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You might think climate change is a socialist hoax, your insurance company doesn’t
The Political Right in NZ be screaming climate change is a socialist hoax as the country spasms from the latest extreme weather events. The Political Right are so desperate to convince you that human pollution is not super heating the planet to push us beyond tipping points that once breached represent an existential threat to us as a species that…
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MEDIAWATCH: How does Heather Duplicity-Allan and Jason Wells define recovery?
Watching the Political Right attempt to paint the latest Unemployment numbers as some great victory for capitalism is almost ICE…
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My Experience of Political supporters and what the NZ Left have to do to win 2026
I’ve been covering politics in this country for 31 years now, I know, what a terrible waste of life right?…
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New School Year, New Educational Nonsense.
Well, here we go again. The school year has barely started and we are already being dumped on with loads…
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New School Year, New Educational Nonsense.
Well, here we go again. The school year has barely started and we are already being dumped on with loads of educational nonsense. I see I’m going to be busy! Let’s start with advanced stupidity. A couple of days ago,…
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Pacific Security 2026: US Retreat, China’s Advance & Rising Regional Risk
A 2026 assessment of Pacific security as US foreign policy retreats and China expands influence. Ben Morgan examines Trump’s strategy, AUKUS, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and rising regional instability.
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The Bradbury Group with Chris Hipkins, Matthew Hooton, John Tamihere and Matthew Tukaki
1-ON-1 IN 10 INTERVIEW: Leader of the Labour Party – Chris Hipkins POLITICAL PANEL: John Tamihere – President of the…
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Bannon’s Epstein interview: a hollow, smug, humourless pervert
A detailed critique of Steve Bannon’s interview with Jeffrey Epstein, exposing the emptiness, arrogance and moral rot behind the performance.
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You might think climate change is a socialist hoax, your insurance company doesn’t
The Political Right in NZ be screaming climate change is a socialist hoax as the country spasms from the latest extreme weather events. The Political Right are so desperate to convince you that human pollution is not super heating the planet to push us beyond tipping points that once breached…
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My Experience of Political supporters and what the NZ Left have to do to win 2026
I’ve been covering politics in this country for 31 years now, I know, what a terrible waste of life right? You might not like my style or conclusions, but you can’t doubt my experience. Personally over that time the nastiest insults I get are from Green supporters. NZ First supporters…
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Labour/Green Unity at Waitangi spoiled by haters and wreckers this year
The power of Unity can overcome. Why Labour and Green unity at Waitangi mattered It was an important message that Labour and the Greens put out at Waitangi this year and is in stark contrast to the naked dislike for each other Luxon, Winston and David display anytime they are…
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Are Green activists the Greens own worst enemy?
As the 2026 election tightens, the Greens face a challenge that has nothing to do with policy and everything to do with perception. While the party’s platform remains popular with younger and progressive voters, online activist culture risks alienating the very people the Greens need to win back — turning…
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NZ Police itching to be ICE storm troopers
When Police Escalation Becomes the Problem Jesus wept! Why the IPCA Matters — And Why Police Ignoring It Doesn’t IPCA…
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Mariameno attacking Te Pati Māori for refusing to previously appear – Brown on Brown unfriendly fire
After taking a movement of hundreds of thousands last year to merely a hundred last weekend, Eru continues his alienating…
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Unemployment at 10-year high — Free Market Cheerleaders say relax
New Zealand’s unemployment rate has surged to its highest level in over a decade, but the Government and free-market cheerleaders…
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MEDIAWATCH: How does Heather Duplicity-Allan and Jason Wells define recovery?
Watching the Political Right attempt to paint the latest Unemployment numbers as some great victory for capitalism is almost ICE level delusion. You all saw ICE execute two innocent people with your own eyes, yet Trump and MAGA told you…
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My Final Word: Appeasing Trump Is Not Foreign Policy
This week, Martyn slams the New Zealand Government’s sycophantic grovelling to Donald Trump as the former U.S. President spirals deeper into authoritarianism. From kidnapping world leaders to looting oil fields and profiting off the bloodshed in Gaza, Trump acts…
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The War on News: Stranger Things tears, Trump’s Venezuela coup & 2026’s emotional rollercoaster
The War on News is a weekly attempt to make sense of a world that increasingly feels unmoored from reality. It tracks the collision of politics, media, culture, conspiracy and power — not as isolated stories, but as a single,…
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Election 2026: How Labour’s Māori Caucus can win back Māori voters
As Election 2026 approaches, Labour’s Māori Caucus faces a strategic choice. Targeting Māori voters who backed National may matter more than fighting the Māori Party for electorates.
