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Te Kaupapa Election 2026 weekend political podcast: with Teanau Tuiono, Hone Harawira, Kerrin Leoni, Matthew Tukaki and Bomber
🔥 RIGHT NOW ON TE KAUPAPA ELECTION ’26 🔥 Matthew Tukaki is joined by a heavyweight political panel to break down another massive week in politics as we head towards the 2026 Election. Joining the panel this week: 🎙 Hone Harawira – Former Leader of the MANA Movement 🎙 Teanau Tuiono – Green Party MP 🎙 Kerrin Leoni – Labour…
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Maiki Sherman had no choice but to resign – Ani O’Brien gets 2 for 4 as right wing political assassin
TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman parts ways with broadcaster following scrutiny TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman has announced her departure…
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MEDIAWATCH: Mike Hosking’s face has been so white washed in new ZB advert he looks like a KKK scrotum with botox
Come on. Look. We all want to put our best foot forward, and we like to get that self perfect…
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MEDIAWATCH: Ummmm, Russian media is reporting on Chantelle Baker
Christian fear grifter and anti-vax activist, Chantelle Baker, who has had her farcical defamation cases paid for by alt-Right Culture…
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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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BEN MORGAN – A tactical revolution in Ukraine, but what next?
The future of war may already be here. Ukraine’s drone battlefield is changing military tactics faster than governments, generals or ethicists can keep up.
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Enough About Erica: What Does Labour Have to Say?
After a year of Erica Stanford’s wrecking-ball education reforms, Labour has finally put something on the table, and it’s bigger than just undoing the damage.
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Seymour over-rules OIO advice to NOT sell 3 South Otago farms to foreign investors while attacking immigrants
Comrades, I’m a tad confused. While Wintson is raging against the migrants, he opened NZ up for rich foreigners to buy $5million mansions and I haven’t heard ACT say jack about overstayers while they were in power and yet suddenly 6months before an election we need to copy Trump with a…
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UN complaint against pay parity knee capping
NZ pay equity rollback triggers United Nations complaint – NZCTU A group of organisations has lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations, asking it to investigate whether the government’s changes to New Zealand’s pay equity laws amount to systemic discrimination against women. The complaint, brought by Pay Equity Coalition…
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The Oligarchy rushes to donate to National, ACT and NZ First
The money is pouring into National, ACT and NZ First, and critics say it reveals exactly who this Government is really working for.
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The real reason Rents are going down
I Love how National pretend that rents going down is intentional on their behalf. Bullshit. Their decision to smash Labour’s infrastructure pipeline early in 2024 has had a cascade impact on the economy that has seen over 200 000 Kiwis flee in 2 years. This massive drop in population is…
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Stagnate Unemployment rate burns youth – why does this Government hate Auckland so much?
The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.
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National Party Candidate for Auckland Central worked for technofascist Palantir
Palantir’s critics warn of militarised AI, surveillance and “technofascism”. So why did National’s Auckland Central candidate work there?
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Why is NZ Government funding Zionist apologist organisations to choke free speech?
A taxpayer-funded antisemitism report has ignited a bitter argument over free speech, Zionism and whether criticism of Israel is being deliberately conflated with racism.
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Te Kaupapa Election 2026 weekend political podcast: with Teanau Tuiono, Hone Harawira, Kerrin Leoni, Matthew Tukaki and Bomber
🔥 RIGHT NOW ON TE KAUPAPA ELECTION ’26 🔥 Matthew Tukaki is joined by a heavyweight political panel to break down another massive week in politics as we head towards the 2026 Election. Joining the panel this week: 🎙 Hone…
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MEDIAWATCH: Mike Hosking’s face has been so white washed in new ZB advert he looks like a KKK scrotum with botox
Come on. Look. We all want to put our best foot forward, and we like to get that self perfect but Mike Hosking’s face has been so white washed in this new ZB advert that he looks like a KKK…
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MEDIAWATCH: Ummmm, Russian media is reporting on Chantelle Baker
Christian fear grifter and anti-vax activist, Chantelle Baker, who has had her farcical defamation cases paid for by alt-Right Culture War Canadian Billionaire and Rupert Murdoch wannabe at NZME, Jim Grenon is now being spotlighted by Russian Media? Those things…
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MEDIAWATCH: Seymour plays Temu Trump by attacking RNZ on The Platform
David vs the media: Has Seymour gone too far? A law professor and a media expert say David Seymour has gone too far in public attacks against RNZ and TVNZ. They’ve warned jabs at the media will continue as the…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – Who will people complain to about Māori now BSA has been shut?
There were so many complaints from angry reactionary Kiwis complaining that Te Reo was on the radio/TV/Paper that in 2021, the BSA was forced to release a press release stating they would no longer consider complaints about the use of…
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- #opinion: Who will people complain to about Māori now BSA has been shut?
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- The Chilling UK Case Against Palestine Action Lawyer
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Liberal Agenda
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Dear TVNZ – I don’t care if this kid finds his biological father, why are you launching a cellphone service when you can barely do TV?
It’s meant to sell phone plans. Instead, it feels like a low-budget TVNZ drama about finding your dad. What are they thinking?
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
Mike Hosking’s face has been so white washed in new ZB advert he looks like a KKK scrotum with botox
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Political Caption Competition
Immigration policy
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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.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Do Wellington floods, climate change and wealth accumulation equal “suicidal capitalism”?
The Wellington floods weren’t just bad weather. They were a warning flare from a system still worshipping fossil fuels while the water rises.
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GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – The Official Information Act, the Official Secrets Act and Dr Bill Sutch
Before the OIA, secrecy ruled. The Bill Sutch case shows why transparency still matters, especially now.
The Bradbury Group
Hipkins on Immigration, Goff on Iran & Is Winston Triggering a Snap Election?
Tonight on The Bradbury Group: Labour Leader Chris Hipkins on the coalition’s immigration war and collapsing public confidence over the energy crisis, plus former British High Commissioner Phil Goff on Luxon, Iran, Trump and whether New Zealand is drifting closer to America’s foreign policy agenda. With political panelists Matthew Hooton, Simon Wilson and Kerrin Leoni debating whether Winston Peters is manufacturing the conditions for a snap election.
Raw News
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TAIC Report On Kaitaki Incident Gives Shocking Picture Of Decline Of New Zealand Maritime Infrastructure – Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) says the final Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) report into the Kaitaki ferry loss of power incident paints a shocking picture of key transport infrastructure in New Zealand in a state of decline….
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Heartless Govt. Proposes More Job Cuts At Kāinga Ora – Tenants And Workers In Regions Pay The Price – PSA
– Maintenance staff to be ripped out of 40+ regional offices and centralised to Auckland and Christchurch – 138 roles impacted, net loss of 46 positions – More than 1,100 Kāinga Ora jobs axed since 2024 as Govt. dismantles public…
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Jamie Arbuckle Says Container Return Scheme Will End Producers’ ‘free Pass’ – Zero Waste Network Aotearoa
Promoting his Private Member’s Bill to introduce a drinks’ Container Return Scheme for New Zealand today, NZ First MP Jamie Arbuckle says “More than 2 billion beverage containers are used by kiwis every year and far too many end up…
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Communities Have Fought Too Hard To See Conservation Protections Weakened – Greens
Green Party Coromandel candidate Pamela Grealey says there will be strong concern across the Coromandel electorate about Government changes that would make it easier for public conservation land to be exchanged or disposed of. “This Government is already giving industry…
