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Happy May Day Comrades – class struggle is the Identity we need!
Comrades! “Workers of the world, unite!” “You have nothing to lose but your chains!” Happy May Day! The day of unionised labour, solidarity and class! The wealthy gain their wealth in a market whose foundations have been built by the State. We all gain collectively from that societal memory and cohesion. Entrepreneurs sell their goods and services into a society…
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My old College wanted $230 for a Ball ticket??? Tell ’em they’re dreamin!
Ōrewa College slashes $230 school ball ticket prices after parent backlash An Auckland college has slashed the price of tickets…
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This is about Winston First, NOT NZ First
Make no mistake. This extraordinary and unprecedented situation where the Foreign Minister outs the Prime Minister on crucial foreign policy…
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MEDIAWATCH: You would crucify Maiki Sherman in this manner of you wanted to privatise TVNZ
I think it was very foolish of Maiki to make these comments last year in front of the Government because…
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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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Nicole McKee called to Condemn Israel’s Bulldozing Of New Zealand War Graves In Gaza
Nicole McKee says respect for the fallen is shown in deeds, not words. Critics are now asking if that applies to New Zealand war graves bulldozed in Gaza.
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Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies
An official of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) praised this month’s High Court judicial ruling over New Zealand Superfund…
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Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!
Anzac Day should not glorify empire — it should remind us of the devastating human cost of war and those who resisted it.
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Sooooo when Luxon said he supported carpet bombing Tehran and we all thought he misspoke…
Luxon, Peters in crisis talks after NZ First leader releases emails showing PM wanted explicit Iran war backing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held crisis talks with Foreign Minister Winston Peters in the Beehive last night after Peters’ office released emails to the Herald showing Luxon wanted to shift the Government’s…
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Does Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers’ Union going pidgin ghetto give everyone the ick?
I don’t know man. I just don’t know. As the Prime Minister is outed for wanting to join an illegal war, the Pope of the Taxpayers’ Union, Jordan Williams, wants to play pidgin ghetto round two? After doing it to Tamatha Paul, he wants to expand it to Michel Mulipola?…
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NZ Parliament’s biggest Zionist Apologist has audacity to attack Greens
What’s that old Palestinian saying? Occupiers on stolen land shouldn’t throw stones? I’m not sure Parliaments biggest Zionist Apologist has any high ground to attack a colourful Green Party candidate. What ever happened to Free Speech? Isn’t ACT the great free speech champions? Funny how the moment they need to…
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Political Bombshell: Luxon wanted to side with Trump over illegal Iranian War – snap election brewing with Winston
Congratulations to Thomas Coughlan, this is the political scoop and bombshell of the year… Luxon, Peters in crisis talks after NZ First leader releases emails showing PM wanted explicit Iran war backing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held crisis talks with Foreign Minister Winston Peters in the Beehive last night after…
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More damage to workers? Hasn’t Brooke van Velden caused enough carnage?
Workers say the new leave law changes will make them worse off, and critics argue Brooke van Velden has already done enough damage.
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For all the climate deniers & big polluter pimps this Super El Nino will be a nightmare
A Super El Niño is coming, and it could smash through New Zealand’s climate denial, insurance system and political complacency all at once.
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Trump has gifted Iranian Theocracy legitimacy! He has no option other than to surrender
Trump’s Iran war is blowing out in cost and chaos, and may end up strengthening the very regime it was meant to crush.
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MEDIAWATCH: You would crucify Maiki Sherman in this manner of you wanted to privatise TVNZ
I think it was very foolish of Maiki to make these comments last year in front of the Government because the naked reality is that it gave them leverage over her. The question now is did she pull her punches…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – Punts on the 7 Māori Electorates
Here are my punts on the 7 Māori electorates. The Māori Electorates are a lot more conservative than most punters reckon, but they have also had an influx of younger voters thanks to the enormous demographic bubble within Māoridom that…
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MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resign
If the Government had leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year, this isn’t a scandal; it’s a warning. And now the timing raises even bigger questions.
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MEDIAWATCH: Heather Duplicity Allan is a bad faith National Party hack
Was it journalism, or just another bad faith political hit job? Heather du Plessis-Allan’s latest take has Martyn calling bullshit.
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MEDIAWATCH: How much of a snowflake has Barry Soper turned out to be?
Barry Soper says he almost quit after Duncan Garner’s ‘aggressive’ behaviour towards him on PM’s Afghanistan trip; Garner, Guyon Espiner respond – Media Insider Broadcaster Barry Soper says he almost quit after the way that he says two well-known journalists…
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- Calls for government to release list of who will get fuel priority
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- Tohe Ashby | Tukua mātou ko taku tira ki te whakaora anō i ngā kauri i pāngia!
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Marama Davidson | Kaua e rāweke i te tapu me te mana o Te Wāhipounamu.
