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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Arena Williams, Kahurangi Carter and Bomber Bradbury
Join Dale Husband, Labour MP Arena Williams, Green MP Kahurangi Carter and The Daily Blog Editor Martyn Bradbury to discuss the weeks politics: Why is the Government so focused on removing Māori representatives from local councils? Is Labour’s public transport policy worth the wait? New waste water testing shows huge increase in drugs – how do we deal with this? Men’s health –…
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Saving Commuters $120 per month has been Labour’s best week for a long time
This was a bloody good week for Labour. Putting $120 per month back into the pockets of 170 000 commuters…
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Musk becoming the first Plutocrat Oligarch Trillionaire is a grotesque threat to global democracy
I really, really, really don’t like Musk. Don’t get me wrong, the rocket landing and catching stuff is cool and…
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Chris Bishop whines Labour don’t slavishly worship Farmers like he does
Zionist apologist… …and property speculator pimp Chris Bishop… How Sunfields sums up everything wrong with political corruption in NZ The…
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BEN MORGAN: Pacific Update – Discussing geo-political and military activity in the Pacific.
Shangri La Dialogue 2026 – Notable Trends The Institute for International and Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri La Dialogue is the Indo-Pacific region’s most important annual defence conference. It attracts defence leaders, officials, policy makers, and academics from Asia, the US,…
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Brie Elliot’s Letter Seeking a Review of Elizabeth Rata’s Damehood.
The awarding of a damehood to Elizabeth Rata has caused a great deal of kerfuffle and raising questions which need…
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BEN MORGAN: Putin has problems, so expect volatility
After four years of intense fighting, the Ukraine War appears to be no closer to resolution. Russian offensive operations are…
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Police double standard on Palestine
PSNA is demanding police charge a pro-Israel tyre slasher, after he slashed two tyres on a Palestine supporter’s car in…
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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 2 June 2026
Sources
- Roy Morgan — 02/06/2026
- 1News Verian — 19/04/2026
- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
- Talbot Mills — 12/03/2026
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New Poll shows why the Kākāriki Alliance is the most important for Left wing voters this Election
The new Taxpayers’s Fake Union Poll is out: Labour – 32.2% National – 30.1% Greens – 11.5% NZF – 11.4% ACT – 7.8% TPM – 3.1% TOP – 3.2 Last weeks internal Talbot Poll had: Labour – 38% National – 30% ACT – 6% The Taxpayers’s Fake Union Poll highlights…
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Explosive new details in Government secret pollution documents
‘Constitutionally abhorrent’: Expert reveals advice to government on climate law change A legal expert who was consulted on the government’s law change that would prevent companies from being sued over climate change has released his advice publicly, explaining his opposition to the proposal at the time. Associate Professor at Auckland…
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Oranga Tamariki doesn’t deserve its Māori name
Police and social workers raise alarm about ‘mayhem’ and government cuts hitting kids Police officers, social workers and Oranga Tamariki’s own staff are raising red flags about how the Government is funding youth services, saying underfunding, and funding cuts, are letting families fall through the cracks – and into crime….
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Elliot Ikilei is a Christofascist and NZ First Gumboot Fascism has mutated it into a cavalcade of political circus freaks
NZ First’s latest candidate aligns party with Reform, One Nation and Trump Elliot Ikilei wants to shield the youth from leftist ideologies, resist academic influence and lead a return to ‘Judeo-Christian morality’ Newsroom Trashy Stuart Nashy, the heavily concussed Taine Randell, former Conservative Party Leader and love poet Colin…
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The horrific pogrom in Belfast
Jesus wept… Second night of unrest hits Belfast as victim’s family pleads for calm Police fired water cannons on protesters in a second night of unrest in Belfast fuelled by anti-immigration sentiment, as a “hit list” of foreigners’ homes was circulated online in apparent retaliation for a shocking stabbing attack…
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Police recorded 170,478 Family Harm Incidents last year – why are we cutting family and sexual violence staff?
Job cuts proposed for agency fighting family and sexual violence The centre responsible for government’s collective response to family and sexual violence faces losing a third of its workforce in a restructure. The board overseeing the Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention is proposing to reduce the number…
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Trump throws tantrum and hilariously promises more violence
Trump vows attacks on Iran for ‘playing’ US over peace deal President Donald Trump is warning he will renew US…
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The Debt Monster Myth the Political Right use to strangle NZ vision
The Right pretend the Government is like a household in that you can’t spend more than your household brings in…
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Real NZ Left vision needs to think about what more democracy and a unique Treaty economic/social infrastructure looks like
While the Government looks to exploit international students and cause gridlock to our underfunded physical and social infrastructure… Government wants…
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The possibilities of a Labour/Green/TOP/TPM Government
If the latest polling is even half right, a Labour, Green, Te Pāti Māori, TOP Governmentisn’t fantasy anymore — it’s…
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The Kākāriki Alliance is the most important for Left wing voters this Election
The moment to gain real wins for progressives isn’t at the election, it’s at the negotiating table AFTER the election….
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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Arena Williams, Kahurangi Carter and Bomber Bradbury
Join Dale Husband, Labour MP Arena Williams, Green MP Kahurangi Carter and The Daily Blog Editor Martyn Bradbury to discuss the weeks politics: Why is the Government so focused on removing Māori representatives from local councils? Is Labour’s public transport policy worth the…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Why removing local Māori representation is so damaging and racist
The sudden decision by Local Government Minister Simon Watts to legislate away any unelected Māori representation that has voting rights on local councils seems like a racist solution looking for a stupid problem. ACT and the Taxpayers’ Union have made…
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MEDIAWATCH – BSA right of reply highlights what we are losing by scrapping it
I think this is a very good rebuttal by the BSA to their execution and the genuine need in an age of disinformation and misinformation to hold the mainstream media to account… Chief of axed Broadcasting Standards Authority says New…
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MEDIAWATCH: Jack Tame wins Greatest Political Quote 2026
Is this the greatest political quote of 2026? “Has your tolerance for human misery increased?” Gold!
