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The extremism visible at the parliament protest has been growing in NZ for years – is enough being done?

  • Written by Paul Spoonley, Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University
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It has been interesting to watch media and public commentators come to the realisation – sometimes slowly – that the siege of parliament was not simply an anti-vaccine mandate “protest” but something with more sinister elements.

While researchers and journalists have noted the toxicity of some of the politics on...

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