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Huhana Lyndon | Huhana Lyndon | Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry ki Ōtiria marae.
- Broadcasting Standards Authority calls for change as MPs probe its role in a digital era
- Prime Minister declines to offer evidence to back his claim he was mischaracterised in emails
- US invites NZ to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz
- Public expenses should be public as a matter of course
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Marama Davidson | Kaua e rāweke i te tapu me te mana o Te Wāhipounamu.
- Friday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
- Former National MP Chris Finlayson calls for 'war' on NZ First
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#election2026: Labour Names Toni Boynton for Waiariki, Signalling Focus on Māori Leadership and Local Voice
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#national: Cost Pressures Mount as Calls Grow for Economic Reset in Aotearoa
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#hauora: Toothache Nation: Dental Care Crisis Deepens as Access Slips Out of Reach
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#national: Lifesaving Law Change: Overdose Bill Aims to Remove Fear and Save Lives
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#culture: Tōiere Takes the Stage: Māori Voices Reshape the Future of Opera in Aotearoa
- They all get Winston’d in the end.
- 'As damaging as the Treaty Principles Bill': Proposed changes to Treaty clauses revealed
- Belatedly, Luxon tries to redeem his original sin
- ‘Revolving door into the weapons industry’: Ex-pollies’ links with arms company is business as usual for Canberra
- Australia is fixing its teen social media ban on the fly. Do the changes go far enough?
- Let’s Compare Hasan Piker’s Comments to Elite Centrists’
- Israel Attacks Gaza Flotilla Near Greek Waters
- Israel’s Yellow-Line Annexation in Gaza
- The Trump Surveillance State
- The Struggle for Democracy in Iran Isn’t Over
- The US Government Has the Power to Lower Drug Costs
- How to Buy a Slice of Your Neighbor’s Home and Hike the Rent
- For Pedro Sánchez, Europe Has to Leave the US’s Shadow
- Podcast: Gaza, Cuba, Global Sumud Flotilla, And More
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Podcast: Gaza, Cuba, Global Sumud Flotilla, And More
- UK Intel Role in Iran War That UK Says It’s Not In
- Family of New Zealand woman detained by ICE pleads for government help to secure her release
- Christchurch gunman fails in bid to appeal against guilty pleas in New Zealand court
- Just how ‘teal’ is independent Farrer candidate Michelle Milthorpe?
- Gina Rinehart’s executives are making big One Nation donations
- How UK Media Shields the Israel Lobby
- The Loans Bleeding Colombia’s Poor Dry, Drop by Drop
- Flotillas Tell Gaza They Haven’t Been Abandoned
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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
Thumbs up for war crimes – what would Jesus do?
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Political Caption Competition
Trump is so anti-woke he’s barely conscious
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GUEST BLOG: Graeme Doull – Iran’s most dangerous course of action
Forget the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s most devastating move could be precision drone strikes on global fuel infrastructure — and the world isn’t ready.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Failing kidney patients symptomatic of health system crisis; health system needs its own mantra
Dialysis rationing is not bad luck. It is the brutal bill for a health system that ignored prevention, ignored clinicians, and called chaos reform.
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Making sense of the Opportunity Party: ripples or wave
It’s hovering near 5%. That’s all it takes. The Opportunity Party could go from political footnote to kingmaker — if the ripple becomes a wave.
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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.
The Bradbury Group
Nicola Willis and Chlöe Swarbrick clash over New Zealand’s economy tonight
Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Green Party co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick join Martyn tonight on The Bradbury Group to debate the economy, the cost of living crisis, and the economic fallout of the Iran conflict. Plus, political heavyweights Matthew Hooton, John Tamihere and Max Harris tackle the big question: can New Zealand weather the storm?
Raw News
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Luxon needs to rule out support for Iran War – Greens
The Green Party is calling on the Prime Minister to rule out support for the Iran war. “Luxon should immediately and categorically rule out any New Zealand support, rhetorical or material, for the war in Iran,” says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson….
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Israeli forces intercept, board and threaten Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters – Greenpeace
Crew on the Greenpeace International vessel Arctic Sunrise report that vessels in the Global Sumud Flotilla have been boarded and harassed by Israeli forces in international waters 45 nautical miles west of the Greek island Kythira and 600 nautical miles from Gaza….
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Greenpeace free nitrate contamination water testing returns to Southland in May
Greenpeace Aotearoa has announced that it will be running free drinking water testing for nitrate contamination in Edendale, Ōtautau, and Lumsden in mid-May, as the organisation marks the fifth year of its nitrate water testing programme by returning to Southland….
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Green Party Bill to protect overdose emergency callers from legal risks receives cross party support
The Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Amendment Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament, marking an important step toward ensuring that no one hesitates to call for help in a medical emergency. “The Bill will provide protection from prosecution for…