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Lying to mothers giving birth is probably as bad as it gets
The disinformation campaign being run by the Government is quite remarkable. After attacking the Free Press and cancelling mainstream media interviews… …the Government now rely on social media to get their message across yet time and time and time again they are caught out lying! Here they are lying about debt… …lying about how Big Polluters secretly got their agenda…
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MEDIAWATCH: When even Heather Duplicitous Allan knows the growth forecasts are a farce…
The entire Budget has been built upon a farce of economic growth predictions no one believes. We are scarring NZ…
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If you are Gen X or below – you should be outraged the propertied boomers are trying to steal YOUR super
Propertied Boomers love property speculation, cradle to the grave subsidisation of their entire lives, cruises, snow white hair and more…
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EVERYONE has warned move on powers will be detrimental – Government decided to arrest the homeless anyway
Officials warned against an ‘offence of being homeless’. Ministers pushed ahead The Press Well, well, well. Turns out that…
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Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting against new Israeli embassy
Pro-Palestine protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand staged pickets in three cities today in protest against Israel opening its first embassy in Oceania. David Robie also blogs at Café Pacific From his Asia Pacific Report Before visiting Israeli Foreign…
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Elizabeth Rata Has Been Made A Dame – Is this a joke?
How many times do Erica Stanford and the government have to make a mockery of the education system before people…
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Something Smells at the Teaching Council of Aotearoa
Three elected teacher representatives resign early. Erica Stanford moves towards a fully appointed Teaching Council. And the same ugly question keeps surfacing: who is really in charge?
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How Do You Define A Woman? Not Like This!
After years demanding Labour define a woman, NZ First’s answer appears to be: a woman is a biological female and a female is a biological female.
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Based on 4 polls, latest: 2 June 2026
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EVERYONE has warned move on powers will be detrimental – Government decided to arrest the homeless anyway
Officials warned against an ‘offence of being homeless’. Ministers pushed ahead The Press Well, well, well. Turns out that Police, Justice, Corrections, MSD, Oranga Tamariki and even Treasury all advised the Government NOT to pass the move on powers. They warned the Government that arresting 14 year olds would…
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BREAKING POLL SHOCK – Labour plunge + TOP over 5%
NO FUCKING WAY! LATEST ROY MORGAN! National – 30.5 Labour – 26.5 Greens – 12.5 ACT – 10 NZF – 11 TOP – 6 TPM – 2.5 LABOUR PLUNGES 7.5%!!!!!! It’s a mother fucking shocker on the mother fucking rocker. We screamed. And screamed. And screamed. Into the faces…
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So the Big Pollutes actively circumvented democracy?!?
WTF? Fonterra legal case doc sent to private email of Luxon’s former staffer A document relating to the Smith v Fonterra legal case was sent from a Fonterra staff member to the private email address of a former staffer in the Prime Minister’s Office. It had previously been reported an…
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Is Matthew Horncastle the worst thing to happen to Christchurch since the earthquake?
Property developer Matthew Horncastle fires up after complaint over political billboard Outspoken property developer Matthew Horncastle has taken aim at the Advertising Standards Authority after a complaint about a political billboard. The ASA received the complaint from a member of the public about a digital message that was approved by…
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Soooo, about cutting Peter Thiel’s NZ citizenship
Why tech billionaire and NZ citizen Peter Thiel is decamping to the end of the world Born in Germany and raised in the US, tech billionaire Peter Thiel received citizenship in New Zealand in 2011 and applied for a passport in Malta in 2022. Now he has a new favourite…
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After secretly wanting to join illegal Iran War, National are now trying to desecrate nuclear free
Labour will ‘never change’ New Zealand’s nuclear-free status, Hipkins says Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says his party will “never change” New Zealand’s nuclear-free status. Let me see if I can get this completely fucking straight. After getting caught out secretly wanting to support Israel and Trump’s illegal war…
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Hegseth’s derogatory statement about NZ proves why we desperately need to lift military spending
Ex-Defence Minister Wayne Mapp pushes back on US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s ‘freeloading’ claim Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue…
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I told you AI was already damaging beneficiaries
We told you this was already happening… Government uses Budget urgency to pass bill allowing the automation of welfare decisions…
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Ummm – so the UN just blacklisted Israel for sexual torture – ’bout that
Cough. Sooooooo ’bout those allegations the the IDF are systematically using sexual assault on Palestinian Prisoners… UN blacklists Israel for…
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Atlas Network Race Baiters, ZB Hate Trolls, Property Pimps and the Trucking Mafia all given Kings ‘honours’
This years King’s Honours is more corrupt than ever before. Not only has ZB Hate Troll Barry Soper been given…
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Wayne Brown is a loathsome arrogant grumpy prick propertied boomer – buuuuuuuuuuuut
I’m rolling my eyes so hard they are staring into the back of my skull… ‘Wellington created a monster’: What…
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The Bradbury Group with Marama Davidson post budget, Mike Smith on polluter cover up + Political Panel: John Tamihere, Matthew Hooton and Matthew Tukaki
A Marxist, the co-Leader of the Greens, a political commentator, an Environmental activist, the President of the Māori Party and a right wing newspaper columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think…
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MEDIAWATCH: Owner of NZME – Alt-Right Canadian Billionaire Jim Grenon doesn’t want you knowing he’s bankrolling anti-Māori bigotry grifters
Just consider what we are seeing here… Judge rejects billionaire Jim Grenon’s bid to stop media reporting Billionaire Jim Grenon failed to stop media reporting on his ongoing involvement in a “wholly unsuccessful” defamation case he funded against TVNZ, as…
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MEDIAWATCH: I’m a lefty and I was never a fan of Paul Thompson or Maiki Sherman + why Impey will be good for RNZ
Media Insider: RNZ shake-up: New board chair, directors revealed; Who’s in line to be CEO?; PR boss: ‘All the big ad agencies are morphing into PR stunt agencies’ One of New Zealand’s most renowned business and media leaders has been…
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The Puritan Budget: Budget 2026 Punishes the Poor
State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. The rich remain protected. This is not a recovery Budget, it is punishment with a sermon attached.
