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National threw pay parity women under the bus to save their last budget, now cutting 8700 more public servants to save this budget
Nearly 9000 public sector jobs to go, government agencies to merge, Nicola Willis announces The government has announced plans to slash public service jobs by about 14 percent over the next three years in a shake-up it says will deliver $2.4 billion of savings. The changes announced in a pre-Budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Nicola Willis on Tuesday would…
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What the Super El Niño means?
We are facing a unique climate event that could be the harbinger of much more catastrophic heat events as the…
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Tommy Robinson and Israel’s Flag Day – 2 sides of the same fascism
Look at how ugly this is from the Tommy Robinson fash Parade… “Allah, Allah, who the fuck is Allah?” Little…
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Examining the use of sexual torture by Israel and Hamas
The hysterical response to well researched and legitimate journalism detailing the systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners as part of…
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IDF subcontracts sexual assault of Palestinian prisoners to dogs???
Testimony, leaked footage and human rights investigations are piling up around allegations of horrific abuse inside Israel’s Sde Teiman detention centre.
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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist
A New Zealander came home from the Gaza flotilla with a story Wellington would rather not hear: guns, beatings, threats — and silence from our leaders.
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May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month
ME isn’t “just tiredness”. It’s a brutal neurological illness that can leave people bedridden, cognitively shattered and abandoned by the health system.
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New Zealand has a system of migrant labour exploitation by design
For decades New Zealand relied on migrant workers to prop up the economy, while trapping many in a temporary visa system with little long-term security.
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Examining the use of sexual torture by Israel and Hamas
The hysterical response to well researched and legitimate journalism detailing the systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners as part of an Israeli tactic to use sexual torture as a means to psychologically break Palestinian Drs, Engineers, Lawyers, Teachers – anyone with a profession, would be funny if the entire revelation…
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It is sick that MSD helps debt collectors gut beneficiaries
$37m drained from benefits to debt collectors in grim vortex Thousands of welfare recipients, whose payments are docked by private debt collection companies, require additional government bailouts to make ends meet. A mechanism called attachment orders allow creditors who employ debt collectors such as Baycorp to lodge a payment order…
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Dumb Lives Matter mutates into Dumb Cars Matter protests
Wow, the Dumb Lives Matter Parliament Lawn Protest movement has mutated into Dumb Cars Matter petrol protests… Protest in Auckland’s Victoria Park against fuel taxes Protesters are calling for the government to halve the fuel excise tax and Road User Charges (RUCs), but the transport minister says to do so…
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This Government kick the disabled in the balls and you are allowing them to because you hate Jacinda
The cruelty of this Government is disgusting… Government to overturn court decision recognising family carers as employees The Disability Minister has revealed a bill that would reverse a recent Supreme Court decision to recognise some family carers as employees. In a statement released late on Monday, Louise Upston announced the…
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After BNZ, other things NZ should nationalise
If we are all in on nationalising BNZ to merge with KiwiBank and become the Bank for the Government for economic sovereignty, then let’s go all in on other things we should nationalise. Air NZ – take back the airline and use it as a strategic national asset. Renationalisation of…
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Nicola Willis promising more job losses in mutilated public service
Finance minister hints at government department amalgamation plans The finance minister is set to reveal proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, by telling ministries and departments to come up with plans for amalgamation. RNZ understands Nicola Willis will set out three proposals on Tuesday afternoon to create efficiencies…
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If media hounded Tory Whanau, why won’t they do same to Ray Chung?
Ray Chung resigns from Wellington council subcommittee chair role Wellington City councillor Ray Chung has resigned as chair of a…
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Simon Court attacks the Greens and pimps for Zionism again
Yawn. Simon Court attacks the Greens and pimps for Zionism again… …ummmm. Well. There’s this… …there’s that time in 2011…
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Anti-vaxx lunatic hate cult protests Jacinda – why she can’t live here
Jesus wept… Jacinda Ardern Aotea Centre talk met by anti-vaccine protesters in Auckland …look at these brittle outraged victimhood…
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National play tough on crime emotional pearl clutching over ‘good character’
Advocate, lawyers react to National’s plan to ban judges considering sex offenders good character references considering good character references while…
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What would Jesus do? Criminalising homelessness after causing the homelessness is an obscenity
Isn’t there something sick about a man as rich as the Prime Minister, who has accessed every single subsidy and…
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Te Kaupapa Election ’26 Weekend Political Podcast with Matthew Tukaki, Willie Jackson, Kahurangi Carter and Bomber
Matthew Tukaki speaks with Greens MP Kahurangi Carter, Labour MP Willie Jackson alongside Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury for this weeks episode of #TeKaupapa 🔥 THIS WEEK ON TE KAUPAPA WITH MATTHEW TUKAKI 🔥 Is this the moment we see the return…
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MEDIAWATCH: Skepticism of corporate mainstream media is healthy, believing everything you read on social media isn’t
There’s a reason Trump’s ‘Fake news’ resonated. Corporate media have lied to us for decades by promoting the interests of their corporate masters over the common good. The very first editorial from the NZ Herald was calling on settlers to…
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TWITTERWATCH: Come on, does anyone believe this Matthew Horncastle story?
