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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Hūhana Lyndon, Aperahama Edwards and Bomber Bradbury
Join Dale Husband, Māori Party candidate Aperahama Edwards, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon and The Daily Blog Editor Martyn Bradbury to discuss the weeks politics: Issue 1 – Anger over how much conservation land Minister Tama Potaka will allow to be privatized Issue 2 – Looking at the Polls – will the Māori Electorates decide the Government this election? Issue 3…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: The Kākāriki Alliance – How Māori voters using MMP tactical voting in Māori electorates could determine the next Government
I have been commentating on NZ Politics for 31 years and one thing I can tell you about NZ elections…
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Let’s be honest, this LPG Gas refinery is another example of big polluters getting what they want
Power firms to fund LNG port through user pays – but effect is the same for consumers At an energy…
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Palestine Action ruling and banning Cenk & Hasan has highlighted how UK Hate Speech laws penalise the protestors not those committing genocide
Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur Two leftwing US commentators, who have both…
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BEN MORGAN: Ukraine’s plan is working – What next?
When he took command of Ukraine’s military in early 2024, General Oleksandr Syrski stated his plan to defeat Russia. It was simple, fight a defensive battle to attrit Russia and create the conditions for victory; either on the battlefield or…
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Police pay $10,000 in compensation to PSNA Campaign Co-ordinator John Minto
The non-confidential payout received this week follows negotiations after last year’s IPCA (Independent Police Conduct Authority) report finding that police…
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BEN MORGAN: Pacific Update – Discussing geo-political and military activity in the Pacific.
Shangri La Dialogue 2026 – Notable Trends The Institute for International and Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri La Dialogue is the…
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Brie Elliot’s Letter Seeking a Review of Elizabeth Rata’s Damehood.
The awarding of a damehood to Elizabeth Rata has caused a great deal of kerfuffle and raising questions which need…
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How will Trump explain giving $300billion to Iran after bitching about Obama’s $1.8billion?
I’m loving it! I’m loving it. Oh sweet Jesus I am loving it! Look, I was arguing right from the start that this was an inane blunder on par with Vietnam driven by Trump’s need to get the Epstein Files off the news cycle and that because it was a…
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Shane Jones Fishing Industry pork barrel so ‘private-limo-extreme’ that even National balk at the self interest
Oh this is hilarious… Jones fails to force through Fisheries Amendment Bill before election, following public backlash – Greenpeace News that progress on the Fisheries Amendment Bill will be delayed until after the election is being called a win for People Power by environmental groups, who say it proves how…
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The double standards from mainstream media when criticising Labour and National policy
There is such a double standard when it comes to the mainstream media covering Labour vs National when it comes to spending. Take the brilliant public transport fare cap as an example. The attack on Labour’s public transport $20fare cap has been a mix of snobbishness by the critics and…
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If Matua Winston doesn’t want to be called a war criminal…
Winston Peters accosted by protesters at Parliament over Israel’s war in Gaza Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ appearance before Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee was disrupted by protest this afternoon. Peters was appearing during scrutiny week, when MPs on the committee scrutinise the executive with a particular focus on the Budget….
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Karen Chhour hiding Boot Camp numbers to protect kids is hilarious
Children’s Minister Karen Chhour won’t say how many still in government’s bootcamps The Children’s Minister won’t confirm how many participants remain in the government’s highly-scrutinised bootcamps. Karen Chhour maintains the privacy of the children involved in the Military Style Academies (MSA) is “more important” than it being used as a…
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We told you Trump’s surrender to Iran would be expensive: Art of the Capitulation – Winners, Losers and Predictions
Oh sweet Jesus, the price of Trump’s surrender is just so glorious… The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have jointly agreed in good faith on [ __ date] on the following: 1 — The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and…
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Tama Potaka must resign immediately – scale of Conservation land sell off on par with largest land confiscations ever
How much must National, NZF and ACT voters hate Jacinda, da Maaaares, da Trans and da vaccines for them to…
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New Poll highlights how important Greens vote is and why Kākāriki Alliance could be difference
Election 2026: Green Party surge in new poll puts left bloc ahead of coalition The Green Party has nearly doubled…
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Public Transport snobbishness and double standards attack Labour’s capped Fare policy but commuters will love it!
The attack on Labour’s public transport $20fare cap has been a mix of snobbishness by the critics and a level…
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After attacking Sir David Attenborough, Matua Shane Jones now wants to remove last guardrails to his fast track mining grift
Matua Shane Jones, for reasons known only to the great Matua, decided last week to start a fight with legendary…
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Art of the Capitulation – Price of Trump’s surrender is glorious
After 108 days of a 3 week war that Trump has already claimed to have won 17 times, we finally…
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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Hūhana Lyndon, Aperahama Edwards and Bomber Bradbury
Join Dale Husband, Māori Party candidate Aperahama Edwards, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon and The Daily Blog Editor Martyn Bradbury to discuss the weeks politics: Issue 1 – Anger over how much conservation land Minister Tama Potaka will allow to be…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: The Kākāriki Alliance – How Māori voters using MMP tactical voting in Māori electorates could determine the next Government
I have been commentating on NZ Politics for 31 years and one thing I can tell you about NZ elections is that Māori voters in the Māori Electorates are the most strategic MMP voters in our country. Māori voters inside…
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MEDIAWATCH: Why are we allowing Big Tech to manipulate kids under 16?
