Herald of being biased and in the pocket of the Government. When Winston has done similiar sledges in the past, the media run days and days of stories lamenting it and comparing him to Donald Trump. Will they do the same here? Will the Disinformation Project condemn this disinformation?
It’s all rather pathetic and desperate for a former Prime Minister and leader of a major political party.
And for those bad with numbers, that is a 94% reduction in ram raids. So maybe the actual question should be why the media aren’t reporting this huge decrease!
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
Hipkins directly accuses the NZ Herald of being biased and in the pocket of the Government. When Winston has done similiar sledges in the past, the media run days and days of stories lamenting it and comparing him to Donald Trump. Will they do the same here? Will the Disinformation Project condemn this disinformation?
It’s all rather pathetic and desperate for a former Prime Minister and leader of a major political party.
And for those bad with numbers, that is a 94% reduction in ram raids. So maybe the actual question should be why the media aren’t reporting this huge decrease!
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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If Hipkins seriously thinks the media are bias against Labour then he must have some sort of paranoid personality disorder. It's true that to some media outlets, like Stuff, Labour isn't left wing enough. But the media are certainly not in favour of the government and they hate Seymour with a vengeance.
I think what Hipkins is frustrated about is that he doesn't have the same control of information as Jacinda did. That's because, while in opposition, he can't use taxpayer's money for his own purposes like she did.
Hipkins does not and has never covered himself in glory. A Prime minister he is not.
Think back to N Mahuta claiming Māori should co govern the use of freshwater What a waste of money and time. Where was Hipkins when this was going on?
The same Hipkins who allowed N Mahuta to pass legislation to allow Councils to introduce Māori Wards. These are thankfully about to end. Not to be out done Māori now have entered into Co Governance with Councils.
A vote for Hipkins is a vote for Maorifaction
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