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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Teanau Tuiono, Mananui Ramsden and Bomber Bradbury
Issue 1 – What does the latest TVNZ Poll mean for the election? Issue 2 – Backlash to Minister Potaka’s DoC land proposal Issue 3 – Bishop Brian Tamaki’s comments against Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims Issue 4 – National’s compulsory super vs Green Party Tax policy – what is best for Māori? Issue 5 – Will new workplace safety laws keep workers…
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Why I think TOP won’t support National, ACT or NZF
First up, I’m a working class socialist so I am NOT voting for TOP, but TDB was the first to…
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The nicest thing we can say about Eru Kapa-Kingi beating up his punching bag while pretending it’s the PM
Groan Imagine the bag is the PM, says activist Eru Kapa-Kingi – then he unleashes a flurry of punches Activist…
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Oh thank goodness, it is genocide after all
The great battle of semantics is over folks, turns out it was a genocide all along… Israel deliberately targeting children…
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So the Orcs Have Given In and Conservation Lands Are Safe?
Yesterday Minister of ‘Conservation’ Tama Potaka announced that he will be: ‘removing a controversial clause in a proposed law that would allow more conservation land to be sold. Tama Potaka told the Environmental Defence Society conference the country’s understanding of…
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The Government of Orcs Want to Sell Our Precious Conservation Lands
I’m sure you are well aware of the bill going through the parliament process that will allow the government to…
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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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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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The Free Speech Union ‘good faith tour’ by the most disingenuous people in NZ
I’m sorry, a what with who now? A ‘Good Faith Yarn Tour’ by the most disingenuous pricks in the game? Are you fucking kidding me? ‘Good Faith Yarn Tour’??? The Free Speech Union are nothing ore than. Zionist Apologist Front who were recently attacking Grant Robertson for using his free…
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Ummm, does Matthew Horncastle understand what the Commerce Commission does?
Ummmmmmm. Does Matthew Horncastle actually understand what the Commerce Commission does? How can one person misunderstand so much? Is Matthew this out of touch with everything? How can someone this rich be so dumb? Matthew Horncastle complaining to the Commerce Commission about Labour and Green Party policy is like me…
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If we are going to ban under 16s from social media, let’s also ban Culture War Boomers and Billionaires
Look, of course we need to stop these despicable social media networks from manipulating and grooming our kids, but if we are serious about banning under 16s from social media, let’s not forget to ban the Culture War Boomers as well… Why Boomers are More Prone to Share Falsehoods According…
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Stages of Trump’s Surrender
So it’s 115 days of Trump’s 3 week war that he’s already won 17 times and the Strait is still shut after Trump lashed out on social media and threatened Iran again just as JD Vance was meeting to negotiate America’s surrender in Switzerland. For everyone keeping score at home…
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Cruelty of a Redress Bill that protects the State and not those abused by the State
It is sick that the Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill passed its 3rd reading last night with such little media attention. Despite the Royal Inquiry into the despicable historical abuse of 200 000 kids in State care specifically demanding an independent panel to decide compensation, the Government instead…
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Do NZFirst Hate Trolls understand what a limousine is?
Oh. This. Is. Glorious! Shane Jones refuses to confirm if hotel was three-minute walk from Toronto mining conference Resources Minister Shane Jones and the Government are refusing to confirm or deny whether the hotel he stayed in to attend a mining conference in Toronto was in the building right next…
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Don’t let Winston fool you – the War on Workers he’s enabling continues
Pike River families rally against overhaul of workplace safety laws Family members of those killed in the Pike River Mine…
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As Israel’s war lust becomes a tad problematic, can someone for the love of Jesus please spare a thought for ACT MP Simon Court?
As Trump throws Bibi under a bus, as Zionist apologist Keir Starmer is forced out and as Israel is found…
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Helen Clark Foundation warns of political polarisation thanks to the Property Pimps
NZ is a Government of the Landlords, for the Landlords, ruling in the interests of Landlords. The Helen Clark Foundation…
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Making Billionaires pay for the society that built them is righteous not envy
The Right scream ‘Envy’ at Green Party proposals to tax the mega wealthy. The Greens will Introduce a 2.5 percent…
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What happens politically when El Niño peaks over NZ this Summer?
