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Dairy sell out and how Fonterra have trashed their social licence
Fonterra’s billion-dollar payout not a lottery win, say farmers Dairy farmers woke up significantly wealthier on Tuesday, but few are calling it a windfall. Fonterra’s $3.2 billion sale of its Kiwi consumer brands to French dairy giant Lactalis has triggered one of the biggest single-day cash injections rural New Zealand has seen, delivering an average of about $400,000 per farm….
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Is our justice system too underfunded to fix?
Jury trial reforms risk putting a price on justice – David Harvey For centuries, the jury trial has stood as…
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The AMOC is collapsing, why that should concern you
We have ‘disaster inertia’ now… ‘Disaster inertia’: why must NZ keep relearning the same lessons from extreme events? In the…
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The difference between ACT and NZF voters, why Labour can’t do a deal with Winston and Taine Randell ick
As we face the most consequential election of our entire generation, there is a very clear difference between ACT and…
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A Bigger Problem Than Iran
If Iran closing Hormuz is extortion, what is America doing? Trump’s plan doesn’t just target Iran — it turns the entire global economy into collateral damage.
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Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ
Thousands marched. Not just against war — but against New Zealand’s silence while it happens.
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Principals’ Concerns About the New ERO Reporting Format
Principals aren’t confused. They’re warning this will make things worse.
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The Changes to NCEA Are A Class War
If every “reform” makes it easier for the privileged to win… is it still reform — or something else?
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The difference between ACT and NZF voters, why Labour can’t do a deal with Winston and Taine Randell ick
As we face the most consequential election of our entire generation, there is a very clear difference between ACT and NZF Voters. The difference between an ACT supporter and NZ First supporter is that ACT will justify burning books if you own the book as a property right where as…
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Ummmm – why does Trump think a Dr looks like Jesus?
Ummmmm. What? Trump somehow has managed to get into a public fight with the Pope! Do you know how much of an arsehole you need to be to get into a fight with the pope? It’s like punching the Dala Lama while mugging the Buddha! So angry was Trump with…
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Trump’s worst geopolitical blunder vs NZ Economy with 7.5% inflation
Trump’s geopolitical madness won’t stay in the Middle East. It’s coming for your groceries, your mortgage, your job and every excuse this Government makes for staying silent.
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By arresting Palestine Action protestors – Britain is enabling War crimes and Genocide – Will NZ Government do the same?
More than 500 arrested at UK protest against Palestine Action ban Police have arrested more than 500 people during a mass vigil in central London to oppose the ban on campaign group Palestine Action. More than 1,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square for the demonstration on Saturday, with many holding…
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Western Values School Cultist Jonathan Ayling is teaming up with ACT to raise $100,000 to keep Charter Schools?
Selling wine to fund a political campaign is weird. Selling it to push charter schools? That’s something else entirely.
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Wait? What! Trump now says HE will close the Strait of Hormuz??? The old blockade to block a blockade that wasn’t blocked before being blocked strategy????
Iran threatens to close it. Trump says he’ll close it first. Oil spikes. Markets panic. And somehow this is meant to be strategy?
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ACT are lying to you about Charter Schools by comparing Apples with Potatoes and pretending it’s fruit
ACT want you to believe charter schools are a triumph of efficiency. The problem is their own numbers leave out huge costs and compare unlike with unlike.
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The Bradbury Group with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer + Dr Paul Buchanan & Qiulae Wong, Arena Williams & Matthew Hooton
A Marxist, A Party Co-Leader, an Intelligence Analyst, a Newspaper columnist, another Party leader and the member for Manurewa all walk into a bar.The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this is? The Bradbury Group?” 1-on-1 in…
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MEDIAWATCH: What should replace BSA if Goldsmith kills it?
Kill the watchdog — and what exactly replaces it? That’s the question no one serious is answering.
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MEDIAWATCH: Alt-Right Culture War Billionaire Jim Grenon should pay defamation bill
If you bankroll the fight, should you also pay the bill when it collapses?
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Hipkins: Govt “Not Prepared” for Fuel Crisis & Global War Fallout
Fuel shortages. Rising costs. Global war. Hipkins says we’re not ready — and that should worry everyone.
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The War on News: Trump’s War Crime Threat, Iran Escalation & NZ’s Culture War Distraction
Trump starts redefining war crimes. New Zealand starts arguing about culture wars. If that doesn’t alarm you, it should.
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Louis Theroux on toxic masculinity: 5 Stars
Louis Theroux walks straight into the manosphere — and what he finds isn’t just toxic masculinity, but a cultural vacuum we helped create.
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In Occupied Palestine – 12 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, 12 April 2026 until 08:00, 13 April 2026 In Gaza, during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Making sense of the Opportunity Party: ripples or wave
A small political party outside Parliament is starting to make political ripples. It is the Opportunity Party; until recently it…
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BEN MORGAN – Russia needs a victory this spring but probably won’t get one!
Russia needs a win — urgently. But Ukraine is grinding them down, Europe is waking up, and Putin may be running out of road faster than anyone expected.
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Is it WW3 yet? Evaluating the Iran war as part of a larger globalised conflict
We’re asking the wrong question about Iran. It’s not “will this escalate?” — it’s whether we’re already in World War 3 and pretending we’re not.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Calling out Health New Zealand for intimidation of nurses
When nurses speak up about safety — should they be threatened for it?
The Bradbury Group
War, Storms & Inflation: NZ Under Pressure
Tonight on The Bradbury Group, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Dr Paul Buchanan join us to break down the Iran war, climate shocks and rising inflation. With Hooton, Wong and Williams, we examine whether New Zealand is prepared for what’s coming next.
Raw News
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Auckland council votes to investigate sanctioning Israel for war crimes
PSNA has congratulated Auckland City Councillors who voted this morning to investigate supporting sanctions against Israel for war crimes. The Auckland Council Policy, Planning and Development Committee has just voted 14 to 2 to request a staff report by July…
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UN Experts Call For End To Attacks On Gaza Shelters, Forced Displacement In West Bank
UN experts* today expressed grave concern over Israeli military attacks affecting sites sheltering displaced Palestinians in the western Gaza City, alongside renewed patterns of forced displacement in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. “This cycle of displacement, terror, and targeted…
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E tū members will rally to save jobs at Te Papa
E tū members at Te Papa Tongarewa are rallying to save jobs after the museum proposed a restructure that would axe 14 roles and realign dozens more across an organisation where resources are already stretched thin. Members will hold a…
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Necropolitics And The Perils Of Migrant Fishers – University of Auckland
New research exposes the deadly exploitation of migrant fishers in poorly regulated waters. Isolated on a Taiwanese fishing vessel, eight days from the nearest landmass, 22-year-old Indonesian fisherman Sugiama was found dead in his bunk in 2019. His death followed…