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The Bradbury Group Turns One | Martyn’s Final Word
They pulled the funding and thought Martyn Bradbury would disappear. One year later, The Bradbury Group is bigger, louder and heading straight into Election 2026.
TDB: Left News
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A mini-Hoon with Tex Edwards, calling for lobbyist reform & a breakup of the grocery duopoly
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A mini-Hoon with Nick Ruane about the risks of a Robodebt scandal in NZ
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A mini-Hoon with Susan St John on Budget 2026 and child poverty
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A mini-Hoon with TOP Leader Quilae Wong after getting 6% in the latest Roy Morgan poll
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A mini-Hoon with Anna Fifield about NZ Defence spending
- Diesel stocks fall sharply, but government reserve shipment now bound for NZ
- New Zealand testing of Elon Musk's Starshield 'significant', US expert says
- Police cordon off Prime Minister's Auckland electorate office
- Budget boost will help Oranga Tamariki hit response target, new boss Amanda Malu says
- Labour questions whether disappearing climate briefing note deliberate cover-up
- Still captured after all these years
- Budget 2026: 30 million fund will see solar panels on 500 schools
- Every expert said don't do 'move on' orders. The Govt did it anyway.
- Friday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
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The Weekly Hoon: Budget 2026, a climate scandal, Saudi Arabia & Iran & disinformation flooding NZ's political debates
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- 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
PODCAST: A View from Afar
TDB: Top NZ Political Podcasts
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- LOCKED OUT with Craig Renney Audience: 4,400
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- BHN – BIG HAIRY NEWS with Pat and Chewie Audience: 3,533
- THE BRADBURY GROUP with Martyn Bradbury Audience: 4,600
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- Cross Party Lines with Phil Goff & Christopher Finlayson Audience: 4,000
Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Second annual Keith Locke Memorial Debate July 2nd – Hate Speech Laws threaten Free Speech
Do hate speech laws protect the vulnerable, or hand the state a weapon against free speech? This Keith Locke Memorial Debate will be worth watching.
Daily Gallery
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WEDNESDAY 3rd JUNE 2026 Open Mic
FACT OF THE DAY: Many shark species will become temporarily paralyzed if you turn them upside down. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is the one…
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In Occupied Palestine – 31 May 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, 31 May 2026 until 08:00, 01 June 2026 In Gaza, during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Gleichschaltung and the far right momentum: lessons for New Zealand
Gleichschaltung is an interesting German word meaning synchronisation or coordination. In the context of German history it was used to…
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Why the New Zealand Economy Became Structurally Fragile
New Zealand is rich in land, resources and talent, yet increasingly unable to build or afford what it needs. Tadhg Stopford argues that fragility was designed into the system.
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Cash-for-Consents Won’t Fix NZ Housing – Dave Bainbridge-Zafar
David Seymour thinks councils can be bribed into fixing housing. Dave Bainbridge-Zafar says the real blockage is in Wellington, where state housing has been abandoned for market theatre.
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Rural General Practice Funding Cuts Put Patients at Risk
Katikati patients could lose local hours, weekend clinics and urgent care if a blunt funding model decides their rural community is suddenly urban.
The Bradbury Group
Marama Davidson on the Budget, polluter cover-up exposed & will National surrender NZ’s nuclear-free status?
Green Party co-Leader Marama Davidson gives her post-budget verdict tonight on The Bradbury Group, as environmental activist Mike Smith reveals how NZ’s seven biggest polluters have been secretly advising the Government. Plus, the political panel — Matthew Hooton, Matthew Tukaki, Maria Slade and John Tamihere — weigh in on whether the Budget can rescue the economy, what Pete Hegseth’s contempt for NZ really signals, and whether the National Government is about to trade away our nuclear-free identity to keep Donald Trump onside.
Raw News
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Budget 2026: Did The Government Listen? – Hapai Te Hauora
Ahead of Budget 2026, Hāpai Te Hauora called for a budget that listens. A budget that responds to what communities have already been saying over the last year: that prevention matters, warm homes matter, safe sleep matters, and Māori-led solutions…
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Science Losing The Long Game – NZ Association of Scientists
“Budget 2026 pushes the science system into a quiet purgatory, with zero announcements from the Minister’s office since 1 April,” laments New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS) Co-President Troy Baisden. “The only real story for science is the long-running decline…
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Plunket Funding Coalition Promise Forgotten In Budget 26 – New Zealand Nurses Organisation
A coalition promise to “ensure Plunket is funded to do their job properly” was forgotten in Budget 26, NZNO says. Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO national delegate and Plunket nurse Hannah Cook says Budget 26 papers show the promise…
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Government caught misleading mothers – Labour
The Government owes New Zealand mothers an explanation after admitting it falsely claimed all women would immediately be entitled to three-day postnatal hospital stays. “The Government has spent days advertising a policy that simply doesn’t exist,” Ayesha Verrall said. “National…
