Manufacturing consent for attacks on Māori
We have previously reported on the digital campaign side-project of Taxpayers' Union's Jordan Williams - The Campaign Company. It has a client list that reads like an Atlas Network membership…
NZ First Minister Casey Costello forced to apologise after acting ‘contrary to law’
We have previously reported on Associate Health Minister Casey Costello’s links to the Atlas Network and her links to the tobacco industry. Earlier this year she was accused of implementing…
Media Council upholds complaint about undeclared conflict of interest in tobacco control opinion piece
The Media Council has upheld part of a complaint about an opinion piece in The Press written by an employee of The New Zealand Initiative, a right-leaning think tank supported…
Atlas Network-aligned Minister left $46b benefit of Smokefree reforms out of Cabinet paper
We have previously reported on Associate Health Minister Casey Costello's links to the Atlas Network and her links to the tobacco industry. Recently she was accused of implementing tobacco industry…
Understanding Atlas: how a right-wing network is building global influence
Critics of the Atlas Network often characterise it as a conspiracy. But this framing isn’t helpful, and can make it easier for people to dismiss any critique of the Atlas…
The Republicans are the party of the Atlas Network
Project 2025 is hosted by the Heritage Foundation, a preeminent Atlas Network thinktank. Heritage has consistentlyfought climate action adhering to the Network’s fossil-fuel donor’s goals. Its new Christian Nationalist president, Kevin Roberts, has…
NZ First Minister Shane Jones says he doesn’t know or care about tobacco industry transparency rules
We reported recently on coalition government partner NZ First Ministers' connections to the Atlas Network and the tobacco industry. We even saw the NZ First Associate Minister of Health Casey…
The Campaign Company: Astroturfing for fun and profit
Jordan Williams is the co-Founder, Executive Director and high-profile spokesperson of the Taxpayers' Union. Incorporated in 2013, the organisation purports to target government waste, but it has been alternately described…
Astroturf “fake unions” used fake testimonials
We previously reported on the appearance of three new anti-mandate unions aimed at doctors, nurses and teachers, exposing them as the creation of the director of an Australian Atlas Network…
BHN Special: What is the Atlas Network? With Dr Jeremy Walker
Dr Jeremy Walker from the University of Technology Sydney joins us to talk about the origins of the Atlas Network, why they stick their oar into politics the world over…