Astroturfing NZ
@astroturfingnz.bsky.social
Shining a light on astroturfing activity in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Find out more at http://astroturfing.nz
Casey Costello might go down in history as our most expensive MP ever: she may have cost NZ $46b in lost benefits from our Smokefree legislation. And she did it on the sly.
The Taxpayers' Union should be all over this...
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The Taxpayers' Union should be all over this...
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Atlas Network-aligned Minister left $46b benefit of Smokefree reforms out of Cabinet paper
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May 1, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Casey Costello might go down in history as our most expensive MP ever: she may have cost NZ $46b in lost benefits from our Smokefree legislation. And she did it on the sly.
The Taxpayers' Union should be all over this...
www.astroturfing.nz/atlas-networ...
The Taxpayers' Union should be all over this...
www.astroturfing.nz/atlas-networ...
Understanding Atlas: how a right-wing network is building global influence
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Understanding Atlas: how a right-wing network is building global influence
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May 1, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Understanding Atlas: how a right-wing network is building global influence
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www.astroturfing.nz/understandin...
The Republican party is essentially the party of the Atlas Network now. A Republican victory in 2024 will be a climate disaster.
A good read from @lucyham.bsky.social
www.astroturfing.nz/the-republic...
A good read from @lucyham.bsky.social
www.astroturfing.nz/the-republic...
March 25, 2024 at 12:13 AM
The Republican party is essentially the party of the Atlas Network now. A Republican victory in 2024 will be a climate disaster.
A good read from @lucyham.bsky.social
www.astroturfing.nz/the-republic...
A good read from @lucyham.bsky.social
www.astroturfing.nz/the-republic...
We found two astroturf groups using dodgy tactics to influence submissions to the Covid Royal Commission of Inquiry.
You'll never guess who's behind one of them.
Spoiler: you probably will
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You'll never guess who's behind one of them.
Spoiler: you probably will
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Astroturfing groups use deceptive tactics around Covid Inquiry
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March 23, 2024 at 5:47 AM
We found two astroturf groups using dodgy tactics to influence submissions to the Covid Royal Commission of Inquiry.
You'll never guess who's behind one of them.
Spoiler: you probably will
www.astroturfing.nz/astroturfing...
You'll never guess who's behind one of them.
Spoiler: you probably will
www.astroturfing.nz/astroturfing...
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Stuff are literally feeding reader comments into ChatGPT to create "news", this is definitely what our media landscape needs right now
March 9, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Stuff are literally feeding reader comments into ChatGPT to create "news", this is definitely what our media landscape needs right now
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2/2 The Atlas / Act campaign to eliminate the influence of wahine Māori leaders and smooth the way for extractive industry interests to run amok will only intensify.
#SayYeahNahToAtlas
#SayYeahNahToAtlas
March 7, 2024 at 7:23 PM
2/2 The Atlas / Act campaign to eliminate the influence of wahine Māori leaders and smooth the way for extractive industry interests to run amok will only intensify.
#SayYeahNahToAtlas
#SayYeahNahToAtlas
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1/2 My International Women's Day message is that we are all safer and more hopeful for the future when there are wāhine Māori in political, academic and activist leadership roles.
March 7, 2024 at 7:23 PM
1/2 My International Women's Day message is that we are all safer and more hopeful for the future when there are wāhine Māori in political, academic and activist leadership roles.
Seeing the Free Speech Union in the feeds a bit today so it’s a good time to remember they were created one weekend by some TPU staffers outraged that two white supremacists were denied a Council venue.
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The birth of the Free Speech Union
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March 7, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Seeing the Free Speech Union in the feeds a bit today so it’s a good time to remember they were created one weekend by some TPU staffers outraged that two white supremacists were denied a Council venue.
www.astroturfing.nz/the-birth-of...
www.astroturfing.nz/the-birth-of...
The NZ First caucus is one "pack" that should definitely come with a warning label.
NZ First Minister Shane Jones says he doesn’t know or care about tobacco industry transparency rules
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NZ First Minister Shane Jones says he doesn’t know or care about tobacco industry transparency rules
www.astroturfing.nz/nz-first-min...
