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Does Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers’ Union going pidgin ghetto give everyone the ick? NZ Parliament’s biggest Zionist Apologist has audacity to attack Greens Political Bombshell: Luxon wanted to side with Trump over illegal Iranian War – snap… MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resign More damage to workers? Hasn’t Brooke van Velden caused enough carnage? For all the climate deniers & big polluter pimps this Super El Nino will… Trump has gifted Iranian Theocracy legitimacy! He has no option other than to surrender After wanting to mine conservation land, will Matua Shane Jones get pelted with cold… Enough About Erica: What Does Labour Have to Say? If only Nicola Willis was right and Labour has a list of secret taxes!
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  • Does Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers’ Union going pidgin ghetto give everyone the ick?
    CTF | Deconstructing Headlines | Featured | Martyn Bradbury | Most Recent Blogs

    Does Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers’ Union going pidgin ghetto give everyone the ick?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 30 April 2026

    I don’t know man. I just don’t know. As the Prime Minister is outed for wanting to join an illegal war, the Pope of the Taxpayers’ Union, Jordan Williams, wants to play pidgin ghetto round two? After doing it to Tamatha Paul, he wants to expand it to Michel Mulipola? I don’t know. It just manages to come across as…

    Read More Does Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers’ Union going pidgin ghetto give everyone the ick?Continue

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  • NZ Parliament’s biggest Zionist Apologist has audacity to attack Greens

    NZ Parliament’s biggest Zionist Apologist has audacity to attack Greens

    What’s that old Palestinian saying? Occupiers on stolen land shouldn’t throw stones? I’m not sure Parliaments biggest Zionist Apologist has…

    Read More NZ Parliament’s biggest Zionist Apologist has audacity to attack GreensContinue

  • Political Bombshell: Luxon wanted to side with Trump over illegal Iranian War – snap election brewing with Winston

    Political Bombshell: Luxon wanted to side with Trump over illegal Iranian War – snap election brewing with Winston

    Congratulations to Thomas Coughlan, this is the political scoop and bombshell of the year… Luxon, Peters in crisis talks after…

    Read More Political Bombshell: Luxon wanted to side with Trump over illegal Iranian War – snap election brewing with WinstonContinue

  • MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resign

    MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resign

    If the Government had leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year, this isn’t a scandal; it’s a warning. And now the timing raises even bigger questions.

    Read More MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resignContinue

Setting the Agenda

  • Enough About Erica: What Does Labour Have to Say?
    Featured | Most Recent Blogs | Setting The Agenda

    Enough About Erica: What Does Labour Have to Say?

    ByAllan Alach 29 April 202629 April 2026

    After a year of Erica Stanford’s wrecking-ball education reforms, Labour has finally put something on the table, and it’s bigger than just undoing the damage.

    Read More Enough About Erica: What Does Labour Have to Say?Continue

  • Nicole McKee called to Condemn Israel’s Bulldozing Of New Zealand War Graves In Gaza

    Nicole McKee called to Condemn Israel’s Bulldozing Of New Zealand War Graves In Gaza

    ByJohn Minto 26 April 202626 April 2026

    Nicole McKee says respect for the fallen is shown in deeds, not words. Critics are now asking if that applies to New Zealand war graves bulldozed in Gaza.

    Read More Nicole McKee called to Condemn Israel’s Bulldozing Of New Zealand War Graves In GazaContinue

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    Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies

    ByDr. David Robie 25 April 202628 April 2026

    An official of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) praised this month’s High Court judicial ruling over New Zealand Superfund…

    Read More Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companiesContinue

  • Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!

    Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!

    ByMike Treen 25 April 202625 April 2026

    Anzac Day should not glorify empire — it should remind us of the devastating human cost of war and those who resisted it.

    Read More Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!Continue

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Deconstructing the Headlines

  • More damage to workers? Hasn’t Brooke van Velden caused enough carnage?

    More damage to workers? Hasn’t Brooke van Velden caused enough carnage?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 30 April 202630 April 2026

    Workers say the new leave law changes will make them worse off, and critics argue Brooke van Velden has already done enough damage.

    Read More More damage to workers? Hasn’t Brooke van Velden caused enough carnage?Continue

  • For all the climate deniers & big polluter pimps this Super El Nino will be a nightmare

    For all the climate deniers & big polluter pimps this Super El Nino will be a nightmare

    ByMartyn Bradbury 30 April 202630 April 2026

    A Super El Niño is coming, and it could smash through New Zealand’s climate denial, insurance system and political complacency all at once.

