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2pm-6pm LIVE – Waatea Election Budget ’26 Coverage with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Cameron Bagerie, Chris Hipkins, Brad Olson, Tama Potaka, Bernard Hickey, John Tamihere, Shane Jones, Marama Davidson, Barbera Edmonds, Willie Jackson and Fran O’Sullivan
The most up to date Budget Day commentary and coverage live from 2pm-6pm Thursday. With Massey University Economist – Professor Matt Roskruge, co-Leader of Te Pati Māori – Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Economist – Cameron Bagerie, Leader of the Labour Party – Chris Hipkens, Economist – Brad Olsen, Māori Development Minister – Tama Potaka, Economist – Bernard Hickey, Māori Party President – John Tamihere, NZ First Minister –…
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Why every Kainga Ora tenant should be terrified and voting this election
The moves to increase state rents to 30%. The new plans to force state tenants out into the private market….
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We are already using AI against beneficiaries
Beneficiaries are always the lab rats for how far the State thinks it can bend human rights. Beneficiaries are already…
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Super El Nino could splinter the political spectrum – climate change could spark the revolution
I don’t think we’ve considered the political realities of what happens when the climate collapses. The impacts of a Super…
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2pm-6pm LIVE – Waatea Election Budget ’26 Coverage with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Cameron Bagerie, Chris Hipkins, Brad Olson, Tama Potaka, Bernard Hickey, John Tamihere, Shane Jones, Marama Davidson, Barbera Edmonds, Willie Jackson and Fran O’Sullivan
The most up to date Budget Day commentary and coverage live from 2pm-6pm Thursday. With Massey University Economist – Professor Matt Roskruge, co-Leader of Te Pati Māori – Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Economist – Cameron Bagerie, Leader of the Labour Party – Chris Hipkens, Economist…
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Something Smells at The New Zealand Teachers Council
I and many others have written about Erica Stanford’s dictatorial control of education. Hopefully this message is starting to gain…
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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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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update – Discussing geopolitical and military activity in the Pacific
A new US-led Pacific “kill web” linking Japan, South Korea and the Philippines signals how rapidly the Indo-Pacific is militarising.
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Super El Nino could splinter the political spectrum – climate change could spark the revolution
I don’t think we’ve considered the political realities of what happens when the climate collapses. The impacts of a Super El Niño are going to be terrifying for those living under it… …and it looks like it could be worse than 1877… …so what happens when the extremes of climate…
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Majority of political prisoners in UK are now environmentalists and anti-genocide protestors
Where England goes, NZ shall follow… New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals Britain has created a new breed of…
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No language test for rich foreigners buying $5m mansions, but English test for the migrant workers we exploit – welcome to NZ
We are NOT racist in NZ, we just love white people and rich people the most and nothing highlights that more than new English language tests for migrant workers we invite here to exploit. If you are a migrant worker we are exploiting, you must speak English because how will…
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1.2billion suffering mental health disorders as planet burns and AI Tech Bros gut jobs
Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide are living with mental disorders. The number has been growing Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide had mental disorders in 2023, reflecting a 95.5% increase since 1990, a new study has found. The largest increases were in anxiety and depression, which were also the most common…
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Nashy gets NZ First pashy after bashy for slashy cashy and Sean Plunket’s woman definition smashy
THE NASHY IS BACK! Former Labour minister Stuart Nash switches to NZ First NZs second most compromised politician behind Shane Jones is back pimping for an old school pork barrel gangsta like NZ First. It’s the perfect combination, like gambling and meth. Nothing says, ‘wink, wink, nudge, nudge’…
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When even Chris Bishop can see the human rights abuses of the new move on powers
Move-on orders law breach Bill of Rights in part – Chris Bishop Aspects of the Government’s move-on orders risk being an unjustified limitation on New Zealanders’ rights, according to Attorney-General Chris Bishop. The Attorney-General is required to notify Parliament if any part of a bill appears to be inconsistent with…
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The madness of Trump and Israel’s ‘plan’ to illegally wage war with Iran – when you answer is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad???
Every time I think I can’t be surprised anymore with Trump’s illegal war on Iran, he manages to catch me…
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How come Seymour’s Red Tape Ministry Palace is so huge and expensive?
Ministry uncovers 267 different regulators, Seymour urges consolidation David Seymour has unveiled a report from his Ministry of Regulation showing…
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You have more chance of winning lotto than getting a state house or any help from this Government
Nicola Willis says State housing tenants have won Lotto. Funny, because most of them are still waiting for a safe roof and a Government that cares.
