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Salute to Matt Watson for blocking Shane Jones, but Fishing Industry will try it again if National win the election
Controversial fisheries amendment Bill delayed after Shane Jones request The Fisheries Minister is delaying controversial legislation that had already seen a major U-turn on one aspect of the Bill. Shane Jones says the Fisheries Amendment Bill could use some more “panel beating”, and acknowledges there hadn’t been a lot of harmony across Parliament or the industry about it. He’s suggesting…
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FINALLY a Free Speech Debate that doesn’t include the hopelessly compromised Free Speech Union
Comrades, tickets are running out fast for the Keith Locke Memorial debate on Free Speech! It’s on Thursday next week,…
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Winston needs to define what a man is before he tries to legally define a woman!
I have been the only person on the Left who has criticised the manner in which the woke went about…
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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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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 nothing more than her very limited understanding of education, derived in the main from one book, but also influenced by…
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BEN MORGAN: Ukraine’s plan is working – What next?
When he took command of Ukraine’s military in early 2024, General Oleksandr Syrski stated his plan to defeat Russia. It…
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Police pay $10,000 in compensation to PSNA Campaign Co-ordinator John Minto
The non-confidential payout received this week follows negotiations after last year’s IPCA (Independent Police Conduct Authority) report finding that police…
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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…
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Based on 4 polls, latest: 17 June 2026
Sources
- Talbot Mills — 17/06/2026
- Roy Morgan — 02/06/2026
- 1News Verian — 19/04/2026
- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
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Co-Party Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer gives strongest hint yet Te Pati Māori are gearing up for Kākāriki Alliance
Co-Party Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer gave her strongest hint yet Te Pati Māori are gearing up for a Kākāriki Alliance MMP voting tactic in the Māori Electorates which could be the difference between winning and losing. What the polls are telling us is how crucial it is for the Greens to…
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National burn down KiwiSaver to now save the village???
During the Vietnam War, an American Major defended the bombing of a village by stating… …fast forward to the present and we have this bizarre situation where National – AFTER SLASHING THE KIWI SAVER SUBSIDY IN HALF – is now pretending to save the KiwiSaver? What the actual… National to…
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BREAKING: Iran closes Strait after Israel breaches Truce! Trump claiming victory in Iran is like Germany pretending they won WW2
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National Conference Members ‘nervously optimistic’ about election the way Trump is certain of his Iranian ‘victory’
National members ‘nervously optimistic’ about election campaign National Party faithfuls are confident in its chances this election, but acknowledge it’s going to be tight, and one member told RNZ she could not understand “how people can have either forgiven or forgotten the damage that Labour did.” RNZ They must…
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This Government have killed the cities to protect big pollution rural sector mates – The Farmer ain’t your friend
Fieldays 2026 ends on high as visitor numbers near all-time record Fieldays 2026 is wrapping up, with a potential record number of visitors coming through the gates last week. Across four days, more than 132,000 visitors attended the 58th Fieldays, with exact numbers yet to be released. Though Wednesday’s gate…
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Let’s be honest, this LPG Gas refinery is another example of big polluters getting what they want
Power firms to fund LNG port through user pays – but effect is the same for consumers At an energy summit hosted by Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday morning, big local horticulture and post-harvest, wood processing and irrigation firms took to the stage to talk about how energy costs and supply reliability are…
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Palestine Action ruling and banning Cenk & Hasan has highlighted how UK Hate Speech laws penalise the protestors not those committing genocide
Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur Two leftwing US commentators, who have both…
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The breakdown between Trump and Netanyahu is glorious
The breakdown between Trump and Netanyahu is glorious. Trump’s desperation to get the Epstein Files out of the news cycle…
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How will Trump explain giving $300billion to Iran after bitching about Obama’s $1.8billion?
