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If you hate the Woke Left, why y’all such simps for Corporations?
Here’s what I don’t understand about the feral NZ Right. We get that you Right Wing Hate Trolls hate da Trans, hate da Treaty and hate da beneficiaries. We get you want to hang Jacinda for putting nanobots in your vaccines and that due to your intense loneliness you blame anyone weaker than you for their own misery. It’s a…
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Jobs that National believes AI robots will take over
National reckons AI can replace social workers — because nothing comforts a struggling family like a chatbot saying ‘Have you…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – Elite Class behind Treaty amputation in legislation
Unredacted Cabinet papers revealed by Māori TV last week showed the hidden scope of the Government’s Treaty rewrite to such…
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How Hone Harawira winning TTT could save Te Pati Māori AND the Left
If Te Pāti Māori want to stabilise the movement, reclaim momentum and stop the bleeding in Te Tai Tokerau, there’s…
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Can Labour centrism win the election? No. But why?
Centrism inherently has a sense of superiority, it is ego driven not logic driven. Centrism wants to present itself as reasonable, not idelogogically obsessed, of pragmatic thinking about what will work, as if centrism contains or can carry the best…
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Stanford’s Magic Trick – the Treaty of Waitangi in Education is gone
In a follow up to her move to take over complete control of education in New Zealand, including the writing…
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Erica Stanford’s Move to Take Total Control of Education
Bevan Holloway has just posted an article about dictator Stanford’s last minute move to take control of all aspects 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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How Sunfields sums up everything wrong with political corruption in NZ
As this Government generates more homelessness, and then arrest those homeless. As this Government threatens to throw state tenants onto the street. Look at the naked corruption of property development from the property pimps. The Sunfield fast-track housing development has become a symbol of everything broken in New Zealand politics…
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Homes turned into rules – After criminalising the homeless they created, National now come for State Tenants
Each morning for the Open Mic I write a political Haiku, todays was… Cold keys in warm doors,Policies knock, not welcome—Homes turned into rules. After criminalising the homeless they created, National now come for State Tenants… National’s public housing reform ‘cuts costs’ at the expense of our most vulnerable –…
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This Government hates Auckland, Wellington, Trans, Disabled, Workers, Migrants, Renters and Environment while loving Corporations, Farmers, Mining, Banks and Big Polluters
As Auckland unemployment rises and Wellington braces for more cuts, critics say National is weaponising culture wars while protecting elite interests.
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Why trust Matua Shane Jones meeting Trump’s Mining Nazgul?
As Shane Jones courts international mining interests, critics warn donor influence and deregulation are reshaping New Zealand politics.
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Kicking the disabled, denigrating migrants and bashing beneficiaries to balance the budget isn’t a solution, it’s social vandalism
Critics warn the Government’s public sector cuts and welfare changes are punishing vulnerable New Zealanders to fund austerity politics.
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Debt wouldn’t be a problem if this Government taxed the rich!
Critics say New Zealand’s debt panic is driven by neoliberal myths designed to justify cuts while protecting wealthy interests and property speculation.
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Tamaki, Hutt South, Te Tai Tokerau, Tamaki Makaurau and Mt Albert – the five most important bellwether electorates this election
Five electorates could reveal the political direction of the entire country, from Auckland’s urban vote to the future of Te Pāti Māori.
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Economy is melting down and all Government has is anti-Trans, anti-Māori, anti-migrants and anti-public service toxic culture war garbage – at some stage you must get angry
As the economy weakens and public sector cuts deepen, critics say the Government is fuelling culture wars instead of confronting inequality and corporate power.
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National threw pay parity women under the bus to save their last budget, now cutting 8,700 more public servants to save this budget
After cutting pay equity protections, Nicola Willis is now targeting another 8,700 public sector jobs in what critics call ideological vandalism.
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What the Super El Niño means?
A looming Super El Niño combined with global food insecurity and fertiliser disruption could trigger devastating climate and humanitarian consequences.
