Libby Jonson News Today

A leaflet has appeared in mailboxes around Central Otago in recent weeks stoking fear with a mish-mash of conspiracy theories and half-truths....

As Local Government NZ unveils a guide to local body candidates in the wake of conspiracy theorists and extremists seeking elected office, RNZ asked some of them why they are standing and what they hope to achieve.

This week, a documentary from Stuff Circuit delved into the country's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement. Why did the makers of Fire & Fury decide to platform a group of conspiracy-minded idealogues, and what did it get right that others got wrong?

How the mainstreaming of extreme politics has democracy on edge

Huge amounts of money are flowing through anti-vax and anti-mandate groups connected to the protest.

Police will not say whether finances form part of their investigation into the protest which occupied Parliament's grounds and surrounding streets.  Large

Police will not give details about finances and their investigation into the protest which occupied Parliament's grounds and surrounding streets.

A few days before the occupation of Parliament dissolved in a wave of fire and violence, Newsroom published soft-focus vision of it in a report called 'A visit to Freedom Village'. It's now being accused of falling for the PR strategies of professional purveyors of misinformation.

Claims that local Black Lives Matter protests and the Anti Covid mandate protest are different examples of the same thing appear to be very overstated.