    Read More For all the climate deniers & big polluter pimps this Super El Nino will be a nightmareContinue

  • Trump has gifted Iranian Theocracy legitimacy! He has no option other than to surrender

    Trump has gifted Iranian Theocracy legitimacy! He has no option other than to surrender

    ByMartyn Bradbury 30 April 202630 April 2026

    Trump’s Iran war is blowing out in cost and chaos, and may end up strengthening the very regime it was meant to crush.

    Read More Trump has gifted Iranian Theocracy legitimacy! He has no option other than to surrenderContinue

  • After wanting to mine conservation land, will Matua Shane Jones get pelted with cold Butter Chicken everywhere he speaks this election?

    After wanting to mine conservation land, will Matua Shane Jones get pelted with cold Butter Chicken everywhere he speaks this election?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 29 April 202630 April 2026

    Shane Jones wants to mine conservation land. Voters might just respond by throwing butter chicken at him on the campaign trail.

    Read More After wanting to mine conservation land, will Matua Shane Jones get pelted with cold Butter Chicken everywhere he speaks this election?Continue

  • If only Nicola Willis was right and Labour has a list of secret taxes!

    If only Nicola Willis was right and Labour has a list of secret taxes!

    ByMartyn Bradbury 29 April 202629 April 2026

    Nicola Willis thinks Labour has secret taxes. God, if only. NZ doesn’t need tax panic, it needs the rich to finally pay up.

    Read More If only Nicola Willis was right and Labour has a list of secret taxes!Continue

  • There’s more violence at your average US School shooting than at the White House Correspondents Dinner

    There’s more violence at your average US School shooting than at the White House Correspondents Dinner

    ByMartyn Bradbury 29 April 202630 April 2026

    Washington clutches its pearls over gunfire at a media gala while the real violence in Gaza, Iran and at the petrol pump keeps escalating.

    Read More There’s more violence at your average US School shooting than at the White House Correspondents DinnerContinue

  • Surprise surprise – Trucking Industry Mafia get what they want – if only PM cared about us as much as trucks

    Surprise surprise – Trucking Industry Mafia get what they want – if only PM cared about us as much as trucks

    ByThe Daily Blog 28 April 202630 April 2026

    Heavier trucks. Broken roads. Same lobby winning. If you think this is about efficiency, you’re missing who’s really paying the bill.

    Read More Surprise surprise – Trucking Industry Mafia get what they want – if only PM cared about us as much as trucksContinue

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Media Watch

  • MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resign
    Featured | Media Watch | Most Recent Blogs

    MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resign

    ByMartyn Bradbury 30 April 202630 April 2026

    If the Government had leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year, this isn’t a scandal; it’s a warning. And now the timing raises even bigger questions.

    Read More MEDIAWATCH: The F Word, Ani O’Brien and why Maiki Sherman kinda has to resignContinue

  • MEDIAWATCH: Heather Duplicity Allan is a bad faith National Party hack

    MEDIAWATCH: Heather Duplicity Allan is a bad faith National Party hack

    ByMartyn Bradbury 29 April 202629 April 2026

    Was it journalism, or just another bad faith political hit job? Heather du Plessis-Allan’s latest take has Martyn calling bullshit.

    Read More MEDIAWATCH: Heather Duplicity Allan is a bad faith National Party hackContinue

  • MEDIAWATCH: How much of a snowflake has Barry Soper turned out to be?

    MEDIAWATCH: How much of a snowflake has Barry Soper turned out to be?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 29 April 202630 April 2026

    Barry Soper says he almost quit after Duncan Garner’s ‘aggressive’ behaviour towards him on PM’s Afghanistan trip; Garner, Guyon Espiner respond – Media Insider Broadcaster Barry Soper says he almost quit after the way that he says two well-known journalists…

    Read More MEDIAWATCH: How much of a snowflake has Barry Soper turned out to be?Continue

  • The Bradbury Group with Finance Minister Nicola Willis on the economy; Green Party co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick on the economy + Political Panel: Jordan Williams, Matthew Hooton, John Tamihere, Max Harris

    The Bradbury Group with Finance Minister Nicola Willis on the economy; Green Party co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick on the economy + Political Panel: Jordan Williams, Matthew Hooton, John Tamihere, Max Harris

    ByThe Daily Blog 28 April 202629 April 2026

    Nicola Willis. Chlöe Swarbrick. Matthew Hooton. John Tamihere. Jordan Williams. Max Harris. One show. One economy. Absolute carnage.

    Read More The Bradbury Group with Finance Minister Nicola Willis on the economy; Green Party co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick on the economy + Political Panel: Jordan Williams, Matthew Hooton, John Tamihere, Max HarrisContinue

  • MEDIAWATCH: Dumping Tova is weakness by Luxon and weakness gets stomped in Politics

    MEDIAWATCH: Dumping Tova is weakness by Luxon and weakness gets stomped in Politics

    ByMartyn Bradbury 27 April 202629 April 2026

    Christopher Luxon ditching TVNZ’s Breakfast after tough interviews with Tova O’Brien looks like panic, and in politics, weakness gets stomped.

