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If there was any Auckland question over Labour, Chippy just answered it
Mayor Wayne Brown outlines the ‘stupid’ and the ‘sensible’ for Auckland, as Chris Hipkins comes to town Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has commented on the “stupid” and “sensible” of governing New Zealand’s largest city, and says he thought Labour leader Chris Hipkins sounded “quite sensible” on some issues. Brown was speaking after a speech by Hipkins to a business audience…
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Will AI destroy the economy or humanity first?
It’s difficult to work out what AI will kill first, the economy… ‘We are witnessing history’: The Big Short investor…
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Allowing Israel to sing at Eurovision is like letting Fascists join your choir
Protests, boycotts over Israel overshadow Eurovision grand final The Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Vienna is being overshadowed by…
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Te Kaupapa Election ’26 Weekend Political Podcast with Matthew Tukaki, Willie Jackson, Kahurangi Carter and Bomber
Matthew Tukaki speaks with Greens MP Kahurangi Carter, Labour MP Willie Jackson alongside Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury for this weeks episode…
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IDF subcontracts sexual assault of Palestinian prisoners to dogs???
Testimony, leaked footage and human rights investigations are piling up around allegations of horrific abuse inside Israel’s Sde Teiman detention centre.
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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist
A New Zealander came home from the Gaza flotilla with a story Wellington would rather not hear: guns, beatings, threats — and silence from our leaders.
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May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month
ME isn’t “just tiredness”. It’s a brutal neurological illness that can leave people bedridden, cognitively shattered and abandoned by the health system.
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New Zealand has a system of migrant labour exploitation by design
For decades New Zealand relied on migrant workers to prop up the economy, while trapping many in a temporary visa system with little long-term security.
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Based on 4 polls, latest: 12 May 2026
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Israel panics over sexual assault of Palestinians, so launches defamation action.
The hysterical response to well researched and legitimate journalism detailing the systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners as part of an Israeli tactic to use sexual torture as a means to psychologically break Palestinian Drs, Engineers, Lawyers, Teachers – anyone with a profession, would be funny if the entire revelation…
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MEDIAWATCH: Skepticism of corporate mainstream media is healthy, believing everything you read on social media isn’t
There’s a reason Trump’s ‘Fake news’ resonated. Corporate media have lied to us for decades by promoting the interests of their corporate masters over the common good. The very first editorial from the NZ Herald was calling on settlers to start war with Māori ffs. Media are pearl clutching now…
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TDB Contributions drive for Election ’26 coverage
Election 2026 is becoming a political knife fight over who gets heard, who gets blamed and who gets protected. Independent media has never mattered more.
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The Toxic Political Legacy of Judith Collins
‘Proud as punch’: After 24 years in Parliament, Judith Collins bids farewell Judith Collins has spoken in Parliament for the last time, telling colleagues she is “proud as punch” of the work she has achieved. The MP of 24 years announced her plans to retire from politics in January. The…
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Why $200 a barrel oil could hit in June
Most Kiwis are under some illusion that Luxon’s trip to Singapore has guaranteed us some sort of access to fuel….
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Why I think the Te Tai Tokerau Party will be a flop
I think the Te Tai Tokerau Party will be a flop. Firstly, they need 500 paying members. Secondly, it won’t,…
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Big New Zealand First donors argue for tax breaks to save ‘unsustainable’ racing industry, so guess what will happen next?
Horse racing: Big New Zealand First donors argue for tax breaks to save ‘unsustainable’ racing industry A leaked report completed…
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Te Kaupapa Election ’26 Weekend Political Podcast with Matthew Tukaki, Willie Jackson, Kahurangi Carter and Bomber
Matthew Tukaki speaks with Greens MP Kahurangi Carter, Labour MP Willie Jackson alongside Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury for this weeks episode of #TeKaupapa 🔥 THIS WEEK ON TE KAUPAPA WITH MATTHEW TUKAKI 🔥 Is this the moment we see the return…
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TWITTERWATCH: Come on, does anyone believe this Matthew Horncastle story?
