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7pm LIVE TONIGHT: The Keith Locke Memorial Debate – ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’
TICKETS ARE ALL SOLD OUT! The debate will be live streamed here at 7pm. Moot: That ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’ ‘Our debate could not be more topical, in the light of controversy about the recent anti-immigrant remarks of Brian Tamaki of Destiny Church. What should we do when bad people (and sometimes good people) say bad things? Would…
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This is why Chippy matters
Hipkins says he will scrap ‘morally bankrupt’ MSD staff metrics Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says he will scrap the…
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Shane ‘Stretch’ Jones needs to define what a taxpayer perk is before he attempts to define a woman
‘Don’t malign the Matua’s name’: Shane Jones finally explains ‘limo’ use in Canada trip with huge cost blowout Resources Minister…
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How many Michelin Stars would ACT’s School lunches get?
The never ending fawning by the NZ media over the Michelin Star announcement that keeps going without any critical analysis…
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7pm LIVE TONIGHT: The Keith Locke Memorial Debate – ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’
TICKETS ARE ALL SOLD OUT! The debate will be live streamed here at 7pm. Moot: That ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’ ‘Our debate could not be more topical, in the light of controversy about the recent anti-immigrant remarks of…
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So the Orcs Have Given In and Conservation Lands Are Safe?
Yesterday Minister of ‘Conservation’ Tama Potaka announced that he will be: ‘removing a controversial clause in a proposed law that…
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The Government of Orcs Want to Sell Our Precious Conservation Lands
I’m sure you are well aware of the bill going through the parliament process that will allow the government to…
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We Warned You About Erica Stanford
Many articles have been written about the nefarious deeds of Erica Stanford, and her take over of education, based on…
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How many Michelin Stars would ACT’s School lunches get?
The never ending fawning by the NZ media over the Michelin Star announcement that keeps going without any critical analysis whatsoever is embarrassing. The smug food wank wallowing that is occurring without any consideration of the 170 000 hungry kids and broke Foodbanks is shameful and ugly at a time…
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Eeeew – What’s more disgusting? ACT MP Simon Court sucking up to Elon Musk or Israel?
Ugh. What’s more disgusting? ACT MP Simon Court sucking up to Elon Musk… …or Israel? …why suck up to such awful rich people? ACTs sycophancy to the wealthy, (be they Musk or Israel) is about as hollow as you can get when it comes to wider political support. ACT’s…
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Shouldn’t people protest Ani O’Brien and Free speech Union ‘good faith’ tour?
Seeing as the Free Speech Union are defending Brian Tamaki after Brian called on his followers to burn temples and mosques… …shouldn’t people protest Ani O’Brien and Free speech Union ‘good faith’ tour? The Free Speech Union’s ‘good faith tour’ is being promoted by the most disingenuous people in NZ!…
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ACT Party with Chinese Communist Party links?
WTF??? ACT candidate resigns after Chinese political group link revealed An ACT candidate has withdrawn from a new Wellington electorate race at November’s election, after failing to declare her previous membership of a Chinese political group linked to the country’s ruling communist party. After The Post sent questions about Lyra…
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$6m Michelin Stars for wank food in a land of 170 000 hungry children and broke Foodbanks
Fifteen NZ restaurants awarded Michelin stars Fifteen New Zealand restaurants have been awarded Michelin stars at a ceremony in Auckland this evening. The winners of the first Michelin Guide New Zealand restaurant awards were in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown. TVNZ I think there is something terribly sick about a…
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Simeon Brown has blood all over his hands and must acknowledge his Government’s role in ED death
Witnesses describe chaos as man collapses at Waikato Hospital emergency department King said the ED waiting room was “packed” with around 30 to 40 patients. She didn’t blame staff who, she believed, “did their best”. “It’s not their fault because they’re understaffed,” she told the Herald. “I feel for the…
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ACT destroy schools in lunch programme because they always hate blamed hungry children
Up to 20000 school lunches wasted daily, nearly half don’t reach nutritional standards The report showed just over 50% of…
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It’s not enough to raid Bishop Brian Tamaki for guns – arrest him for inciting violence!
