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TDBs rolling countdown for enrolment this election
Comrades. You may have noticed at the top of the Daily Blog we have put in a count down to when you can enrol in this years election. It is NOT an advert from the Electoral Commission (they don’t have the imagination or the courage to advertise with The Daily Blog), it is a project completely off our own bat…
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The farce of pretending the Sovereignty of Parliament was a justification to capitulate to big polluters
The argument that has emerged as the justification that the Government had to step in and shut down any legal…
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Why are you allowing Shane Jones to give oil polluters free spills?
Look. I get it. Trans are bad. Vaccines are bad. Māori are bad. Treaty is bad. Climate change is a…
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The Bradbury Group 1 year birthday vs the NZ Initiative vs secret 7 Big Polluter influence
There were two reason The Working Group had its funding cut and shut down. The first was my refusal to…
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Something Smells at The New Zealand Teachers Council
I and many others have written about Erica Stanford’s dictatorial control of education. Hopefully this message is starting to gain traction. The agenda is clearly far greater than the usual shibboleth of ‘raising achievement’ and in fact is aimed at…
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How Do You Define A Woman? Not Like This!
After years demanding Labour define a woman, NZ First’s answer appears to be: a woman is a biological female and a female is a biological female.
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update – Discussing geopolitical and military activity in the Pacific
A new US-led Pacific “kill web” linking Japan, South Korea and the Philippines signals how rapidly the Indo-Pacific is militarising.
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Can Labour centrism win the election? No. But why?
The problem with centrism is not moderation. It is that voters eventually stop believing you stand for anything at all.
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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 12 May 2026
Sources
- Roy Morgan — 12/05/2026
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- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
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The Bradbury Group 1 year birthday vs the NZ Initiative vs secret 7 Big Polluter influence
There were two reason The Working Group had its funding cut and shut down. The first was my refusal to stop criticising Israel for committing war crimes that are so extreme that they technically breach Genocide thresholds. The second was my refusal to stop focusing on the intersection of right…
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What Budget 26 really says about how hard right this Government really is
Every day on Open Mic we post a daily political quote, a daily fact and a political haiku: Ledger lines grow thin, Warm rooms traded for balance— Winter bites harder. Never a truer poem written. Let’s be very clear, despite all the claims from NZME (owned by an alt-Right…
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What the Topp Twins meant for Aotearoa New Zealand and why you should sob with grief
There are moments of real joy, beauty and love in NZ. Georgina Beyer was one such moment. She was elected Mayor of Carterton in 1995 and won Wairarapa for the Labour Party in 1999. Carterton and Wairarapa are rural communities, ones that would be considered very closed minded towards transexuals,…
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Budget 26 Winners, Losers and Predictions
The Government has taken $780million out of the pockets of the poorest Kiwi so right wing vanity projects can occur instead! This is the Abandonment Budget – It’s the Right shrugging and saying, ‘let the free market decide’ Let’s be honest, Dame Lynda Topp telling the Budget to fuck off…
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Pope Leo stands for ‘Organic’ God vs AI God in market turf war
Shots fired… Pope Leo Uses First Major Papal Text to Warn About Dangers of AI Pope Leo XIV has issued the first major theological text of his papacy, warning about the growing power of artificial intelligence and calling for stronger regulation of the technology. Time Magazine …it’s a drive by…
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Congratulations to Clarke and Jacinda for winning an Emmy
Jacinda Ardern documentary wins Emmy Award An HBO documentary about former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, has been named best documentary at the Documentary Emmy Awards. TVNZ Congratulations to my dear Comrade Clarke for winning an Emmy for his Jacinda Documentary. It is so important that Jacinda’s legacy…
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The agony of Ebola misinformation and disinformation
Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo An angry crowd set alight a section of a…
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Trump panics as enormity of his surrender to Iran becomes apparent
What we are seeing now is the enormity of Trump’s fuck up. He has handed the Iranian Theocracy its greatest…
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Home Schooled – the true 3rd rail of NZ Politics
Turns out the true 3rd rail of NZ politics is Home Schooling… Government backs down on last-minute homeschooling law change…
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The Death-by-a-thousand-cuts Budget 26
The Government has taken $780million out of the pockets of the poorest Kiwi so right wing vanity projects can occur…
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So now we know Government advised NOT to give Big Polluters their secret demands
Wait! Wait! Wait! WHAT? Officials told government not to intervene in a climate court case Justice officials advised the government…
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MEDIAWATCH: I’m a lefty and I was never a fan of Paul Thompson or Maiki Sherman + why Impey will be good for RNZ
Media Insider: RNZ shake-up: New board chair, directors revealed; Who’s in line to be CEO?; PR boss: ‘All the big ad agencies are morphing into PR stunt agencies’ One of New Zealand’s most renowned business and media leaders has been…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – The Puritan Budget
The Government has shrugged its shoulders and has decided ‘you’re on your own NZ’. This Budget is death by $780million cuts, that’s the amount of money the Government are taking from State Tenants, Students and Beneficiaries to cook the books….
