Undercurrent - bonus episode
Bonus Episode
This is Undercurrent, an RNZ series on misinformation.
On this page, you’ll see and hear about how misinformation is colliding with the 2023 election.
You can listen to a bonus episode from the seven-part series below, or via a podcast app.
You can go back to the start of the series by clicking here.
The bonus episode also airs on Sunday September 24 at 7am on RNZ National. You can subscribe via Spotify, Apple, iHeart or wherever you get podcasts.
Episode eight: Ballot box
Misinformation and the 2023 election – so far.
Listen to the bonus episode by hitting play below
Jenny Marcroft. (Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone)
Jenny Marcroft. (Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone)
Former NZ First MP and 2023 candidate Jenny Marcroft
“We have free speech in New Zealand, and we must uphold that. And just because we don't agree with what someone says, why do we label them? Why do we disregard them? Why do we shut them down? Why do we call them nutters? You know, we have become so quick to be reactionary. Rather than take the attitude of, okay, you've got a different opinion than mine, whether it's political opinion, or how we raise our kids, or whatever it might be, and allow ourselves to have differences without having to hate on each other.”
A rival candidate from a fringe party disrupts a media conference with National Party leader Christopher Luxon. (Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi)
A rival candidate from a fringe party disrupts a media conference with National Party leader Christopher Luxon. (Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi)
Stephen Judd of FACT Aotearoa. (Photo: Supplied)
Stephen Judd of FACT Aotearoa. (Photo: Supplied)
Kate Hannah, Director of the Disinformation Project
“The disinformation community tries to have a buck both ways because you refute the legality and democratic process of an election, but you also kind of tell people to vote because you want to see if it works. There's lots of conversations about how are we going to track our votes and go along and demand to see, you know, my vote is going through ... And then they can celebrate if they win. But they can also say it was stolen if they don't.”
Kate Hannah. (Photo: RNZ)
Kate Hannah. (Photo: RNZ)
More from Undercurrent
Episodes 1 and 2
The scale and shape of misinformation in Aotearoa.
Episodes 3 and 4
People who have been part of misinformation networks. And the people who live with, love – and sometimes fear – the angriest voices in the disinformation community.
Episodes 5, 6 and 7
What misinformation is doing to mainstream politics, how to recognise it, and what to do about it.
National’s anti-fluoride, anti-mandate MP-in-waiting
A National Party candidate favoured to win election questioned Covid death statistics and said "lower socio economics fill their tap water with raro".
Resources
Netsafe
https://netsafe.org.nz/
CERT – Computer Emergency Response Team
https://www.cert.govt.nz/
Tauiwi Tautoko
https://www.tauiwitautoko.com/
The Dangerous Speech Project https://dangerousspeech.org/
Credits
Created, produced and presented by
Susie Ferguson
Written by Susie Ferguson and John Hartevelt
Voice actors Vivien Bell, Richard Chapman, Francesca Emms and Carmel McGlone
Production help from Duncan Smith and
Justin Gregory
Engineered and mixed by William Saunders, Marc Chesterman and Phil Benge
Visuals and design by RNZ
Executive editor John Hartevelt
Special thanks to the experts and ordinary people who shared their experience and knowledge for this project.
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