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ACT want to paramilitarize Vigilante Security Goons to touch our kids & whanau
Just when you thought the inane vigilante laws National are ramming through weren’t bad enough, now ACT wants to paramilitarize those vigilant groups… …FFS. NO ONE should be able to touch you other than a properly sworn in Police Officer. Allowing ZB Vigilante Dads to grab hold of anyone they suspect of shop lifting is a fucking recipe for disaster…
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How long will it be before Putin launches a nuke at the Ukraine?
Bloodier than Stalingrad: Number of casualties in Russia’s war on Ukraine reaches 2 million Russia’s decision to launch a full-scale…
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Free Speech Union is defending a Christofascist – Brian Tamaki isn’t a free speech champion
No, no, no! Brian Tamaki isn’t a free speech champion! The Bish claims he was using free speech to criticise…
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A bloated orange narcissist war crime fascist is the perfect gift to America at 250
Liberals inside America become spastic with rage over Trump’s vile racism, sexism & abuse – but those who live outside…
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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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Based on 4 polls, latest: 23 June 2026
Sources
- 1News Verian — 23/06/2026
- Talbot Mills — 17/06/2026
- Roy Morgan — 02/06/2026
- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
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A bloated orange narcissist war crime fascist is the perfect gift to America at 250
Liberals inside America become spastic with rage over Trump’s vile racism, sexism & abuse – but those who live outside of America beneath the shadow of its corporate war machine reality know Trump is the naked face of the real United States of Violence. Obama and Biden just made us…
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How Kakariki Alliance between TPM and Greens inoculates Left against a TOP betrayal
The Opportunity Party ‘would be happy’ to go into coalition with National The Opportunity Party has taken the opportunity to say it “would be happy” to go into coalition with National, while launching its economic policy. The party has previously said it would negotiate with the party that gets the…
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With Michael Laws now as a candidate NZ First is nothing more than a cavalcade of Political Circus Freaks
Jesus wept… New NZ First candidate Michael Laws wants broadcasting portfolio to scrap RNZ Former MP and Whanganui Mayor Michael Laws says becoming Broadcasting Minister is in his sights, with the intention to scrap Radio New Zealand, as he confirms he will stand for New Zealand First in the November…
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Winston won’t protect workers from Crook Van Velden’s worksafe mutilation
Health and safety wedge drives deeper between coalition partners New Zealand First has secured a small win amid a war with ACT over the Government’s overhaul of health and safety legislation, but David Seymour has laid the ground rules for any future coalition. Members from the parties butted heads in…
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David ‘Thanos’ Seymour’s plan to destroy 50% of the State
ACT campaigning to halve number of Government departments, and limit Jobseekers’ spending ACT plan to merge, or close, more than half of Government departments Stuff ACT resurrect their Thanos doom plan where David snaps his fingers and he makes half the functioning State disappear. Isn’t the double standard of…
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ACT Party roll out Beneficiary Bashing in a desperate attempt at political relevancy
‘No one wants to be sick forever’ – ACT Party’s new welfare policy slammed The ACT Party’s new welfare policy shows a lack of compassion for people who need help, says a beneficiary advocate. ACT wants to tighten up the medical certification for health-related benefits, making it mandatory for them…
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This is why Chippy matters
Hipkins says he will scrap ‘morally bankrupt’ MSD staff metrics Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says he will scrap the…
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Shane ‘Stretch’ Jones needs to define what a taxpayer perk is before he attempts to define a woman
‘Don’t malign the Matua’s name’: Shane Jones finally explains ‘limo’ use in Canada trip with huge cost blowout Resources Minister…
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How many Michelin Stars would ACT’s School lunches get?
The never ending fawning by the NZ media over the Michelin Star announcement that keeps going without any critical analysis…
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Eeeew – What’s more disgusting? ACT MP Simon Court sucking up to Elon Musk or Israel?
Ugh. What’s more disgusting? ACT MP Simon Court sucking up to Elon Musk… …or Israel? …why suck up to…
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Shouldn’t people protest Ani O’Brien and Free speech Union ‘good faith’ tour?
Seeing as the Free Speech Union are defending Brian Tamaki after Brian called on his followers to burn temples and…
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The Keith Locke Memorial Debate – ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’
TICKETS ARE ALL SOLD OUT! The debate will be live streamed here at 7pm. Moot: That ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’ ‘Our debate could not be more topical, in the light of controversy about the recent anti-immigrant remarks of…
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The Bradbury Group with Chloe Swarbrick, Gerry Brownlee + Political Panel: Simon Wilson & Matthew Hooton
A Marxist, the co-Leader of the Greens, the Speaker of the House, a militant cyclist Listener Columnist and the new Editor of the Post all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this…
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MEDIAWATCH: Q+A Exclusive on Homelessness targets proves what we’ve always said about MSD cruelty
TDB warned over and over and over again that this is what is really happening inside MSD and it’s taken an explosive exclusive on Q+A to prove it all… ‘Perverse incentive’: MSD staff metrics include emergency housing grants Ministry of…
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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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The Weekly Hoon: Homelessness, Foreign Policy, the Reality of Everything & the gutting of safety reforms
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Half a million New Zealanders living in poverty
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What a rewrite of NZ's political & economic DNA might look like
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Hipkins' pitch is empty & performative, for now
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Where growth isn't paying for growth
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The Weekly Hoon: Climate, housing, Iran and the revival of the Alliance Party
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Second Annual Keith Locke Memorial Debate Focuses On The Free Speech Debate
Moot: That ‘Hate speech laws threaten Free Speech’ Place Law School 9 Eden Cres Central Auckland Date Thursday 2 July…
Daily Gallery
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Open Mic SATURDAY 4th JULY 2026 + Political Caption Competition
FACT OF THE DAY: The tongue of a blue whale can weigh as much as an entire adult elephant. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “That’s just how white folks will do you. It wasn’t merely the cruelty involved; I was…
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OPEN MIC – THURSDAY 2nd JULY 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: A sloth’s digestive system is so slow that it takes up to two weeks to fully digest a single meal. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Health Minister ‘purges’ regulatory health practitioner authorities for carrying out their statutory function
Dr Dylan Mordaunt is a vocationally registered specialist in medical administration, paediatrics and clinical genetics. In recent months he has…
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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
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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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March for Nature launched to protect conservation – Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa and Forest & Bird have announced a March for Nature to be held in Auckland on 19 September 2026, calling on New Zealanders to unite in defence of nature. The March comes as opposition to the Government’s Conservation…
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Greenpeace slams issuing of High Seas permit for Tasman Sea bottom trawler
The Tasman Viking, a bottom trawling vessel that pulled up protected coral in international waters two years ago, has been issued an international fishing permit by the New Zealand government this month, in a move environmentalists are calling outrageous. Greenpeace…
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Government makes dog’s breakfast of the Conservation consultation – Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the Government has made an absolute “dog’s breakfast” of the Conservation Amendment Bill consultation and there remains no clarity as to what exact changes are being made to the contentious Bill. The Environment Committee today announced an…
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Labour will scrap harmful disability Bill
A Labour Government will repeal the Government’s Disability Support Services Bill, replacing it with legislation developed alongside disabled people that protects their rights, independence and choice. “This Bill is an attack on the rights, independence, and dignity of disabled people…