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#Clip: My Final Word: The Bradbury Group Turns One — Cancelled, Defunded & Bigger Than Ever
This is The Bradbury Group’s one-year birthday — and Martyn Bradbury has a few things to say about how we got here. 🎙️ Martyn’s final word — one year on The Bradbury Group was born after funding was pulled from…
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#Clip: Barbara Edmonds DESTROYS National’s Budget Narrative
Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins The Bradbury Group to analyse the Government’s latest Budget, rising unemployment, housing pressures, public service cuts, and what Labour plans to offer voters ahead of Election 2026. In this wide-ranging 1-on-1 in 10 interview,…
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#Clip: The War on News: English Tests for Workers, No Tests for Millionaires & AI Job Cuts
This week on The War on News, Martyn Bradbury tackles immigration hypocrisy, the return of Stuart Nash, and a government that thinks artificial intelligence can replace thousands of public servants. 🏠 English Tests for Workers, Not Millionaires The Government wants…
TDB: Left News
- Budget 2026 in pictures: Sound and fury, signifying numbers
- Prostate Cancer Foundation 'gutted' by government decision to not fund pilot programme
- The House: Budget Day - as much performance as spreadsheet
- Proposed law could see government use AI to make decisions about people's benefits
- New law allowing automated benefit decisions to modernise welfare system, government says
- 'What needs protecting?': Researcher questions purpose of English Language Bill
- What scientists really think of this year's Budget
- NZ prioritising talks with British, Australian navies to potentially replace Anzac frigates
- Claims of attempted ousting of Nelson city councillor by fellow councillor
- Six times Kiwi creatives called out the government
- Friday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
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The Weekly Hoon: Budget 2026, a climate scandal, Saudi Arabia & Iran & disinformation flooding NZ's political debates
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
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A sugar-free Budget that relies on rosy forecasts
- Why the Govt's 'sensible, grown up' tight Budget strategy is failing the economy
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RBNZ almost hikes & eyes three hikes before election
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Live with Bernard Hickey
- The $1.4 billion hole in the Govt's revenues
- The fuel powering our captured political economy
- The 30/30 rule that is the Govt's North Star
- 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
TDB: Top NZ Political Podcasts
- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF with Duncan Garner Audience: 30,667
- Q+A with Jack Tame Audience: 40,000
- Ryan Bridge Today Audience: xx,xxx
- MATA with Mihi Forbes Audience: 36,333
- LOCKED OUT with Craig Renney Audience: 4,400
- The Vinny Eastwood Show Audience: xx,xxx
- BHN – BIG HAIRY NEWS with Pat and Chewie Audience: 3,533
- THE BRADBURY GROUP with Martyn Bradbury Audience: 4,600
- PENNY MARIE NZ Audience: 4,000
- Cross Party Lines with Phil Goff & Christopher Finlayson Audience: 4,000
Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Second annual Keith Locke Memorial Debate July 2nd – Hate Speech Laws threaten Free Speech
Do hate speech laws protect the vulnerable, or hand the state a weapon against free speech? This Keith Locke Memorial Debate will be worth watching.
Daily Gallery
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SUNDAY 31st MAY 2026 OPEN MIC
SUNDAY 31st MAY 2026 FACT OF THE DAY: Antarctica became a continent around 34 million years ago, after losing its land connections with Australia and South America. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “He who wishes to be obeyed must know…
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Political Caption Competition
Never a truer word said!
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GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – New Zealand Did Not Accidentally Become a Fragile Country
New Zealand increasingly feels like a wealthy country that cannot quite afford itself. People feel it everywhere: housing costs, strained…
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GUEST BLOG : Dave Bainbridge-Zafar – The Cash-for-Consents Illusion: Why Central Government is the Real Problem in Housing
How you assume other people make decisions often reveals far more about your own personal motivations than it does about…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Un-funding rural general practice
They’re the ones that would suffer…our elderly vulnerable community who are struggling with pensions, who are suddenly going to have…
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Let’s Fix the New Zealand Economy – Tadhg Stopford
New Zealand is not broken by accident. Tadhg Stopford argues we built an economy that rewards extraction, debt and inflated land values over real production.
The Bradbury Group
Pre-Budget reckoning — Barbara Edmonds & Hone Harawira join us on The Bradbury Group
Labour Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins Martyn to take apart the pre-Budget economic agenda and ask whether free market ideology has become economic vandalism. Hone Harawira brings his unfiltered message for Māori politics ahead of the election. And the panel: Matthew Hooton, Verity Johnston and Quilae Wong, dig into the Big Polluter scandal, Luxon’s attack on John Campbell, and the question nobody in the Beehive wants to answer: how does criminalising the homeless and fighting culture wars, grow the NZ economy?
Raw News
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“Misery Budget” 2026: A Crumbling House With A Fresh Coat Of Paint – Workers First Union
Today’s Budget 2026 is a “misery Budget”, according to Workers First Union, with students, women, public servants, people with disabilities and our natural environment paying for the Government’s election-year desperation just to maintain the status quo. “This is an austerity…
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Military Spending Prioritised In Budget 2026 – Peace Movement Aotearoa
Military spending is prioritised again in this year’s Budget as New Zealand continues to pursue a range of militaristic fantasies as it seeks to be a combat capable “force multiplier” with “enhanced lethality and deterrent effect”. Amidst cuts to public…
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Budget 2026 fails Māori – Greens
The Green Party says Budget 2026 makes clear who this Government cares about, and it’s not Māori. “Budget 2026 neglects its Tiriti obligations to make way for the super-rich and powerful,” says Green Party Co-leader, Marama Davidson. “Despite the desperate need in our Māori communities, Willis has seen…
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National fails final Budget test – Labour
Budget 2026 was the Government’s last chance to show it had a plan to make life better for New Zealanders, but it has failed. “Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis promised to make life better for New Zealanders, but all…
