ezbee:

 

In the end 

 

The poll is the poll, and its fair enough to conclude the Government has done many things that increase costs, lower levels of service and concern people. 
Healthcare in particular.

 

Its not that there were complaints, is it just the usual from each side.
These days with social media its even easier to brigade on an issue.

 

I expect TVNZ has had orders of magnitude greater complaints on scheduling of Coronation Street over the years.

 

Winston Peters has also fired up his supporters to believe its RNZ and TVNZ fault that Winston can't control himself in manner of John Key or even Luxon, and flys off the handle.
ACT also can't accept that maybe there is a reason they poll lower than National.
Must be the media. 

 

Antivax and such are looking for their revenge on media reporting facts on vaccination and such.
There are those that would not be happy unless TVNZ was like Whale Oil of old, or a NZ version of Truth Social. 

 

If we've ever wondered what a nation run by conspiracy theorists looks like, Putin's Russia is a good example. It's no coincidence that the cookers mentioned by Ezbee would dearly want a Dear Leader like Putin to "make the trains run on time". Though it's not all it's cracked up to be...