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Pink and Ed Sheeran disgraces themselves for Zionism while Macklemore shines
Isn’t it funny how right wing free speech champions always find any criticism of Israel as the limits of free speech… Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech American rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour in the US after he called for a free Palestine while on stage at MetLife Stadium in…
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Why would Israel strip citizenship rights from documentary makers?
What happened to free speech and fourth estate journalism? It all goes out the window when you critically analysis Israel’s…
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Another poll highlighting what a lie the Taxpayers’ fake Union poll was and the negative framing of Labour
Well, well, well. Another poll highlighting what a lie the Taxpayers’ fake Union poll was… …last week the mainstream media…
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Why Green Party Supermarket Policy is the best solution for NZs broken Capitalism
I’m not looking for socialism from this Government, just basic regulated capitalism. A Government’s obligation is to ensure competition exists,…
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Shane Te Pou – Where Has Our Humanity Gone, Aotearoa?
I’ve been away from home for nineteen months now, living in Europe, and there’s something about distance something about being away that gives you a different perspective. You start to see your own country the way a stranger might —…
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Shane Te Pou – My 18-year-old thinks I’m a technological dinosaur
There are moments as a dad when you realise your kids have overtaken you. Not in the obvious ways —…
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Dr. David Robie – Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’ becoming normalised
A pioneer of Palestine protest in Aotearoa New Zealand today warned against the IDF slaughter “obscenity” becoming accepted as normal…
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BEN MORGAN – Tri-lateral peace negotiations – Is Putin serious?
In June, we highlighted the dire situation that Putin has created for Russia by invading Ukraine, and predicted volatility as…
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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 31 August 2026
Sources
- Roy Morgan — 31/08/2026
- Talbot Mills — 14/08/2026
- 1News Verian — 11/08/2026
- RNZ Reid — 14/07/2026
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Why Green Party Supermarket Policy is the best solution for NZs broken Capitalism
I’m not looking for socialism from this Government, just basic regulated capitalism. A Government’s obligation is to ensure competition exists, allowing monopolies, duopolies and oligopolies to run crucial economic infrastructure is a recipe for price gouging. The Greens policy of using existing Commerce Commission powers to break up the Supermarket…
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ACT declare war on workers for the bosses
Low wage, slow wage, Young wage, no wage, Freeze it for three years, Call it a “grow” wage! Boss gets more, Kid gets less, ACT calls this Economic success! Forty percent? Off your pay! “You’re young,” they cry, “So that’s okay!” No union noise, No wage-rise fuss, Just trust the…
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Julie Anne Genter and Craig Renney shamefully allow themselves to be performative cosplay for Taxpayers’ Union
Despite calling for a boycott, Julie Anne Genter and Craig Renney shamefully allowed themselves to be performative cosplay for Taxpayers’ Union by appearing at their debate last night with former Labour Party MP accused of bullying, Anna Lorck and Libertarian ‘free speech champion’ Damien Grant. By appearing they both shamefully…
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Dear Julie Anne Genter, Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb and Craig Renney – Boycott the Taxpayers’ Union faux debate
Dear Julian Genter, Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb and Craig Renney – Boycott the Taxpayers’ Union faux debate! Comrades, empowering these bad faith actors is a disservice to the democratic debate. We are calling on every Labour, TPM and Green candidate to boycott the Taxpayers’ Union bad faith farce. I created the…
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TDB Strategic 2026 Electoral Tactical MMP voting guide to get rid of National, ACT and NZF
Comrades. We need to be very clear about the damage another National, ACT and NZF Government would create. If you thought National + ACT + NZF version one was cray cray, it ain’t nuthin’ compared with what National + ACT + NZF version 2 will be like. Comrades, the Right…
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Latest Poll – Hung Parliament
Turns out the Taxpayers’ Union was full of shit, despite you all screaming and running around like headless chooks. The latest The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll, tells a completely different story to the rigged Taxpayers’ Union Poll. Labour – 28% National – 27% Greens – 14% NZF – 13% ACT –…
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Louise Upston claiming benefit meltdown isn’t her fault is an extraordinary lie
The deflection by Louise Upston over the 30 000 Beneficiaries and Pensioners penalised by her rammed through changes is extraordinary….