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Luxon protects big polluters from climate law
Surprise, surprise – a conspiracy by big polluters to protect them from climate law… ‘A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying’…
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Labour Party Leak Shows Amateur Hour
The Labour Party leak is not really about a dumb insult. It is about a party asking to govern while failing to secure its own training room.
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2pm-6pm LIVE – Waatea Election Budget ’26 Coverage with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Cameron Bagerie, Chris Hipkins, Brad Olson, Tama Potaka, Bernard Hickey, John Tamihere, Shane Jones, Marama Davidson, Barbera Edmonds, Willie Jackson and Fran O’Sullivan
The most up to date Budget Day commentary and coverage live from 2pm-6pm Thursday. With Massey University Economist – Professor Matt Roskruge, co-Leader of Te Pati Māori – Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Economist – Cameron Bagerie, Leader of the Labour Party – Chris Hipkens, Economist…
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The Bradbury Group Turns 1: Here’s To Election 2026
One year after being pushed out for refusing to shut up, The Bradbury Group is still here, still growing, and still spoiling for Election 2026.
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The Bradbury Group with pre-Budget Barbara Edmonds, Hone Harawira on Māori politics + Political Panel of Hooton, Verity Johnston and Quilae Wong
A Marxist, a finance spokesperson a Māori political legend, a leader of a political party and 2 newspaper columnists all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this is? The Bradbury Group?” 1-on-1…
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MEDIAWATCH: Luxon threatens John Campbell after JC rightfully highlights big polluters can write their own legislation
Luxon to Campbell: ‘I’d be careful saying that, John’ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has given RNZ host John Campbell a blunt warning following questions about the potential influence of corporate interests on Government policy. Stuff It is crystal clear from…
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Te Kaupapa: Matthew Tukaki on Housing, Māori Politics & The Battle For The North
Nicola Willis says State House tenants won lotto. Te Kaupapa asks what that really means, and who has the numbers to win the North.
TDB: Left News
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- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
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A sugar-free Budget that relies on rosy forecasts
- Why the Govt's 'sensible, grown up' tight Budget strategy is failing the economy
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RBNZ almost hikes & eyes three hikes before election
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Live with Bernard Hickey
- The $1.4 billion hole in the Govt's revenues
- The fuel powering our captured political economy
- The 30/30 rule that is the Govt's North Star
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The Weekly Hoon: Govt housing & job cuts; Iran vs Trump; Competition & banking
- Dawn Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
- 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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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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Political Caption Competition
Shane Jones trying to define ‘what is a woman’
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In Occupied Palestine – 25 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, 25 April 2026 until 08:00, 26 May 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Un-funding rural general practice
They’re the ones that would suffer…our elderly vulnerable community who are struggling with pensions, who are suddenly going to have…
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GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – Let’s Fix New Zealand
New Zealand is entering another election being offered the same failed remedies for the very problems those remedies helped create….
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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.
The Bradbury Group
Pre-Budget reckoning — Barbara Edmonds & Hone Harawira join us on The Bradbury Group
Labour Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins Martyn to take apart the pre-Budget economic agenda and ask whether free market ideology has become economic vandalism. Hone Harawira brings his unfiltered message for Māori politics ahead of the election. And the panel: Matthew Hooton, Verity Johnston and Quilae Wong, dig into the Big Polluter scandal, Luxon’s attack on John Campbell, and the question nobody in the Beehive wants to answer: how does criminalising the homeless and fighting culture wars, grow the NZ economy?
Raw News
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National forced into humiliating education U-turn – Labour
Erica Stanford has been forced into an embarrassing backdown less than 24 hours after pushing controversial homeschooling law changes through Parliament. “This is humiliating for Erica Stanford. Yesterday she forced these changes through the House, and today she’s asking Parliament…
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“End of an era” as Government law change disestablishes Ministry for the Environment – Greens
The Green Party is condemning the Government’s disestablishment of the Ministry for the Environment, following the law change required to scrap the Ministry passing through Parliament on Wednesday. “This Government is cementing their place as the most anti-environment Government in…
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Luxon quietly borrows $1.4 billion more to hide climate failure – Greens
The Green Party has revealed Luxon’s failed climate policies have created a $1.4 billion fiscal hole, after the Government’s retreat on climate caused the carbon auctions to collapse and the cash it was banking on never arrived. “Nicola Willis and…
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Vision versus reality – thousands of protected animals killed in one year of trawling – Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is renewing its call for urgent action on bottom trawling after data from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) shows another deadly year for New Zealand’s marine life. The data, covering the latest full fishing year (24-25), shows…
