Protest finale, Investigative journalism? RIP Shane Warne and more.

We have a bumper issue of the newsletter this week, with contributions from quite a few people. And what a week it's been! The main event of the week, here in our country, has been the end of the protest at Parliament in Wellington. It came to a fairly quick end once the police moved in. In a previous newsletter, I'd expressed concern at how much leeway the police were giving protestors. I think, with the actions of last week, it was becoming clear that the protestors needed to be moved on.

It's been interesting to monitor the social media accounts of those behind the protests and see how much they're rationalising things (at least in my opinion). They're clearly "smarting" from the perceived loss - especially in that they didn't achieve their goal of ending mandates and having the government meet with them directly.

Of course, the world is focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I've nothing specific to say about that in this newsletter apart from acknowledging the situation. It's certainly likely that misinformation and propaganda will play a part, and has already done so with Putin's announcements.

There's plenty to talk about, so let's dig in.