Oh come on now! Does anyone honestly believe this story by hard right arsehole Matthew Horncastle? The idea he has a friend! COME ON! I appreciate the requirement to suspend belief for a good story, but the idea that Matthew…
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WATCH: Moana UNLOADS On Winston Peters, Media Attacks & Maiki Sherman
Māori TV host Moana joins The Bradbury Group after her explosive interview with Winston Peters that stunned political audiences across Aotearoa. In this special 1-on-1 in 10, Moana discusses: 🔥 Winston Peters’ combative interview style 🔥 Why NZ First continues…
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WATCH: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer BREAKS SILENCE On Te Pāti Māori Chaos
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins The Bradbury Group for a major 1-on-1 interview covering the growing political tensions inside Te Pāti Māori, the Te Tai Tokerau battle, the Maiki Sherman controversy, and why the 2026 election could reshape…
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- Monday's Chorus: Would buying back BNZ work?
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Total Mobility funding cuts being finalised
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The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at night; Luxon on migration & more climate laws rewritten
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The Liberal Agenda – AI, Big Tech and Journalism JMAD Conference
From deepfakes to surveillance capitalism, a major journalism conference asks what happens when AI and Big Tech reshape the media itself.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When a falsified Taxpayers’ Union ‘golden handshake’ is neither ‘golden’ nor a ‘handshake’
On 7 May The Post published a paywalled article by Tom Hunt under the eye-catching heading of Wellington council’s $200k-plus…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hidden waiting list exposed; unmet health need unreported
‘Doing God’s work’ is an interesting expression, Usually it refers to performing acts that are virtuous, altruistic, or, in a…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Inhumanity of US economic sanctions against Cuba – infant mortality and starvation; time to end New Zealand’s silence
Ian Powell says escalating US sanctions against Cuba are driving a humanitarian crisis marked by rising infant mortality, blackouts and deepening poverty.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The cruelty of health professional staffing shortages
Behind every staffing shortage statistic is a whānau shattered, a burnt-out health worker, and a system failing people when they are most vulnerable.
The Bradbury Group
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the 2026 Election, Winston Peters Interview & NZ Political Panel
Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the 2026 election. Moana Maniapoto on her explosive Winston Peters interview and the Maiki Sherman sacking. Our panel — Matthew Hooton, Tau Henare & Dita De Boni — on Trump’s trade war, NZ First’s poll surge, and press freedom.
Raw News
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NGOs & Academics Urge Govt To Reconsider Its Decision To Shield Major Emitters From Liability For Climate Related Harm – Lawyers for Climate Action
Leading environmental NGOs, lawyers, climate scientists and legal academics from across Aotearoa and internationally have written to the Government today urging it to abandon proposed amendments to the Climate Change Response Act to limit legal liability for damage caused by…
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Luxon’s ‘DOGE style cuts’ will harm New Zealand – Green
Luxon’s cuts to the public service will only put more pressure on frontline workers, meaning New Zealanders miss out on the support they need, says the Green Party. “In 2024, Luxon told New Zealanders that frontline services would be ‘protected,’…
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Willis swings the axe on 10,000 livelihoods – Labour
Nicola Willis’ plan to slash public service jobs risks longer waits, weaker services, and less support for New Zealanders already struggling through a cost of living crisis. “National said they’d fix the cost of living, and not only have they…
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Government blindly cuts to save skin – Willis’s plan clearly hasn’t worked – NZCTU
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi President Sandra Grey has today blasted Nicola Willis’s pre-Budget announcement on public sector job cuts. “After years of failing to make her economic plans work, failing to get the economy back…
