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New Poll shows why the Kākāriki Alliance is the most important for Left wing voters this Election
The new Taxpayers’s Fake Union Poll is out: Labour – 32.2% National – 30.1% Greens – 11.5% NZF – 11.4% ACT – 7.8% TPM – 3.1% TOP – 3.2 Last weeks internal Talbot Poll had: Labour – 38% National – 30% ACT – 6% The Taxpayers’s Fake Union Poll highlights how essential the Kākāriki Alliance is this election. Look at…
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Explosive new details in Government secret pollution documents
‘Constitutionally abhorrent’: Expert reveals advice to government on climate law change A legal expert who was consulted on the government’s…
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MEDIAWATCH – BSA right of reply highlights what we are losing by scrapping it
I think this is a very good rebuttal by the BSA to their execution and the genuine need in an…
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Oranga Tamariki doesn’t deserve its Māori name
Police and social workers raise alarm about ‘mayhem’ and government cuts hitting kids Police officers, social workers and Oranga Tamariki’s…
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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 Indo-Pacific region’s most important annual defence conference. It attracts defence leaders, officials, policy makers, and academics from Asia, the US,…
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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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BEN MORGAN: Putin has problems, so expect volatility
After four years of intense fighting, the Ukraine War appears to be no closer to resolution. Russian offensive operations are…
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Police double standard on Palestine
PSNA is demanding police charge a pro-Israel tyre slasher, after he slashed two tyres on a Palestine supporter’s car in…
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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 2 June 2026
Sources
- Roy Morgan — 02/06/2026
- 1News Verian — 19/04/2026
- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
- Talbot Mills — 12/03/2026
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Elliot Ikilei is a Christofascist and NZ First Gumboot Fascism has mutated it into a cavalcade of political circus freaks
NZ First’s latest candidate aligns party with Reform, One Nation and Trump Elliot Ikilei wants to shield the youth from leftist ideologies, resist academic influence and lead a return to ‘Judeo-Christian morality’ Newsroom Trashy Stuart Nashy, the heavily concussed Taine Randell, former Conservative Party Leader and love poet Colin…
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The horrific pogrom in Belfast
Jesus wept… Second night of unrest hits Belfast as victim’s family pleads for calm Police fired water cannons on protesters in a second night of unrest in Belfast fuelled by anti-immigration sentiment, as a “hit list” of foreigners’ homes was circulated online in apparent retaliation for a shocking stabbing attack…
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Police recorded 170,478 Family Harm Incidents last year – why are we cutting family and sexual violence staff?
Job cuts proposed for agency fighting family and sexual violence The centre responsible for government’s collective response to family and sexual violence faces losing a third of its workforce in a restructure. The board overseeing the Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention is proposing to reduce the number…
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Trump throws tantrum and hilariously promises more violence
Trump vows attacks on Iran for ‘playing’ US over peace deal President Donald Trump is warning he will renew US attacks on Iran, saying Tehran had taken too long to agree a deal to end the Middle East war and accusing its negotiators of “playing us for suckers.” The remarks…
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The Debt Monster Myth the Political Right use to strangle NZ vision
The Right pretend the Government is like a household in that you can’t spend more than your household brings in which is of course bullshit garbage because the fucking Government can snap their fingers and make money, a household can’t. The Right manipulates small business morality so as to starve…
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Real NZ Left vision needs to think about what more democracy and a unique Treaty economic/social infrastructure looks like
While the Government looks to exploit international students and cause gridlock to our underfunded physical and social infrastructure… Government wants to grow international student numbers by over 30,000 in next nine years …our own Kiwis fear returning because of student loan debt… Overseas Kiwis struggle with massive interest, penalties on…
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The possibilities of a Labour/Green/TOP/TPM Government
If the latest polling is even half right, a Labour, Green, Te Pāti Māori, TOP Governmentisn’t fantasy anymore — it’s…
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The Kākāriki Alliance is the most important for Left wing voters this Election
The moment to gain real wins for progressives isn’t at the election, it’s at the negotiating table AFTER the election….