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MEDIAWATCH: Broken markets, corporate power & the limits of competition Reform
A deep dive into New Zealand’s broken markets, the Commerce Act reform debate, and why corporate power continues to undermine competition, democracy, and public trust.
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The Weekly Hoon: Insurance retreat; Gugong deaths; NZ becoming a 7th Australian state & critical minerals
- ‘The government doesn’t care’: Māori greet New Zealand PM with indifference at muted Waitangi
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- Ehud Barak Had a Very Close Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein
- Our Obsession With Personal Responsibility Is Making Us Sick
- The US Keeps Openly Admitting It Deliberately Caused The Iran Protests
- Phara Souffrant Forrest: Why I Support NYC’s Striking Nurses
- The UAW Volkswagen Contract Is a Win for Unions in the South
- Britain’s Rulers Have Been Partners in the Gaza Genocide
- Horror in Wellington as millions of litres of untreated sewage flow into the sea
- Craig Murray: Acquittals Demolish Lies About Palestine Action
- Palestine Action Protesters Found Not Guilty
- John Howard and his army of fossils want to play with 20th century tactics. But now it’s a different game
- Cutting through the Hanson and Bernardi brouhaha reveals the real issue: nonsense journalism
- Hedges Report: The Future of the ‘New World Order’
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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Basement Theatre – Welcome to the first week of our Summer Pride Season!
Kia ora Basement whānau, Aue, e hika ma! Titiro koutou ki ngā whakaari i tēnei wiki! The Summer Pride season…
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The Liberal Agenda – Melania. 5 stars
Melania is a lavish, chilling documentary about obscene wealth, political decay and elite delusion. A five-star train wreck you have to see.
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The Liberal Agenda – Basement Theatre Pride Summer
Wake up from your holiday daze Tāmaki Makaurau – it’s officially Summer/Pride season at Basement Theatre! From 7 Feb – 18…
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The Liberal Agenda – Basement Theatre
Kia ora Basement whānau,Aue, e hika ma! Titiro koutou ki ngā whakaari i tēnei wiki! Check out what’s on this…
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
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In Occupied Palestine – 04 February 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing…
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In Occupied Palestine – 03 February 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing…
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Political Caption Competition
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GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – Nzs pimped out, again! NACTs critical minerals fast track trap.
A guest analysis of New Zealand’s fast-tracked critical minerals strategy, questioning royalties, foreign control, and the long-term risks to national sovereignty.
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GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Code versus conscience: When AI operates outside ethics and law
From rogue government chatbots to biometric surveillance, this guest column examines how AI is outpacing ethics, law, and democratic accountability.
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Nael Barghouti: Courageous words from an unbreakable spirit
The words of Nael Barghouti, a Palestinian leader imprisoned for decades, reveal resilience, resistance and the human cost of occupation.
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Simple English: What’s wrong with New Zealand & how we fix it
There’s a simple puzzle at the heart of modern New Zealand. We are educated. We work hard. We export food,…
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The Bradbury Group
Election 2026 Begins: Economy, Immigration and a World in Disorder
The first Bradbury Group of 2026 opens the election year with a hard look at what has already gone wrong. From the disappearance of the promised economic “green shoots,” to the political weaponisation of anti-immigrant sentiment and the destabilising impact of Donald Trump’s return to global power, this panel cuts through the spin to examine who benefits, who pays, and what kind of year New Zealand is heading into.
Raw News
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Greenpeace warns of NZ bowing to US mining bullying
News that the NZ government is in talks with the Trump administration on a critical minerals deal is drawing fierce criticism from Greenpeace Aotearoa, who warn of unchecked environmental destruction, Te Tiriti violations, and Aotearoa becoming a pawn in the…
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Kiwi-killing Bill 2.0: Government’s RMA reforms strip wildlife protections – Greenpeace
Greenpeace says it has identified a “kiwi-killing clause” in the 300-page Natural Environment Bill (NEB), which is set to replace the country’s primary environmental law – the Resource Management Act. Last year, the Government legalised killing kiwi for commercial activity…
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Massive win for moana as Taranaki seabed mining application rejected – Greenpeace
Greenpeace along with iwi and environmental groups are calling the decision to reject Trans Tasman Resources proposal to mine the Taranaki seafloor “a massive win for people power and the ocean”. In a draft decision, released today, the Fast Track…
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Green Member’s Bill to recognise the personhood of tohorā
Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono has launched his Member’s Bill to recognise whales as legal persons with inherent rights, including the right to freedom of movement, a healthy environment, and the ability to thrive alongside humanity. “Our tohorā are sacred ancestors for many communities…
