Since the Prime Minister resigned three days ago there has been considerable debate about whether she (and other women) receive more vitriol online than male politicians and other public figures. As this article points out, there are strong indications that she does, but there is a lack of systematic data to say so for sure and to what extent stuff.co.nz/national/the-w…

Given the ongoing debate in New Zealand over whether the anti-mandate protests and movement are ‘far right’, I thought it might be useful to give a summary of how the category is usually defined. Scholars normally consider it to comprise of between 5 and 7 components. Exclusionary nationalism: far right movements believe and argue that the state should be congruent with the nation (generally the ethnic majority). Preservation of national identity is crucial, and this often includes prioritising the nation over the individual.