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After attacking Sir David Attenborough, Matua Shane Jones now wants to remove last guardrails to his fast track mining grift
Matua Shane Jones, for reasons known only to the great Matua, decided last week to start a fight with legendary BBC Broadcaster and globally beloved environmentalist, Sir David Attenborough, by slagging Sir Dave off in his latest rant against RNZ where the most compromised man in NZ Politics fumed at any mention of how utterly compromised he is by his…
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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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Police Minister Mark Mitchell, co-leader of Te Pati Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer plus Political Panel – Matthew Hooton, Arena Williams and Simon Wilson
A Marxist, the Police Minister, the co-leader of Te Pati Māori, a militant cyclist, the member for Manurewa and…
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Art of the Capitulation – Price of Trump’s surrender is glorious
After 108 days of a 3 week war that Trump has already claimed to have won 17 times, we finally…
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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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A blood sport cage fight sponsored by Crypto and Energy drinks at the White House is a perfect 250th Birthday for a Military Industrial Complex
You know. When you think about it, A blood sport cage fight sponsored by Crypto and Energy drinks at the White House is a perfect 250th Birthday for a Military Industrial Complex! Liberals inside America become spastic with rage over Trump’s vile racism, sexism & abuse – but those who…
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Labour’s $18b budget hole vs National’s $56b budget hole (a plague on all your holes)
It’s the battle of the Budget Holes! Finance Minister Nicola Willis claimed Labour has a $18billion budget hole (National used the same tactic in 2017 when Steven Joyce claimed a $17b budget hole) Labour Party Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds has responded ‘nonsense, what about your $56Billion dollar hole in the…
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Imagine if ACT do to school uniforms what they did to School lunches?
Ummmmmm…. ACT to campaign on reducing ‘absolutely ridiculous’ cost of school uniforms RNZ …Y-e-a-h. Here’s what ACT did to our school lunches… …Imagine if ACT do to school uniforms what they did to School lunches? Let’s go there: Little Billy has taken the PMs advice and brought his own marmite…
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Why does Simeon Brown hate Auckland so much?
In Auckland the current capped rate is $50 per week – Labour’s policy will save Aucklanders $120 per month – Simeon Brown calls himself an Aucklander but he isn’t even aware of our public transport rates in Auckland… …why does Simeon Brown hate Auckland so much? Is he so out…
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Legally defining a Woman is Right Wing Hate Troll Performance Art
Demonstrators say they won’t rest until Bill to define woman and man is stopped Queer rights demonstrators say they won’t rest until a Bill to define ‘woman’ and ‘man’ is stopped. Defy Definition protest organisers estimated 10,000 people across five cities marched on Saturday to reject New Zealand First’s effort…
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Why I won’t be lectured to by the Right on Democracy when it comes to banning Māori and Youth from local councils
Heather Duplicity Allan is furious… Race relations gives people the ick, but stripping unelected members of voting rights was obvious – Heather du Plessis-Allan …and Alt-Right Billionaire Canadian Jim Grenon’s favourite hate pet is outraged… Democracy cannot mean bypassing voters – Jonathan Ayling …the Government’s sudden desire through…
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A NZ prison empire filled with shoplifters
Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade The prison population is expected to grow by more than…
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Why did Government gloss over use of AI against beneficiaries?
Their proclamations that they always had the power to use AI as a weapon against beneficiaries is concerning… Ministry says…
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Latest Poll shows Budget hasn’t helped National
Latest Freshwater Strategy poll has shown no love for National’s Budget with National dropping to 29% and the Right Track…
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Shane Jones – the most compromised politician in NZ slags off Sir David Attenborough
Look. We all appreciate that Shane Jones is an enormous arsehole who uses dad jokes drenched in Boomer culture war…
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What the Super El Niño means politically for NZ, right-wing hate trolls and right wing corporate media
Our climate denial is no longer sustainable… Costs of not adapting to climate change will rise along with sea levels…
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Police Minister Mark Mitchell, co-leader of Te Pati Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer plus Political Panel – Matthew Hooton, Arena Williams and Simon Wilson
A Marxist, the Police Minister, the co-leader of Te Pati Māori, a militant cyclist, the member for Manurewa and a former NZ Herald columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think…
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#Clip: TOP Hits 6%: Can Q Wong Become The Election Kingmaker?
The Opportunity Party (TOP) has surged to 6% in the latest Roy Morgan poll, placing it above the parliamentary threshold and potentially making it a kingmaker in Election 2026. In this exclusive 1-on-1 in 10 interview, TOP leader Q Wong…
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#Clip: Alliance Party Returns: Victor Billot Calls For A Socialist Reset
Alliance Party leader Victor Billot joins The Bradbury Group following the historic decision by the Maritime Union of New Zealand to affiliate with the Alliance Party ahead of Election 2026. In this extra 1-on-1 in 10 interview, Victor discusses: ⚓…
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#Clip: The War on News: Trump’s Endless Iran Disaster, AI Delusions & ACT’s School Uniform Crusade
This week on The War on News, Martyn Bradbury takes aim at Trump’s never-ending Iran conflict, bizarre AI fantasies from a National Party MP, and ACT’s latest attempt to reinvent education. 🔥 Trump’s “Three-Week War” Hits Day 101 Donald Trump’s…
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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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When a lobbyist jumps the species barrier into journalism
- Tuesday'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
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Here's the devil in our housing inflation detail
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Chris Hedges: America’s Suicide Pact
- Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Condemn West Bank Land Sales
- The Unraveling of Nehru’s Vision for India
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- 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
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- 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
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- Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
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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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Open Mic WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. (About 3 trillion trees compared to 100-400 billion stars). POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.”…
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In Occupied Palestine – 14 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, 14 June 2026 until 08:00, 15 June 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…
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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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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…
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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Over 80 Community Groups Urge Governments To Remove ISDS From ASEAN-ANZ Trade Deal
The ten ASEAN countries and Australia and New Zealand have agreed to review investor rights to sue governments known as Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the updated AANZFTA agreement in the second half of 2026. Consensus of all governments…
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Parliamentary Budget Office clearly needed ahead of election – Greens
The Green Party has written to the National and Labour finance spokespeople urging support for an independent Parliamentary Budget Office to cost political commitments and lift the standard of public debate. “Over the past few weeks we’ve watched parties fight over the costings of…
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Cost of living keeps getting worse under Luxon – Labour
New Stats NZ data shows the cost of food and fuel has gone up sharply over the last year. “National promised they’d fix the cost of living, but they have made it worse. Families are having to choose between…
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Labour To Make Maternity Scans Free
Labour will add free maternity scans to the Medicard alongside three free doctor’s visits a year, so every pregnant woman gets the care she needs. “Women and their families shouldn’t have to worry about money when it comes to making…