“I think we should reciprocate in kind. Let’s purge New Zealand of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims,” “And, while we’re at…
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NEW ROY MORGAN POLL – Why Māori voters in Māori Electorates + Kakariki Alliance is only way Left can win 2026 Election
New Roy Morgan Poll is out and it highlights why Māori voters in Māori Electorates + Kakariki Alliance is only…
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Taxpayers’ Union begging for election donations is the funniest thing you’ll read this year
Election on knife-edge: Just 120 days until voting opens David Farrar, the Chief Nazgul at the Taxpayer’s Union is very…
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Predictions on 7 Māori electorates
The Māori electorates could decide the 2026 election — and the battle between Te Pāti Māori, New Zealand Labour Party…
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7pm LIVE TONIGHT: The Keith Locke Memorial Debate – ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’
TICKETS ARE ALL SOLD OUT! The debate will be live streamed here at 7pm. Moot: That ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’ ‘Our debate could not be more topical, in the light of controversy about the recent anti-immigrant remarks of…
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The Bradbury Group with Chloe Swarbrick, Gerry Brownlee + Political Panel: Simon Wilson & Matthew Hooton
A Marxist, the co-Leader of the Greens, the Speaker of the House, a militant cyclist Listener Columnist and the new Editor of the Post all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this…
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MEDIAWATCH: Q+A Exclusive on Homelessness targets proves what we’ve always said about MSD cruelty
TDB warned over and over and over again that this is what is really happening inside MSD and it’s taken an explosive exclusive on Q+A to prove it all… ‘Perverse incentive’: MSD staff metrics include emergency housing grants Ministry of…
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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Teanau Tuiono, Mananui Ramsden and Bomber Bradbury
Issue 1 – What does the latest TVNZ Poll mean for the election? Issue 2 – Backlash to Minister Potaka’s DoC land proposal Issue 3 – Bishop Brian Tamaki’s comments against Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims Issue 4 – National’s compulsory super…
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MEDIAWATCH: The Great Thomas Coughlan concedes his AI Orac may be on the blink
With Simon Wilson, Joe Lose and Matthew Hooton now gone, is the Great Thomas Coughlan with his no mates on the Left insight worth the Herald Subscription? No. No it is not. Earlier this year the Great Oracle and mouthpiece…
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Half a million New Zealanders living in poverty
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What a rewrite of NZ's political & economic DNA might look like
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Hipkins' pitch is empty & performative, for now
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Where growth isn't paying for growth
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The Weekly Hoon: Climate, housing, Iran and the revival of the Alliance Party
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Second Annual Keith Locke Memorial Debate Focuses On The Free Speech Debate
Moot: That ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’ Place Law School 9 Eden Cres Central Auckland Date Thursday 2 July…
Daily Gallery
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OPEN MIC – THURSDAY 2nd JULY 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: A sloth’s digestive system is so slow that it takes up to two weeks to fully digest a single meal. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or…
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In Occupied Palestine – 29 June 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing death, injury and sickness 08:00, 29 June 2026 until 08:00, 30 June 2026 In Gaza, during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Health target politics versus clinical prioritisation
It isn’t often that smaller provincial newspapers break revealing health stories. They struggle with fewer resources to call upon and…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When opportunity knocks for the Opportunity Party?
Opportunity Knocks’ is a British television and radio talent show that first began in 1949. It provided a platform to…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Two different tales of avoidable hospital bed-blocking
Through necessity bed-blocking is a term that of is increasingly being used by those working in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public…
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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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National’s war on workers — and its plan to sell your conservation land
Matthew Hooton, Fran O’Sullivan and Max Harris tear into whether National’s compulsory KiwiSaver announcement is a genuine retirement policy or a slow-motion pension kill, whether the Greens’ super-rich tax is political courage or electoral suicide — and whether the National-ACT-NZ First coalition is already eating itself alive..
Raw News
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$4.5b Hole In National’s KiwiSaver Policy Would Mean More Public Service Cuts – PSA
PSA analysis shows National failed to tell whole story of KiwiSaver promise National’s policy to make KiwiSaver compulsory and increase employee and employer contributions to 6% would result in $4.5b of unfunded extra costs that government organisations and funded sector…
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Te Pae Oranga Will Continue To Hold The System Accountable
Te Pae Oranga o Ruahine o Tararua has responded to the passing of the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill through Parliament last night making clear that the legislation does not change the organisation’s mandate, its resolve, or its obligations…
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Private emails with lobbyists in Luxon’s Ministerial offices are potentially a systemic problem – Greens
The Ombudsman has confirmed the Prime Minister’s Office unreasonably withheld secret briefings, and the Green Party has obtained a new OIA showing the same private email problem in other Ministers’ offices, suggesting a potentially systemic problem across Government. “New Zealanders…
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Luxon doesn’t know the facts about homeless – Labour
Christopher Luxon’s comments about night shelters show a Prime Minister who is completely out of touch with the reality facing homeless New Zealanders. “On Monday, Christopher Luxon didn’t know Auckland had no night shelter. Today, he stood in Parliament…