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Labour finally delivers with public transport policy that saves commuters $120 per month
Oh thank you sweet Jesus… Labour reveals public transport fare cap in long-awaited election policy The Labour Party has pledged…
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ACT demands more slaves for farmers
ACT Party book burner Andrew Hoggard may be the dumbest MP in the NZ Parliament. Watching him struggle to hide…
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‘Biggest Election question I get asked is ‘Can Chippy do it’ – I’ll tell you what I tell them
The biggest question I get from the peeps sliding into my DMs is ‘Can Chippy do it’? I’ll tell you…
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MEDIAWATCH – BSA right of reply highlights what we are losing by scrapping it
I think this is a very good rebuttal by the BSA to their execution and the genuine need in an age of disinformation and misinformation to hold the mainstream media to account… Chief of axed Broadcasting Standards Authority says New…
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MEDIAWATCH: Jack Tame wins Greatest Political Quote 2026
Is this the greatest political quote of 2026? “Has your tolerance for human misery increased?” Gold!
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The Bradbury Group – with TOP Leader Qiulae Wong, Alliance Leader Victor Billot + political panel Hooton, Simon Wilson + Maria Slade
A Marxist, two Party leaders, a Business Journalist, a militant cyclist and a right wing newspaper columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this is? The Bradbury Group?” 1-on-1 in 10…
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My Final Word: Jools Topp & the New Zealand We’ve Lost
This week, Martyn reflects on the life and legacy of Jools Topp and what her passing means for New Zealand. Alongside her sister Dame Lynda Topp, Jools helped shape modern Aotearoa through music, activism, humour, and an unapologetic commitment to…
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Mike Smith EXPOSES Secret Polluter Influence Inside Government
Environmental activist Mike Smith joins The Bradbury Group to discuss his landmark climate case against New Zealand’s biggest polluters and the explosive revelations that emerged after the government legislated to stop it. In this powerful 1-on-1 in 10 interview, Mike…
TDB: Left News
- Health ministry launches review into effects of nitrate in water
- Targeting diabetes drugs at Māori and Pasifika is needs-based, specialist says
- Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade
- Labour calls for formal audit of govt's record keeping and OIA practice
- Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade
- ACT favours sheep over choppers for weed control on conservation land
- Health NZ increases funding offer for GPs
- Coalition clings to majority in latest Taxpayers' Union poll
- NZ First 'extremely disappointed' by coward punch law 'window dressing'
- Disability advocates call for drastic changes to support services bill
- Friday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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The Weekly Hoon: An amazing SpaceX IPO; NZ's $6.5b emissions credits bill; Auckland's de-intensification & Labour's fare cap policy
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
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Here's the devil in our housing inflation detail
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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Auckland chooses high house prices & low GDP
- Wednesday's Early Bird: My Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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Protest growing against Govt's disability cost-cutting bill
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Scoop: NZ Govt has more assets than debt
- Tuesday's Early Bird: My Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- 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
PODCAST: A View from Afar
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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Second annual Keith Locke Memorial Debate July 2nd – Hate Speech Laws threaten Free Speech
Do hate speech laws protect the vulnerable, or hand the state a weapon against free speech? This Keith Locke Memorial Debate will be worth watching.
Daily Gallery
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Open Mic – FRIDAY 12th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: The footprints left on the Moon by Apollo astronauts will likely stay there for at least 100 million years because there is no wind or water. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A politician needs the ability…
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In Occupied Palestine – 09 June 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing death, injury and sickness 08:00, 09 June 2026 until 08:00, 10 June 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…
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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…
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Gleichschaltung and Far-Right Momentum in NZ
Ian Powell warns that New Zealand is far from Nazi Germany, but far-right momentum, neoliberal drift and authoritarian instincts should not be dismissed.
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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Govt Cuts Come For Māori, Pasifika, Disability Roles At ACC – PSA
The Government is continuing its crusade against public services by and for Māori, with ACC proposing to cut its Māori and Equity team by more than half. The proposal, which would disestablish the entire team of 24 and establish 10…
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Government Hid Its Own Evidence On LNG – Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is calling on the Government to release all remaining redacted advice on the proposed Taranaki LNG import terminal and halt the contract process until full public disclosure has occurred. This week RNZ revealed that officials redacted modelling…
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Treasury confirms $5 billion bill for Luxon’s climate inaction – Greens
Treasury has put a price tag on Luxon’s Government’s climate inaction, with new analysis showing it could cost up to $5 billion to buy the offshore carbon credits needed to meet New Zealand’s 2030 climate target. “Every time Christopher Luxon…
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Calls for Government to scrap family violence agency cuts – Greens
The Green Party is calling on the Government to abandon their proposal to cut a third of the workforce at the Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention. “You cannot say family and sexual violence is a priority while you gut the…