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Tommy Robinson and Israel’s Flag Day – two sides of the same fascism
From Tommy Robinson marches to extremist Flag Day scenes, critics warn modern nationalism is sliding deeper into open dehumanisation.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN – Elite Class behind Treaty amputation in legislation
Unredacted Cabinet papers revealed by Māori TV last week showed the hidden scope of the Government’s Treaty rewrite to such an extreme that the question has to be asked, who is actually benefiting from these anti-Treaty and why. The unredacted Cabinet…
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Te Kaupapa Tackles TPM Chaos & Prison Crisis
Te Kaupapa dives into Te Pāti Māori tensions, Hone Harawira speculation, prison politics and the Maiki Sherman controversy.
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MEDIAWATCH: Skepticism of corporate mainstream media is healthy, believing everything you read on social media isn’t
Corporate media lost public trust years ago, but replacing journalism with algorithm-fuelled conspiracy culture is poisoning democracy itself.
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TWITTERWATCH: Come on, does anyone believe this Matthew Horncastle story?
If Matthew Horncastle runs for National, critics say it could expose exactly how far culture war politics has consumed the modern Right.
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Moana Unloads on Winston, Media & Maiki Sherman
Moana speaks out after her explosive Winston Peters interview, tackling media pressure, Maiki Sherman and the future of journalism.
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The Weekly Hoon: Govt housing & job cuts; Iran vs Trump; Competition & banking
- Wellington City Mission questions scale of proposed law to move on rough sleepers
- Support services blindsided by government social housing shake up
- Dawn Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
- Friday's Early Bird: Shifting cash from state house tenants to private landlords
- PPTA says schools' operational funding needs inflation catch-up
- Labour and Greens say social housing shake-up will see public housing tenants evicted
- Projected health funding falls short to maintain status quo
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- Govt to cut 8,700 more civil service jobs
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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
- 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
- Labor’s gambling plan snuck out on budget day, ANU gets framed, and Julie goes jogging
- Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
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Liberal Agenda
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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.
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
Rich Right Wing Hate Troll Matthew Horncastle claiming desperately that he does have friends like a normal boy not made of wood
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In Occupied Palestine – 20 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, 20 April 2026 until 08:00, 21 May 2026 In Gaza, during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – AI Everything: Chatbots To Be Your Friend, Your Doctor and Your Judge – What Could Go Wrong?
We’re delivering you the hottest internet news that affects all of us. Scroll down to read our full reporting below…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When a falsified Taxpayers’ Union ‘golden handshake’ is neither ‘golden’ nor a ‘handshake’
The Taxpayers’ Union has perfected the art of manufacturing fury around public sector payouts, but strip away the slogans and many of these so-called ‘golden handshakes’ turn out to be contractual obligations dressed up as scandal.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hidden waiting list exposed; unmet health need unreported
Thousands of sick New Zealanders are being quietly rejected before even reaching official hospital waiting lists, hiding the true scale of unmet healthcare need.
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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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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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Anti-War Aotearoa And Greenpeace Announce A March For Peace
Anti-War Aotearoa and Greenpeace have announced a joint March for Peace, calling on New Zealanders to gather at Aotea Square on 20 June 2026. The hīkoi will demand that Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and the Coalition Government prioritise people and…
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Labour Bill Helps Renters Save On Energy Costs
Labour MP Helen White’s Member’s Bill to make landlords provide curtains in rental homes has been pulled from the Biscuit Tin today, offering a practical way to cut power bills for renters as energy prices soar under the National Government….
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26,000 strong petition urges no minerals deal – Greenpeace
Greenpeace today delivered a petition signed by over 26,000 people urging Prime Minister Chris Luxon to not sign a minerals deal with the USA. Greenpeace illustrated the public opposition to the deal with a depiction of Luxon and Trump riding…
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Government rushes disability bill through Parliament without disabled people at the table – Greens
The Green Party says the Government has failed disabled people by rushing the Strengthening Disability Support Services Bill through its first reading just days after it was quietly introduced, with little warning and no meaningful consultation with the disability community….
