Pee Kay: The Maorification Virus

A Satirical look at New Zealand Politics, 2017 – 2026

Part 1 Who will save Democracy?

On 26th October, 2017 a hitherto unheard-of virus entered New Zealand.

Democracy didn’t know it but it was to become the key target of this previously obscure and outlandish contagion.

By mid to late 2018 it was becoming obvious to many that Democracy was definitely the target of the virus and, worse still, Democracy had actually been infected.

Dave Witherow: Power Pressure

There was a time when we used to be rich – number three in the world pecking order. Now, at number 63, and sinking fast, we are approaching the status of a third-world backwater. Poverty is widespread, and many New Zealanders are unable to afford the basics of existence. Electricity, for example – which used to cheap, is now so expensive that in the last year alone some 20,000 households had their power cut off at least once – despite government subsidies which last winter topped half a billion dollars. People are taking out loans to pay their power bills, sinking deeper into debt, while the power companies, (which we used to own) rack up about four billion profit per annum.