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Kicking the disabled, denigrating migrants and bashing beneficiaries to balance the budget isn’t a solution, it’s social vandalism
This isn’t an economic vision, it’s social carnage… Changes to accommodation supplement could negate benefits of fuel subsidy, Green MP says Social Development Minister Louise Upston has introduced legislation to amend the accommodation supplement threshold for homeowners. But one MP says it could effectively negate the fuel subsidy for some families with children. Stuff Government to overturn court decision…
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Debt wouldn’t be a problem if this Government taxed the rich!
Crisis or control? The competing views on New Zealand’s national debt The Government has promised to slash public sector spending…
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Tamaki, Hutt South, Te Tai Tokerau, Tamaki Makaurau and Mt Albert – the 5 most important bellwether electorates this election
I think the 5 most important bellwether electorates this election will be Tamaki, Hutt South, Te Tai Tokerau, Tamaki Makaurau…
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Economy is melting down and all Government has is anti-Trans, anti-Māori, anti-migrants and anti-public service toxic culture war garbage – at some stage you must get angry
The Economy is melting down BECAUSE of this Governments policies and all National, NZF and ACT have as a response…
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Stanford’s Magic Trick – the Treaty of Waitangi in Education is gone
In a follow up to her move to take over complete control of education in New Zealand, including the writing of curriculum and removing all teachers’ input into the New Zealand Teachers Council, the Dictator of Education, Erica Stanford, has…
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Erica Stanford’s Move to Take Total Control of Education
Bevan Holloway has just posted an article about dictator Stanford’s last minute move to take control of all aspects of…
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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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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 12 May 2026
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- Roy Morgan — 12/05/2026
- 1News Verian — 19/04/2026
- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
- Talbot Mills — 12/03/2026
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Economy is melting down and all Government has is anti-Trans, anti-Māori, anti-migrants and anti-public service toxic culture war garbage – at some stage you must get angry
The Economy is melting down BECAUSE of this Governments policies and all National, NZF and ACT have as a response is anti-Trans, anti-Māori, anti-migrants and anti-public service toxic culture war garbage! Government updates official branding to highlight English over te reo Māori NZ First’s gender bill to be supported by…
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National threw pay parity women under the bus to save their last budget, now cutting 8,700 more public servants to save this budget
After cutting pay equity protections, Nicola Willis is now targeting another 8,700 public sector jobs in what critics call ideological vandalism.
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What the Super El Niño means?
We are facing a unique climate event that could be the harbinger of much more catastrophic heat events as the reality of Climate Change becomes more apparent by the passing month. A Super El Niño. What we learned after a super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877…
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Tommy Robinson and Israel’s Flag Day – 2 sides of the same fascism
Look at how ugly this is from the Tommy Robinson fash Parade… “Allah, Allah, who the fuck is Allah?” Little British patriots grow up. pic.twitter.com/4eaaLWX3Qn — RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) May 16, 2026 …and then consider this from Israeli activists… Look how friendly they are. pic.twitter.com/85YR8Ovoin — Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) May…
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Examining the use of sexual torture by Israel and Hamas
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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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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It is sick that MSD helps debt collectors gut beneficiaries
$37m drained from benefits to debt collectors in grim vortex Thousands of welfare recipients, whose payments are docked by private…
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Dumb Lives Matter mutates into Dumb Cars Matter protests
Wow, the Dumb Lives Matter Parliament Lawn Protest movement has mutated into Dumb Cars Matter petrol protests… Protest in Auckland’s…
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This Government kick the disabled in the balls and you are allowing them to because you hate Jacinda
The cruelty of this Government is disgusting… Government to overturn court decision recognising family carers as employees The Disability Minister…
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After BNZ, other things NZ should nationalise
If we are all in on nationalising BNZ to merge with KiwiBank and become the Bank for the Government for…
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Nicola Willis promising more job losses in mutilated public service
Finance minister hints at government department amalgamation plans The finance minister is set to reveal proposals to reduce the number…
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Te Kaupapa Tackles TPM Chaos & Prison Crisis
Te Kaupapa dives into Te Pāti Māori tensions, Hone Harawira speculation, prison politics and the Maiki Sherman controversy.
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MEDIAWATCH: Skepticism of corporate mainstream media is healthy, believing everything you read on social media isn’t
Corporate media lost public trust years ago, but replacing journalism with algorithm-fuelled conspiracy culture is poisoning democracy itself.
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TWITTERWATCH: Come on, does anyone believe this Matthew Horncastle story?
If Matthew Horncastle runs for National, critics say it could expose exactly how far culture war politics has consumed the modern Right.
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Moana Unloads on Winston, Media & Maiki Sherman
Moana speaks out after her explosive Winston Peters interview, tackling media pressure, Maiki Sherman and the future of journalism.
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Breaks Silence on TPM Chaos
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer finally addresses Te Pāti Māori’s internal turmoil, Hone Harawira speculation and the stakes of Election 2026.
TDB: Left News
- Labour and Greens say social housing shake-up will see public housing tenants evicted
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- Major social housing shake-up announced
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- Minor parties steal spotlight from Nicola Willis' Budget
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- Chamber blowback: The third law of political motion
- Winston Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as Kiwis arrested
- Cost-benefit analyses should lead infrastructure spending - report
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- Thursday's Dawn Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
- Thursday's Early Bird: Northland RONS costs hidden
- Govt to cut 8,700 more civil service jobs
- Monday's Chorus: Would buying back BNZ work?
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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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- Chris Hedges: America’s Suicide Pact
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- Taking a Good, Long Look Into Elon Musk and “Muskism”
- Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response
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- 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
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- Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
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The Liberal Agenda – AI, Big Tech and Journalism JMAD Conference
From deepfakes to surveillance capitalism, a major journalism conference asks what happens when AI and Big Tech reshape the media itself.
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In Occupied Palestine – 18 April 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, 18 April 2026 until 08:00, 19 May 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When a falsified Taxpayers’ Union ‘golden handshake’ is neither ‘golden’ nor a ‘handshake’
On 7 May The Post published a paywalled article by Tom Hunt under the eye-catching heading of Wellington council’s $200k-plus…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hidden waiting list exposed; unmet health need unreported
Thousands of sick New Zealanders are being quietly rejected before even reaching official hospital waiting lists, hiding the true scale of unmet healthcare need.
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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
Ian Powell says escalating US sanctions against Cuba are driving a humanitarian crisis marked by rising infant mortality, blackouts and deepening poverty.
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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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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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Nobody Wants To Share Building With Genocide Embassy Of Israel – Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
PSNA says the shift of the Israeli embassy into the Fisher Funds building in Wellington has concerned other tenants in the office high rise. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is citing the Wellington Post front-page article which reported only some…
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New Fuel Crisis Scorecard: Coalition Flunks, Labour Offers Few Commitments – Greenpeace
As fuel prices remain high and the Budget looms closer Greenpeace has released a scorecard ranking political parties on practical solutions to cut dependence on imported fossil fuels and shield households from oil and gas price shocks. Parties were asked…
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Greens oppose rushed disability support law changes
The Green Party is opposing the Government’s Disability Support Services Bill, saying disabled people and whānau have once again been shut out of decisions that directly affect their lives. “The Government introduced this Bill without consultation with disabled communities, despite…
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Nicola Willis fails basic test on unemployment – Labour
Nicola Willis has exposed just how out of touch she is with the jobs crisis unfolding under her watch. “This morning Nicola Willis showed she doesn’t even know where unemployment is rising in New Zealand, despite overseeing thousands of job…