Our climate denial is no longer sustainable… Costs of not adapting to climate change will rise along with sea levels…
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Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Dale Husband, Teanau Tuiono, Mananui Ramsden and Bomber Bradbury
Issue 1 – What does the latest TVNZ Poll mean for the election? Issue 2 – Backlash to Minister Potaka’s DoC land proposal Issue 3 – Bishop Brian Tamaki’s comments against Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims Issue 4 – National’s compulsory super…
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MEDIAWATCH: The Great Thomas Coughlan concedes his AI Orac may be on the blink
With Simon Wilson, Joe Lose and Matthew Hooton now gone, is the Great Thomas Coughlan with his no mates on the Left insight worth the Herald Subscription? No. No it is not. Earlier this year the Great Oracle and mouthpiece…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: The real problem for Minister Tama Potaka
The backlash Minister Tama Potaka faced for his plan to sell conservation land is a real problem for the Government, and that is why he had to u-turn it the way Shane Jones was forced to over the Fisheries Amendment…
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MEDIAWATCH: Why Hooton leaving NZME is an enormous blow to alt-Right Canadian Billionaire Jim Grenon
One of the impacts of Hooton’s appointment to the editorship of The Post is that it is an enormous blow to alt-Right Canadian Billionaire Jim Grenon. Hooton was the main reason for subscriptions to the Herald, with him and Simon…
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MEDIAWATCH: RNZs new website finally looks like a news site instead of a middle class lounge room in Pt Chev
Finally! RNZs new website finally makes them look like a news site instead of a middle class lounge room in Pt Chev. Which matters because instead of wanky aesthetics, RNZ should be about the news above all. The failure of…
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- Election a choice between two futures: Labour's Edmonds
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- MPs don rugby boots and netball bibs for charity
- Associate Health Minister David Seymour wants Pharmac to use AI to speed medicine funding
- Houkura chair defends board's role in Auckland governance
- Chris Bishop turns down easing truck weight restrictions
- National and New Zealand First at odds again over India Free Trade Agreement
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The Weekly Hoon: Climate, housing, Iran and the revival of the Alliance Party
- Friday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Psychologist quits Oranga Tamariki bootcamp after two months
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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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
- 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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FreeSpeech Debate 7pm Thursday 2nd July
Brothers and Sisters. On July 2nd, which is Thursday next week – the Kieth Locke Memorial debate is happening 7pm…
Daily Gallery
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Open Mic + Political Caption Competition – SATURDAY 27th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: About 10% of the mass of your body comes from bacteria living in and on you, helping with digestion and immune function POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In our age there is no such thing as…
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In Occupied Palestine – 24 June 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, 24 June 2025 until 08:00, 25 June 2026 In Gaza, during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Health target politics versus clinical prioritisation
It isn’t often that smaller provincial newspapers break revealing health stories. They struggle with fewer resources to call upon and…
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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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National’s war on workers — and its plan to sell your conservation land
Matthew Hooton, Fran O’Sullivan and Max Harris tear into whether National’s compulsory KiwiSaver announcement is a genuine retirement policy or a slow-motion pension kill, whether the Greens’ super-rich tax is political courage or electoral suicide — and whether the National-ACT-NZ First coalition is already eating itself alive..
Raw News
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Communities Are United As They Come Together To Oppose The Move-On Orders – Common Grace Aotearoa
Despite mass opposition to the proposed move-on orders from community, businesses and front-line organisations, the National-NZ First-ACT government has chosen to introduce the Summary Offences (Move-On Orders) Amendment bill. This bill will see ‘rough sleeping’ and ‘begging’ added to the…
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New Human Rights Data Shows New Zealand Failing To Protect Basic Rights – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Research released today by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) raises serious concerns about how human rights are being upheld in Aotearoa New Zealand, with new data showing the country continues to fall short in protecting people’s basic rights. The…
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New Zealand Continues To Fall Short In New Human Rights Scores – Human Rights Measurement Initiative
New Zealand continues to fall short of its human rights obligations, according to new data from independent NGO, the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). Data released today gives new scores for a range of human rights for 203 countries and…
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Potaka Announcement Not Enough, Scrap Conservation Bill Says Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the Conservation Amendment Bill is rotten and must be scrapped entirely, as public outcry over the proposal forces the Conservation Minister to take his proposal to make it easier to sell off or exchange land back to…