    Read More MEDIAWATCH: Dumping Tova is weakness by Luxon and weakness gets stomped in PoliticsContinue

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  • Winston Peters didn't release Iran war stance emails to embarrass PM - Helen Clark
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Up to six New Zealanders caught up in Israeli Defense Force's interception of flotilla bound for Gaza
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Winston Peters 'very confused' over handling of Iran war emails
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Local councils plead for 'balance' over proposed rates increase caps
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Virginity testing ban bill drawn from ballot
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman suspended from Parliament for five days
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • #international: Tragic discovery in Alice Springs: Missing five-year-old girl found dead
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-05-01 By Matthew Tukaki
  • Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
    The Kaka with Bernard Hickey Date: 2026-05-01 By Bernard Hickey
  • National Iwi Chairs Forum calls for halt to proposed Waitangi Treaty clause changes
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Dunedin City Councillor Benedict Ong defends leaking email
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Terrible instincts
    No Right Turn Date: 2026-05-01 By Source Author
  • Kiwi green card holders advised to be upfront about previous convictions when entering US
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Drawn
    No Right Turn Date: 2026-05-01 By Source Author
  • No incentive to stop catching undersized fish, minister says
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-05-01 By admin
  • Huhana Lyndon | Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry ki Ōtiria marae.
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-05-01 By Pohaturoa Waenga
  • Tohe Ashby | Tukua mātou ko taku tira ki te whakaora anō i ngā kauri i pāngia!
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-05-01 By Pohaturoa Waenga
  • BOTH LUXON AND PETERS ARE UNITED IN THEIR LOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES
    Against the Current Date: 2026-04-30 By Source Author
  • #regional: Call for Submissions on Landmark Plan to Restore Tarawera Awa
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-04-30 By Dale Husband
  • #national: Potaka Faces Pressure on Marine Deaths, Workers’ Wages and Māori Education
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-04-30 By Dale Husband
  • #national: Woven Earth Transforms 1000 Homes into Safe Havens for Survivors
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-04-30 By Dale Husband
  • UK Intel Role in Iran War UK Says It’s Not In
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-05-01 By corinna barnard
  • Family of New Zealand woman detained by ICE pleads for government help to secure her release
    Source: The Guardian Date: 2026-05-01 By Eva Corlett in Wellington
  • Christchurch gunman fails in bid to appeal against guilty pleas in New Zealand court
    Source: The Guardian Date: 2026-05-01 By Eva Corlett in Wellington
  • Just how ‘teal’ is independent Farrer candidate Michelle Milthorpe?
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-05-01 By Rachel Withers
  • Gina Rinehart’s employees are making big One Nation donations
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-04-30 By Crystal Andrews
  • How UK Media Shields the Israel Lobby
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-04-30 By Michele Steinberg
  • Flotillas Tell Gaza They Haven’t Been Abandoned
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-04-30 By Elizabeth Vos
  • Our Rulers Take So Very Much And Give Us So Very Little
    Source: Caitlin Johnstone Date: 2026-04-30 By Caitlin Johnstone
  • Caitlin Johnstone: Imperial Propaganda Brought to You by AI
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-04-30 By corinna barnard
  • New Zealand officials reject ‘comfort women’ statue after objections from Japan
    Source: The Guardian Date: 2026-04-30 By Guardian staff
  • Everything is threatening ‘social cohesion’! And everything is vital to its survival!
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-04-30 By Charlie Lewis
  • AUKUS is falling apart before our eyes. The government and alliance shills are silent
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-04-30 By Bernard Keane
  • ‘Coming home’: kiwi enter parliament for first time as New Zealand marks conservation win
    Source: The Guardian Date: 2026-04-30 By Eva Corlett in Wellington
  • Taylor, Hume and the Liberal circus are easy prey for hungry journalists. Policy critique is suffering because of it
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-04-29 By Wanning Sun
  • Under Blockade & the Threat of Invasion
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-04-29 By Elizabeth Vos
  • Israel’s Vulnerability & Palestinian Leverage
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-04-29 By corinna barnard
  • Three Recent Examples Of AI Being Used For Empire Propaganda
    Source: Caitlin Johnstone Date: 2026-04-29 By Caitlin Johnstone
  • Taming the Military-Industrial Beast
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-04-29 By corinna barnard
  • Labor senator’s Anzac ‘Ass n da Aurr’, Julian picks a Hill to die on, and spare a thought for UQP’s new boss
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-04-29 By Cochon Truffier
  • ‘You can only sell so many stubby holders’: We asked the Farrer frontrunners about the role of big money in politics
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-04-29 By Anton Nilsson
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  • Dear TVNZ – I don’t care if this kid finds his biological father, why are you launching a cellphone service when you can barely do TV?