I’m loving it! I’m loving it. Oh sweet Jesus I am loving it! Look, I was arguing right from the…
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Shane Jones Fishing Industry pork barrel so ‘private-limo-extreme’ that even National balk at the self interest
Oh this is hilarious… Jones fails to force through Fisheries Amendment Bill before election, following public backlash – Greenpeace News…
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The double standards from mainstream media when criticising Labour and National policy
There is such a double standard when it comes to the mainstream media covering Labour vs National when it comes…
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MEDIAWATCH: Is Thomas Coughlan really enough to justify NZ Herald subscription (spoiler: no he is not)
Yawn Thomas Coughlan: My verdict on Labour’s alleged ‘hidden bill’ and your chance to see if you can make the spending add up The National Party has alleged Labour has a ‘hidden bill’ in its spending plans, arguing its promises…
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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Hūhana Lyndon, Aperahama Edwards and Bomber Bradbury
Join Dale Husband, Māori Party candidate Aperahama Edwards, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon and The Daily Blog Editor Martyn Bradbury to discuss the weeks politics: Issue 1 – Anger over how much conservation land Minister Tama Potaka will allow to be…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: The Kākāriki Alliance – How Māori voters using MMP tactical voting in Māori electorates could determine the next Government
I have been commentating on NZ Politics for 31 years and one thing I can tell you about NZ elections is that Māori voters in the Māori Electorates are the most strategic MMP voters in our country. Māori voters inside…
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MEDIAWATCH: Why are we allowing Big Tech to manipulate kids under 16?
Social media ban law a couple of weeks away, but ACT and NZ First not quite on board yet The Government is in the final stages of considering its social media ban for under 16s, with the final Cabinet paper…
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MEDIAWATCH: Hooton hears a what? Where to now for The Post? Winners, Losers and Predictions
I have been mates with Hoots for decades now. We first worked together in 2011 on the I-Predict Election Special where we ran a weekly TV Show over the Election Campaign and over those decades I have seen all versions…
TDB: Left News
- Poll: Two-thirds of voters oppose public conservation land sales
- National pitches itself as the party focused on the future
- Can New Zealanders really afford compulsory KiwiSaver?
- PM Christopher Luxon's public sector targets: The hits and misses in latest update
- Infrastructure Commission warned govt to slow down on LNG plans
- Greens propose wealth, corporate, and inheritance taxes to fund income tax changes
- National's Simeon Brown discourages members from strategic voting
- National to make KiwiSaver compulsory, if elected
- Higher immigration leads to higher house prices and lower unemployment - report
- National members 'nervously optimistic' about election campaign
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Bernard's Chorus: Why so relaxed Minister?
- Saturday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Friday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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The Weekly Hoon: Calling for a new RONS' suspension; Golden Mile decision; Religion's role in the Ukraine war;
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Wednesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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When a lobbyist jumps the species barrier into journalism
- Tuesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Monday's Dawn Chorus: Nicola & the Phantom 'fiscal black hole'
- 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
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- Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
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Liberal Agenda
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FINALLY a Free Speech Debate that doesn’t include the hopelessly compromised Free Speech Union
Comrades, tickets are running out fast for the Keith Locke Memorial debate on Free Speech! It’s on Thursday next week,…
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
Winston trying to define a horse
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Open Mic MONDAY 22nd JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: If you could drive a car straight up at 95 km/h, it would take you less than an hour to reach space (about 100 km up), but driving to the Sun would take over 150 years….
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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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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…
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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Greens commit to tax the super-rich and large corporates fairly, cut income tax for 96%
The Green Party has announced their 2026 tax policy ‘a tax system for all of us’ today. Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says, “All New Zealanders deserve the opportunity to thrive. Today we are proud to announce a tax policy that…
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Minister Guts Nursing Council Board With No Focus On Patient Safety – New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Minister of Health Simeon Brown has gutted the Nursing Council in a ministerial overreach which fails to focus on patient safety and gets ahead of his own deregulation process, NZNO says. The Nursing Council board consists of up to 14…
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25 Rainbow Organisations Call On Parliament To Drop The Definitions Of Woman And Man Bill
Rainbow organisations to Parliament: “this bill puts every woman under suspicion” Twenty-five rainbow organisations have today published an open letter calling on Parliament to abandon the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, arguing that it would make no…
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Fisheries Bill Delay A Chance To Reset Fisheries Reform – Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society says the decision to delay the Fisheries Amendment Bill until after the general election should mark the end for legislation that would weaken environmental protections and public accountability. Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has confirmed…