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What ACT’s Party list tells us about their power factions
ACT’s list for the 2026 election: David Seymour Nicole McKee Andrew Hoggard Paul Henry Karen Chhour Todd Stephenson James Christmas…
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The most angering thing about the new Auckland City Rail
Nice to see Len Brown on the TVNZ coverage at the opening. He was and is a lovely guy and…
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Who is more stupid? Ray Chung or Wellingtonians who voted for Ray Chung?
Wait! WHAT? Wellington City councillor Ray Chung seeks security advice after meeting Russian ambassador Wellington City councillor Ray Chung says…
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5 ways NZ is corroding: Moa Point, Mt Maunganui landslide, NZTA corruption, Manurewa Local Board and the horror of Mt Albert Medical
We always tell our selves we aren’t corrupt, but 5 recent examples have proven how hollow that mindset is. As…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: One last bash of Māori by this Government before the election
Here we go. One last bash of Māori by this race baiting Government. This time it’s the Treaty of Waitangi clause review that Luxon weakly promised Winston. Section 14(a) of the Data and Statistics Act 2022. Section 8 of the…
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The Bradbury Group with Debbie Ngarewa Packer, Russel Norman + Political Panel: Chris Penk, Tau Henare & Dr Harpreet Singh
A marxist, the co-leader of Te Pāti Māori, the director of Greenpeace, a political commentator, a humble National Party backbencher and a former National Party MP all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What is this?…
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#Clip: My Final Word: The MMP Strategy That Could Blow Up National
This week, Martyn has a warning about what could happen at the 2026 New Zealand election — and why MMP could produce a very different National–ACT–New Zealand First government. Right-wing influencers are promoting a tactical voting strategy: candidate vote National,…
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#Clip: Helen Clark: Keeping NZ Out of Iraq Was “One of Our Best Decisions”
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark joins The Bradbury Group for a major discussion about Iran, Donald Trump, Russia’s war in Ukraine, Israel and the West Bank, China and the Pacific — and the lessons of 9/11 and the…
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#Clip: 1-on-1 in 10: Barbara Edmonds — Unemployment Is Soaring. Where Are The Jobs?
Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds challenges the Government over rising unemployment, child poverty, welfare cuts and New Zealand’s struggling economy as Election 2026 approaches. In this week’s 1 on 1 in 10, Martyn Bradbury speaks with Edmonds about unemployment hitting…
TDB: Left News
- Shoppers split over Foodstuffs break-up plan
- Uncosted MMP referendum: Could Māori seats be on the chopping block?
- 'Can't come soon enough': Councils and developers welcome revamped levy for infrastructure
- 'Chilling': Business groups speak out against National's supermarket break-up plan
- The books of God
- When lobbying becomes undue influence
- Daily crossword, Thursday 17 September
- Pak’nSave the big winner from National’s proposed restructure – expert
- Mini crossword, Thursday 17 September
- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 17 September
- Smarter grids, not bigger poles: how to halt soaring power bills
- NZ has a plan for fuel but leaves its vital food security fertiliser to chance
- Ex-ministers excoriate Govt on controversial conservation bill
- How Tom Phillips used homeschooling to isolate his missing children
- Winston Peters mocks National as 'Great Pretender' over supermarket policy
- National vows to 'pursue' break up of supermarket giant Foodstuffs
- Outgoing National MP Andrew Bayly discusses his 'brutal' resignation in final speech to Parliament
- Splitting up Foodstuffs: Would it actually drive down grocery prices?