Social media ban law a couple of weeks away, but ACT and NZ First not quite on board yet The Government is in the final stages of considering its social media ban for under 16s, with the final Cabinet paper…
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MEDIAWATCH: Hooton hears a what? Where to now for The Post? Winners, Losers and Predictions
I have been mates with Hoots for decades now. We first worked together in 2011 on the I-Predict Election Special where we ran a weekly TV Show over the Election Campaign and over those decades I have seen all versions…
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Police Minister Mark Mitchell, co-leader of Te Pati Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer plus Political Panel – Matthew Hooton, Arena Williams and Simon Wilson
A Marxist, the Police Minister, the co-leader of Te Pati Māori, a militant cyclist, the member for Manurewa and a former NZ Herald columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think…
TDB: Left News
- Powers v systems: Do police get more of one despite absence of other?
- 'Take this seriously': Flotilla activist claims beating allegations ignored by government
- National rallies members at AGM, Labour rises in polls
- Former National minister Andrew Bayly won't seek re-election
- Political machinations on show as Scrutiny Week comes up for review
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Bernard's Chorus: Why so relaxed Minister?
- Saturday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- National election policy announcement expected as party gathers for AGM
- New Zealand First's campaign to scrap Independent Māori Statutory Board just 'dumb, racist stuff' - mayor
- Minister wrote to Psychotherapists Board about whistleblower concerns ahead of mass resignation
- New Zealand downgrades travel advisories for several Middle East countries due to MOU
- Friday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Spat erupts in Parliament over proposal to sell off conservation land
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The Weekly Hoon: Calling for a new RONS' suspension; Golden Mile decision; Religion's role in the Ukraine war;
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Wednesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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When a lobbyist jumps the species barrier into journalism
- Tuesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Monday's Dawn Chorus: Nicola & the Phantom 'fiscal black hole'
- 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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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Keith Locke Memorial Free Speech Debate (minus the Free Speech Union)
New debater joins the Keith Locke Memorial Debate 2026 Yasmine Serhan, respected trade union organiser, educator, social justice advocate and…
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
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Open Mic FRIDAY 19th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: Astronauts can grow up to 5 cm (2 inches) taller in space because the lack of gravity decompresses the discs in their spines. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I hold it that a little rebellion now…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Two different tales of avoidable hospital bed-blocking
Through necessity bed-blocking is a term that of is increasingly being used by those working in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hypocrisy of Free Speech Union opposing free speech in practice
With some origins in ‘Athenian democracy’ free speech is one of the noblest rights which people have struggled for and…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The wider implications of eyecare privatisation
On 5 March the Government through Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) formally called for ‘Requests for Proposals’ (RFPs) for…
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Q-Day Is Coming
Quantum computing could make every password, VPN, and encrypted website on the planet vulnerable Remember Y2K? A fear that every…
The Bradbury Group
Qiulae Wong & Victor Billot join us as 33,000 homeless children expose the Budget’s broken promise
TOP Leader Qiulae Wong, fresh off a 6% Roy Morgan surge, and Alliance Leader Victor Billot join us, to take on the economy, the Left’s political strategy, and the global rise of the far right. Plus, the panel: Matthew Hooton, Maria Slade and Simon Wilson, tears into the real numbers behind the Budget: 33,000 homeless children, company liquidations at an 11-year high, the war on Māori local government representation, and what Labour’s list versus NZ First’s candidate strategy actually means for the next election. It’s a big night. Don’t miss it.
Raw News
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GDP growth anaemic and masks economy still in “huge trouble”, says NZCTU
GDP data released by StatsNZ today showed that the economy grew at an annual rate of 0.8 percent. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey says this data is likely to be the high-water mark…
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Jones fails to force through Fisheries Amendment Bill before election, following public backlash – Greenpeace
News that progress on the Fisheries Amendment Bill will be delayed until after the election is being called a win for People Power by environmental groups, who say it proves how united the New Zealand public is against destructive fishing….
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Calls for fisheries amendment bill to be dropped completely – Greens
The Green Party is welcoming the Government’s backdown on the Fisheries Amendment Bill, but says the Bill needs to be scrapped completely, not just delayed. “The Government may be at war with nature in their plans to privatise our oceans,…
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Homelessness at historic levels in New Zealand – Greens
The Green Party says the Government’s new funding for homelessness, announced yesterday, is a drop in the bucket to address the crisis in New Zealand. “This is the worst homelessness in our history, with 57,000 women homeless and half of…