    Dear TVNZ – I don’t care if this kid finds his biological father, why are you launching a cellphone service when you can barely do TV?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 18 April 202620 April 2026

    It’s meant to sell phone plans. Instead, it feels like a low-budget TVNZ drama about finding your dad. What are they thinking?

    Read More Dear TVNZ – I don’t care if this kid finds his biological father, why are you launching a cellphone service when you can barely do TV?Continue

Daily Gallery

  • Political Caption Competition

    Political Caption Competition

    ByThe Daily Blog 30 April 2026

    Trump is so anti-woke he’s barely conscious

    Read More Political Caption CompetitionContinue

  • In Occupied Palestine – 27 April 2026

    In Occupied Palestine – 27 April 2026

    ByThe Daily Blog 30 April 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, 27 April 2026 until 08:00, 28 April 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…

    Read More In Occupied Palestine – 27 April 2026Continue

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Guest Blogs & Sponsored Posts

  • GUEST BLOG: Graeme Doull – Iran’s most dangerous course of action

    GUEST BLOG: Graeme Doull – Iran’s most dangerous course of action

    ByThe Daily Blog 20 April 202625 April 2026

    Forget the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s most devastating move could be precision drone strikes on global fuel infrastructure — and the world isn’t ready.

    Read More GUEST BLOG: Graeme Doull – Iran’s most dangerous course of actionContinue

  • GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Failing kidney patients symptomatic of health system crisis; health system needs its own mantra

    GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Failing kidney patients symptomatic of health system crisis; health system needs its own mantra

    ByIan Powell 20 April 202625 April 2026

    Dialysis rationing is not bad luck. It is the brutal bill for a health system that ignored prevention, ignored clinicians, and called chaos reform.

    Read More GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Failing kidney patients symptomatic of health system crisis; health system needs its own mantraContinue

  • Making sense of the Opportunity Party: ripples or wave

    Making sense of the Opportunity Party: ripples or wave

    ByIan Powell 15 April 202624 April 2026

    It’s hovering near 5%. That’s all it takes. The Opportunity Party could go from political footnote to kingmaker — if the ripple becomes a wave.

    Read More Making sense of the Opportunity Party: ripples or waveContinue

  • GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Is it WW3 yet? Evaluating the Iran war as part of a larger globalised conflict

    GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Is it WW3 yet? Evaluating the Iran war as part of a larger globalised conflict

    BySeeby Woodhouse 13 April 202618 April 2026

    We’re asking the wrong question about Iran. It’s not “will this escalate?” — it’s whether we’re already in World War 3 and pretending we’re not.

    Read More GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Is it WW3 yet? Evaluating the Iran war as part of a larger globalised conflictContinue

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The Bradbury Group

Nicola Willis and Chlöe Swarbrick clash over New Zealand’s economy tonight

Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Green Party co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick join Martyn tonight on The Bradbury Group to debate the economy, the cost of living crisis, and the economic fallout of the Iran conflict. Plus, political heavyweights Matthew Hooton, John Tamihere and Max Harris tackle the big question: can New Zealand weather the storm?

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Raw News

  • CTU Launches Roving Health and Safety Reps Policy

    CTU Launches Roving Health and Safety Reps Policy

    ByThe Daily Blog 30 April 202630 April 2026

    As New Zealand marks Workers’ Memorial Day, the CTU is demanding new union-backed health and safety reps to stop preventable deaths on the job.

    Read More CTU Launches Roving Health and Safety Reps PolicyContinue

  • Modern Slavery Bill Advances After Labour Pressure

    Modern Slavery Bill Advances After Labour Pressure

    ByThe Daily Blog 30 April 202630 April 2026

    After years of delay, Labour has forced movement on modern slavery, dragging hidden exploitation in global supply chains into the light.

    Read More Modern Slavery Bill Advances After Labour PressureContinue

  • Hidden Transfer Fees Bill Passes First Reading

    Hidden Transfer Fees Bill Passes First Reading

    ByThe Daily Blog 30 April 202630 April 2026

    Kiwis are paying $743 million a year in hidden transfer fees. Labour’s new Bill wants banks to finally show the real cost upfront.

    Read More Hidden Transfer Fees Bill Passes First ReadingContinue

  • Boarding House Bill Passes First Reading

    Boarding House Bill Passes First Reading

    ByThe Daily Blog 30 April 202630 April 2026

    After the horror of Loafers Lodge, Labour says it’s time unsafe boarding houses were dragged out of the shadows and held accountable.

    Read More Boarding House Bill Passes First ReadingContinue

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