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Maria Strathern, Sam Hudson
Jan 17, 2026

Video: A brief exchange at Cameron Slater’s '20 Year Celebration' captures how defamation is treated as a manageable cost rather than a warning, revealing a far-right conservative media culture built…

Sam Hudson
Jan 14, 2026

OPINION: Based on Martel Wikeepa’s own public statements, TikTok rants, and grifting appeals made while using the alias Shubz, he advances a narrative of persecution and a movement under siege…

Sam Hudson
Jan 11, 2026

Video: A short exposé video article by Samuel Hudson summarising how blogger Cameron Slater’s latest “Good Oil” coverage of an internal Manukau Urban Māori Authority employment dispute was framed as…

Sam Hudson
Nov 30, 2025

Police have denied the release of CCTV footage sought by media outlet thisquality in relation to an alleged assault involving Wellington City Councillor Ray Chung. Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter Stay…

Sam Hudson
Nov 10, 2025

Video: Narrated by Samuel Hudson, the investigation reveals how conservative far-right soft-power networks and influencers are shaping public perception weaponizing language like “take back New Zealand” and invoking “war” to…

Sam Hudson
Oct 11, 2025

Introduction video: A brief local election campaign has exposed the uneasy ways global conflicts can penetrate Aotearoa New Zealand’s political sphere. Karin Horen’s brief candidacy for the Devonport–Takapuna Local Board…

Sam Hudson
Oct 8, 2025

Video: The controversy surrounding Ray Chung comes as scrutiny grows over the political networks shaping Wellington’s election. (Supplied / thisquality / Paul the Other One / Quiet Pact Network Limited…

Sam Hudson
Oct 5, 2025

In a campaign already marked by the media spectacle as the most heated in recent memory, the walkouts, and controversy, Wellington City Mayoral Candidate Ray Chung is facing renewed scrutiny…

Sam Hudson
Oct 3, 2025

Sam Hudson
Sep 30, 2025

Police investigated an allegation of assault involving Wellington Mayoral Candidate Ray Chung after an incident outside a Johnsonville bar on 11 July. The complainant alleged they were punched and struck…

Maria Strathern

The fading smear machine treats defamation as a cost of doing business

Shubz and the Grift of the Nation

The fading smear machine’s last refuge is pretending it cares about civility

CCTV footage withheld by Police as key details surrounding the assault allegation against Councillor Ray Chung remain unclear

Exposé: How soft-power networks are influencing public perception

Exposé: Former Israeli Defence Forces Intelligence Unit Member Karin Horen

Ray Chung assault allegation: Police delay CCTV footage release

Assault allegation shadows Ray Chung’s mayoral bid

Exposé: The conservative powerhouse behind Ray Chung

Ray Chung investigated over alleged assault