FactCheck Social Media Bill Gates didn't say only the vaccinated would be free to move The Microsoft founder and vaccine advocate has been the target of repeated hoaxes and conspiracy theories.
FactCheck News Media National overstates benefit of NZ tax cut plan Would New Zealanders earning between $50,000 and $70,000 be $3000 better off under National's proposed tax cuts?
FactCheck Social Media 'Amelia Bassano' did not write Shakespeare's plays A post widely shared on social media claims the Bard's works were really written by Amelia Bassano.
FactCheck News Media Will pumped hydro result in significant energy price hikes for NZ? Will transitioning to 100 per cent renewable electricity generation increase power prices in New Zealand?
FactCheck News Media New Zealand's oil and gas ban hasn't led to energy price spike Has the NZ government's ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration caused an increase in energy prices and a rise in coal consumption and imports?
FactCheck News Media Labour and National both claim credit for NZ public housing rise Did National sell off thousands of public houses - and has Labour been successful in making up the shortfall?
FactCheck News Media Can NZ PM Jacinda Ardern claim success on child poverty trends? Can the Ardern government claim early success in addressing child poverty in New Zealand?
FactCheck News Media Has NZ's state housing waiting list risen under the Labour coalition? Are there 20,000 people on the state housing waiting list in New Zealand, up from 5,000 at the end of the last National government?
FactCheck Social Media Victoria did not take an IMF 'bribe' in return for lockdown Baseless claims that Victoria is "in default" on its loans have been circulating on social media.
FactCheck News Media Has NSW weathered the impacts of COVID-19 better than NZ? Has every Australian state bar Victoria had fewer COVID-19 deaths than New Zealand?
FactCheck Social Media Fake Daniel Andrews quote wrongly loses satire label The premier did not say that it was selfish and stupid to keep "insisting on human rights" during the pandemic.
FactCheck Social Media Fake UN document used to spread false 'new world order' goals The purported UN agenda, widely shared on social media, hails "the end of the family unit" and "government raised children".
FactCheck News Media Tourism, lockdown key to deep New Zealand recession Does New Zealand's reliance on international tourism and its more stringent lockdown explain why its economy entered a deeper recession than Australia's in the second quarter?
FactCheck Social Media Victoria's police force has not been privatised A Facebook post claims Victoria Police has been privatised under global NGOs.
FactCheck Social Media COVID-19 nasal swabs do not harm the brain, doctors say Does the COVID-19 nasal swab test damage the blood-brain barrier?
FactCheck News Media Lockdown critic says COVID-19 is only slightly worse than the flu Is the fatality rate for COVID-19 only marginally worse than the seasonal flu?
FactCheck News Media Drink driving fatalities were halved by RBT in NZ, but it took more than three years NZ National Party MP Nick Smith supports random roadside testing of drivers for drugs and alcohol, but his memory of the impact of RBT on road fatalities was faulty.
FactCheck Social Media COVID-19 testing kits were not being exported in 2018, says World Bank A Facebook post claims the World Bank was distributing COVID-19 test kits around the world in 2018, two years before the pandemic was declared.
FactCheck Social Media Claims on CDC data for COVID-19 incorrect, say experts An Instagram post claims that a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report "shows that 94% of COVID-19 deaths in the US had underlying medical conditions".
FactCheck Social Media Berlin 'COVID-19 protest rally' photo is from a dance music festival in 1997 A Facebook post featuring an aerial photo of Berlin claims five million people from across Europe gathered in the German capital for a protest against COVID-19 restrictions.