NZ First Minister Shane Jones says he doesn’t know or care about tobacco industry transparency rules
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March 7, 2024 at 12:58 AM
The NZ First caucus is one "pack" that should definitely come with a warning label.
NZ First Minister Shane Jones says he doesn’t know or care about tobacco industry transparency rules
www.astroturfing.nz/nz-first-min...
NZ First Minister Shane Jones says he doesn’t know or care about tobacco industry transparency rules
www.astroturfing.nz/nz-first-min...
Imagine calling yourself “New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator” while allowing your work to feature on the front page of a Canadian Atlas Network think tank as part of their bid to discredit critics.
March 7, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Imagine calling yourself “New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator” while allowing your work to feature on the front page of a Canadian Atlas Network think tank as part of their bid to discredit critics.
This is a big read folks. We've done a deep dive into Jordan Williams' Campaign Company. Please share for reach.
The Campaign Company: Astroturfing For Fun and Profit
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The Campaign Company: Astroturfing For Fun and Profit
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The Campaign Company: Astroturfing for fun and profit
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March 6, 2024 at 9:19 AM
This is a big read folks. We've done a deep dive into Jordan Williams' Campaign Company. Please share for reach.
The Campaign Company: Astroturfing For Fun and Profit
www.astroturfing.nz/the-campaign...
The Campaign Company: Astroturfing For Fun and Profit
www.astroturfing.nz/the-campaign...
The tobacco industry language that found its way into ministerial papers.
This is a useful deep dive by RNZ into the striking similarities between Casey Costello's notes to officials, and tobacco industry talking points.
www.astroturfing.nz/the-tobacco-...
This is a useful deep dive by RNZ into the striking similarities between Casey Costello's notes to officials, and tobacco industry talking points.
www.astroturfing.nz/the-tobacco-...
The tobacco industry language that found its way into ministerial papers
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March 3, 2024 at 9:21 PM
The tobacco industry language that found its way into ministerial papers.
This is a useful deep dive by RNZ into the striking similarities between Casey Costello's notes to officials, and tobacco industry talking points.
www.astroturfing.nz/the-tobacco-...
This is a useful deep dive by RNZ into the striking similarities between Casey Costello's notes to officials, and tobacco industry talking points.
www.astroturfing.nz/the-tobacco-...
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It turns out that Luxon attended an Atlas think tank in Switzerland in 2017.
List of all the delegates below.
List of all the delegates below.
March 1, 2024 at 9:42 AM
It turns out that Luxon attended an Atlas think tank in Switzerland in 2017.
List of all the delegates below.
List of all the delegates below.
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"RNZ has obtained Ministry of Health documents sent to Costello, in which health officials say the law she is repealing would have generated health gains for Māori which were five times that of the general population." www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Associate Health Minister Casey Costello got warning of possible Treaty of Waitangi breach over smokefree law repeal
The minister in charge of tobacco regulation was warned repealing smokefree legislation would be seen as a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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February 28, 2024 at 3:14 AM
"RNZ has obtained Ministry of Health documents sent to Costello, in which health officials say the law she is repealing would have generated health gains for Māori which were five times that of the general population." www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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Costello ignores advice that repealing smokefree legislation would breach Te Tiriti. If she's not listening to experts, who is she listening to?
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February 28, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Costello ignores advice that repealing smokefree legislation would breach Te Tiriti. If she's not listening to experts, who is she listening to?
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Atlas-connected Minister accused of implementing tobacco industry policies by her own officials
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Atlas-connected Minister accused of implementing tobacco industry policies by her own officials
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February 27, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Atlas-connected Minister accused of implementing tobacco industry policies by her own officials
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It's not the deep state that's the threat - it's the shallow state. It's the astroturfers, lobbyists, corporate campaigning & the custard brained politicians who repeat their propaganda & ideology without question who are the threat. There's nothing deep about it.