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The Bradbury Group – with TOP Leader Qiulae Wong, Alliance Leader Victor Billot + political panel Hooton, Simon Wilson + Maria Slade
A Marxist, two Party leaders, a Business Journalist, a militant cyclist and a right wing newspaper columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this is? The Bradbury Group?” 1-on-1 in 10…
TDB: Left News
- Equity vs equality? Why educators and health experts say understanding the difference matters
- Health NZ increases funding offer for GPs
- Number of female prisoners expected to surge by 63 percent over next decade
- Saturday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes; Front Pages & Cartoons
- Health ministry launches review into effects of nitrate in water
- Targeting diabetes drugs at Māori and Pasifika is needs-based, specialist says
- Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade
- Labour calls for formal audit of govt's record keeping and OIA practice
- Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade
- ACT favours sheep over choppers for weed control on conservation land
- Coalition clings to majority in latest Taxpayers' Union poll
- Friday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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The Weekly Hoon: An amazing SpaceX IPO; NZ's $6.5b emissions credits bill; Auckland's de-intensification & Labour's fare cap policy
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
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Here's the devil in our housing inflation detail
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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Auckland chooses high house prices & low GDP
- Wednesday's Early Bird: My Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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Protest growing against Govt's disability cost-cutting bill
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Scoop: NZ Govt has more assets than debt
- Chris Hedges: America’s Suicide Pact
- Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Condemn West Bank Land Sales
- The Unraveling of Nehru’s Vision for India
- The Democratic Candidate Closely Tied to Crypto and Big Tech
- An ICE Surveillance Vendor Is Misleading the Public
- Palestine Action Barrister Wins Appeal in UK Contempt Case
- Taking a Good, Long Look Into Elon Musk and “Muskism”
- Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response
- Disney Is Encouraging and Exploiting the Rise of “Kidults”
- Want the hard numbers? Here’s the budget at a glance
- What made my jaw drop and eyes pop this budget? The ‘Mad Max’ scenario
- What secret budget items are ‘not for publication’?
- 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
- Labor’s gambling plan snuck out on budget day, ANU gets framed, and Julie goes jogging
- Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
PODCAST: A View from Afar
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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Keith Locke Memorial Free Speech Debate (minus the Free Speech Union)
New debater joins the Keith Locke Memorial Debate 2026 Yasmine Serhan, respected trade union organiser, educator, social justice advocate and…
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
The look of concern on Bishop’s face to be in a Simeon Brown selfie
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OPEN MIC – SATURDAY 13th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: Antarctica holds about 70% of all the fresh water on Earth. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists,…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hypocrisy of Free Speech Union opposing free speech in practice
With some origins in ‘Athenian democracy’ free speech is one of the noblest rights which people have struggled for and…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The wider implications of eyecare privatisation
On 5 March the Government through Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) formally called for ‘Requests for Proposals’ (RFPs) for…
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Q-Day Is Coming
Quantum computing could make every password, VPN, and encrypted website on the planet vulnerable Remember Y2K? A fear that every…
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Gleichschaltung and Far-Right Momentum in NZ
Ian Powell warns that New Zealand is far from Nazi Germany, but far-right momentum, neoliberal drift and authoritarian instincts should not be dismissed.
The Bradbury Group
Qiulae Wong & Victor Billot join us as 33,000 homeless children expose the Budget’s broken promise
TOP Leader Qiulae Wong, fresh off a 6% Roy Morgan surge, and Alliance Leader Victor Billot join us, to take on the economy, the Left’s political strategy, and the global rise of the far right. Plus, the panel: Matthew Hooton, Maria Slade and Simon Wilson, tears into the real numbers behind the Budget: 33,000 homeless children, company liquidations at an 11-year high, the war on Māori local government representation, and what Labour’s list versus NZ First’s candidate strategy actually means for the next election. It’s a big night. Don’t miss it.
Raw News
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Labour Calls On Auditor-General To Investigate Prime Minister’s Office
Labour justice spokesperson Camilla Belich has written to the Auditor-General requesting a formal audit of the Office of the Prime Minister’s record-keeping and Official Information Act practices. “Trust in government depends on New Zealanders being able to see how decisions…
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Lowering Māori Injury Rates Put At Risk By Govt’s Focus On Culture Wars – PSA
WorkSafe latest restructure proposal is putting at risk the organisation’s success in lowering serious injuries and deaths among kaimahi Māori. Under the proposal, released to staff on 20 May, the organisation would no longer have a dedicated function focussed on…
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Opposition To Bottom Trawling Surges As Ocean Issues Climb Voter Agenda – WWF New Zealand
New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about the health of the ocean and want action on destructive fishing practices, new nationwide polling reveals. Polling by Horizon research reveals 90% of New Zealanders want bottom trawling limited in some form and more…
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A Third Of Family Violence Workforce Facing Axe As Govt Undermines Its Own Mission – PSA
The body responsible for New Zealand’s whole-of-government response to family and sexual violence faces losing a third of its workforce, as evidence mounts that the Government is no longer taking the issue as seriously as it once did. The Centre…