Oh come on now! Does anyone honestly believe this story by hard right arsehole Matthew Horncastle? The idea he has a friend! COME ON! I appreciate the requirement to suspend belief for a good story, but the idea that Matthew…
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WATCH: Moana UNLOADS On Winston Peters, Media Attacks & Maiki Sherman
Māori TV host Moana joins The Bradbury Group after her explosive interview with Winston Peters that stunned political audiences across Aotearoa. In this special 1-on-1 in 10, Moana discusses: 🔥 Winston Peters’ combative interview style 🔥 Why NZ First continues…
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WATCH: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer BREAKS SILENCE On Te Pāti Māori Chaos
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins The Bradbury Group for a major 1-on-1 interview covering the growing political tensions inside Te Pāti Māori, the Te Tai Tokerau battle, the Maiki Sherman controversy, and why the 2026 election could reshape…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – Police shouldn’t gain mass surveillance powers over Maori youth (again)
This hard right Government with its anti-Maori, anti-Treaty, anti-beneficiary, anti-disabled, anti-worker, anti-renter and anti-environmental agenda is a never ending scrum of legislative change that is occurring sometimes blatantly and sometimes quietly in the background, and it’s very difficult to keep…
TDB: Left News
- Government confirms NCEA replacement details
- The House: The constitutional shift you may have missed this week
- Education Minister Erica Stanford promises update on social media ban in June
- Nurses union votes to accept Te Whatu Ora offer after nearly two years of bargaining
- Government targets 19 pieces of legislation for Waitangi Treaty amendments
- Government commits $212m to continue school lunch programme - but changes coming
- 'The violence that I experience is not casual': Māori women tell Waitangi Tribunal of abuse
- Striking students call on the government to do more to fight climate change
- Bill banning under-16s from social media put on hold as Stanford looks at wider law change
- New Zealand in 'big trouble' amid growing global uncertainty, US-China relations, expert says
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Total Mobility funding cuts being finalised
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The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at night; Luxon on migration & more climate laws rewritten
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Wednesday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
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- Wednesday's Early Bird: $3 of benefit for each $1 spent on social housing
- #international: Royal Connections Renewed: Māori Queen Meets Prince William at Windsor Castle
- #regional: High-Tech Fight Against Lakeweed Hits Rotorua Waters
- #economy: Competition Concerns Growing As New Report Warns NZ Markets Not Working For Consumers
- #education: Nature’s Highest Classroom Opens Beneath Aoraki’s Peaks
- Chris Hedges: America’s Suicide Pact
- Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Condemn West Bank Land Sales
- The Unraveling of Nehru’s Vision for India
- The Democratic Candidate Closely Tied to Crypto and Big Tech
- An ICE Surveillance Vendor Is Misleading the Public
- Palestine Action Barrister Wins Appeal in UK Contempt Case
- Taking a Good, Long Look Into Elon Musk and “Muskism”
- Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response
- Disney Is Encouraging and Exploiting the Rise of “Kidults”
- Want the hard numbers? Here’s the budget at a glance
- What made my jaw drop and eyes pop this budget? The ‘Mad Max’ scenario
- What secret budget items are ‘not for publication’?
- E-bikes and strawberries: The weirdest things we spotted in the budget
- Labor has a spending addiction. But at least it’s shaking off some timidity
- Finally, some changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. They may not be enough to shift the dial on housing
- This budget, Labor grapples with the politics of pain in a world gone populist
- PATRICK LAWRENCE: Epic Desperation
- Israel Accuses The New York Times Of Antisemitic Journalism, And Other Notes
- Labor’s gambling plan snuck out on budget day, ANU gets framed, and Julie goes jogging
- Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
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The Liberal Agenda – AI, Big Tech and Journalism JMAD Conference
AI, Big Tech and Journalism As the flyer below suggests, this two-day conference in early September covers two interrelated…
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Chris Luxon – Will take a silly selfie with the media but will run a mile form being actually interviewed
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hidden waiting list exposed; unmet health need unreported
‘Doing God’s work’ is an interesting expression, Usually it refers to performing acts that are virtuous, altruistic, or, in a…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Inhumanity of US economic sanctions against Cuba – infant mortality and starvation; time to end New Zealand’s silence
Cuba is facing a humanitarian crisis that has been caused by an unjustified escalation of an unjustified over 60-year old…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The cruelty of health professional staffing shortages
Behind every staffing shortage statistic is a whānau shattered, a burnt-out health worker, and a system failing people when they are most vulnerable.
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Iran War = no food?
The Iran conflict may be about to hit your supermarket bill. Fertiliser shortages, drought and collapsing crop economics are forming a dangerous global storm.
The Bradbury Group
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the 2026 Election, Winston Peters Interview & NZ Political Panel
Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the 2026 election. Moana Maniapoto on her explosive Winston Peters interview and the Maiki Sherman sacking. Our panel — Matthew Hooton, Tau Henare & Dita De Boni — on Trump’s trade war, NZ First’s poll surge, and press freedom.
Raw News
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Israel threatens to use deadly force against peaceful humanitarian flotilla Inbox – Aotearoa Delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla
Once again, the israeli regime has started its propaganda engine as the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) sails towards Gaza. The timing is not accidental; it is part of their playbook of depraved tactics to justify another crime and potential deadly…
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Alliance Calls For Resignation Of Justice Minister
The Alliance Party is calling for the immediate resignation of Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith, citing what it says is a dangerous disregard for constitutional principles and a pattern of legislative interference designed to protect major corporate interests from legal accountability….
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NZDF plans upcoming training with Israel and US – Peace Action Wellington
The NZDF is planning upcoming naval training alongside the Israeli Defence Force as part of the US-led Rim of the Pacific exercises (RIMPAC). The Rim of the Pacific Exercise is the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise. It is held…
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Palestine Forum condemns NZDF participation in military exercises alongside Israel
The Palestine Forum of New Zealand expresses deep concern regarding reports that the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will participate in the upcoming Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercises alongside Israel and the United States. At a time when…