#nzpol
#nzpol
New “fake unions” connected to Australian ATLAS network think tank
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February 25, 2024 at 6:57 AM
It's not the deep state that's the threat - it's the shallow state. It's the astroturfers, lobbyists, corporate campaigning & the custard brained politicians who repeat their propaganda & ideology without question who are the threat. There's nothing deep about it.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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It’s them, hi, it’s the Atlas Network, it’s them
So the Red Unions guy setting up the yellow unions for nurses, drs and teachers in NZ is Aussie Chris Dekker...
This guy? Mmm hmmm. Extremely legit.
This guy? Mmm hmmm. Extremely legit.
Chris Dekker
ipa.org.au
February 25, 2024 at 6:11 AM
It’s them, hi, it’s the Atlas Network, it’s them
You recall those three new "unions" we exposed as astroturf campaigns by the director of an Atlas Network-linked Australian think tank? It turns out the testimonials on their web sites were fake too.
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Astroturf “fake unions” used fake testimonials
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February 25, 2024 at 2:03 AM
You recall those three new "unions" we exposed as astroturf campaigns by the director of an Atlas Network-linked Australian think tank? It turns out the testimonials on their web sites were fake too.
www.astroturfing.nz/astroturf-fa...
www.astroturfing.nz/astroturf-fa...
Usually fossil fuel interests are slightly more subtle in their attempts to subvert democracy. Bathurst 100% funded a spoiler candidate in the West Coast electorate and told their staff to vote for him. It worked.
www.astroturfing.nz/big-coal-com...
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Big coal company bought West Coast election campaign
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February 24, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Usually fossil fuel interests are slightly more subtle in their attempts to subvert democracy. Bathurst 100% funded a spoiler candidate in the West Coast electorate and told their staff to vote for him. It worked.
www.astroturfing.nz/big-coal-com...
www.astroturfing.nz/big-coal-com...
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#BHN tonight at 9pm
+ @DrJeremyWalker on what is the Atlas Network?
If you honestly think that Atlas is conspiracy theory nonsense, then I challenge you to come along tonight and see Jeremy’s receipts #nzpol
www.youtube.com/live/11cpcjc...
+ @DrJeremyWalker on what is the Atlas Network?
If you honestly think that Atlas is conspiracy theory nonsense, then I challenge you to come along tonight and see Jeremy’s receipts #nzpol
www.youtube.com/live/11cpcjc...
February 22, 2024 at 3:59 AM
#BHN tonight at 9pm
+ @DrJeremyWalker on what is the Atlas Network?
If you honestly think that Atlas is conspiracy theory nonsense, then I challenge you to come along tonight and see Jeremy’s receipts #nzpol
www.youtube.com/live/11cpcjc...
+ @DrJeremyWalker on what is the Atlas Network?
If you honestly think that Atlas is conspiracy theory nonsense, then I challenge you to come along tonight and see Jeremy’s receipts #nzpol
www.youtube.com/live/11cpcjc...
New Zealand is being driven into difficult times by the same architecture of influence that aimed to divide Australia on race lines with the No Campaign. And it goes right to the heart of our government.
A great piece by writer and researcher Lucy Hamilton
A great piece by writer and researcher Lucy Hamilton
A grim atlas guides NZ’s right-wing politics
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February 22, 2024 at 12:57 AM
New Zealand is being driven into difficult times by the same architecture of influence that aimed to divide Australia on race lines with the No Campaign. And it goes right to the heart of our government.
A great piece by writer and researcher Lucy Hamilton
A great piece by writer and researcher Lucy Hamilton
Three new "unions" have recently started luring doctors, nurses and teachers away from the established unions. The problem? They are astroturf organisations, set up by the Australian director of an Atlas-affiliated think tank.
New “fake unions” connected to Australian ATLAS network think tank
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February 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Three new "unions" have recently started luring doctors, nurses and teachers away from the established unions. The problem? They are astroturf organisations, set up by the Australian director of an Atlas-affiliated think tank.
Those three new anti-mandate astroturf unions aimed at doctors, nurses and teachers? You'll never guess who's behind them.
New “fake unions” connected to Australian ATLAS network think tank
www.astroturfing.nz
February 19, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Those three new anti-mandate astroturf unions aimed at doctors, nurses and teachers? You'll never guess who's behind them.