- More tyrannical over-reach from Parliament
- Who hired the new nurses? Labour and National can't agree
- Israeli Arms Industry’s Integration With Britain’s Military
- The ‘Anti-Terrorist State’ Has Captured Latin America
- Ansar Allah’s Red Sea Advance Has Exposed Saudi Weakness
- Hedges Report: The Cartoonist Dissidents
- A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike
- AI Doomsaying Is an Aggressive Sales Pitch
- Does Dollar Supremacy Help Americans?
- Debunking The Claim That Macklemore Has A "History Of Antisemitism"
- When Britain Used Torture to Control the Strait of Hormuz
- The PM’s humble origin story is worthy of great respect. But is such a story even possible today?
- The Snoop: Karl Stefanovic’s secret episodes, One Nation candidate’s gory cartoon and more
- How to prepare for ICAC: A guide based on concerningly true goings-on
- Economic concerns grow as global fuel crisis deepens
- The Jewish Socialists Who Fought the Tsar and Zionism
- The Call for Working-Class Liberalism Is Coming From Inside the House
- PATRICK LAWRENCE: Swiss Neutrality & its Enemies
- Chris Hedges: Osama Bin Trump
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- The Rise of Germany’s Far Right Reflects a Systemic Crisis
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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda RIP Dolly Parton & Tim Curry
What a terrible 24 hours! Losing Dolly Parton AND Tim Curry? What a blow to our cultural foundations. I was…
Daily Gallery
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Open Mic WEDNESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Switzerland does not have a single head of state; power is shared by a seven-member Federal Council. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No, what’s troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and…
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Open Mic TUESDAY 15th SEPTEMBER + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: China’s National People’s Congress is considered the largest parliamentary body in the world. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The growing sensitivity of people to any sort of open and frank discussion of important issues is…
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Ian Powell – Public hospitals were already overflowing before winter flu outbreak
With all the extensive media coverage one could not be blamed for attributing the current winter flu outbreak, which started…
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Ian Powell – Privatising first specialist assessments
Privatisation is continuing to expand in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public hospitals, both in volume and scope. Owing to the Government’s…
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Ian Powell – Removing the ‘veil of good intentions’: a lesson for New Zealand foreign policy
The ‘veil of good intentions’ is an interesting phrase that does not have a specific meaning. Rather it is more…
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Ian Powell – Health New Zealand and its workforce are not ‘on the same page’
If I was to attempt to summarise in a simple soundbite the precarious and deteriorating position of Aotearoa New Zealand’s…
The Bradbury Group
Barbara Edmonds on Labour’s poll slump, the economy and Election 2026
Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins Martyn Bradbury to discuss unemployment, the economy, Election 2026 and whether Labour is losing political momentum. Plus, former Prime Minister Helen Clark examines the Pacific Islands Forum, Iran, Gaza, the West Bank and the world 25 years after 9/11, before Sandra Grey, Maria Slade and Matthew Tukaki debate NZ First, ACT and the latest election policy battles.
Raw News
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Government’s Last Act Is Another Attack On Te Tiriti – Te Pāti Māori
In its final days, this Government is trying to strip Te Tiriti from our laws. Three Treaty-related Bills before Parliament would weaken Te Tiriti protections and reduce Crown accountability. Te Pāti Māori opposes every one of them. Instead, Te Pāti…
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National is running our health system down – Labour
Treasury documents expose the gap between National’s claims of record health funding and the reality facing our health system. “Christopher Luxon has misled New Zealanders with claims of record health funding, knowing full well the health system has a…
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A vote for National means three years of frozen wages – Labour
National and their mates will freeze the minimum wage for three years, making working New Zealanders pay the price for Christopher Luxon’s coalition deal. “If you vote for National, you are voting for a Government that will freeze the…
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What’s on Luxon’s sell-off list? – Labour
Fifty-three days from the election, Christopher Luxon still won’t tell New Zealanders which of their assets he plans to flog off. “In 2023 Luxon promised no asset sales. He lied,” Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. “Luxon spectacularly backtracked on…