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Waatea Election Poll – NZF has real popularity & Te Pāti Māori are not dead
Labour – 38% NZF – 16% Greens – 14% TPM – 12% National – 5% ACT – 1% Interesting response to Waatea’s Question of the Day that shows NZF has real popularity & Te Pāti Māori are not dead. The caveats are this isn’t a Scientific Poll, but it has meaning: The question generated: 571 comments across Waatea’s platforms 33,059 people…
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Epstein and Zionism
The Jeffrey Epstein revelations are driving humanity insane. We are sick to our stomach. We cannot look at some of…
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1-on-1 in 10: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on Seabed Mining Win & 2026 Unity
This week on The Bradbury Group, co-leader of Te Pāti Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins Martyn Bradbury for a powerful 1-on-1…
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The War on News: Unemployment Spin, Aussie Colony Dreams & Trump’s Racist AI Rant
📉 Unemployment Rises — National Calls It a Miracle: The unemployment rate was expected to fall. It went up. 140,000…
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Pacific Brief: Geo-political and military activity in the Pacific
Norwegian missiles for Malaysia Another Pacific power is procuring Norway’s Naval Strike Missile (NSM). The Strait Times reports that the Royal Malaysian Navy plans to procure the NSM, with deliveries starting in March 2026.[i] The stealthy and accurate NSM is…
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Bubble, Bubble, toil & trouble
The US stock market is dangerously overvalued, driven by AI hype, Nvidia’s monopoly and extreme inequality. Is a 2026 crash inevitable? A deep dive into the bubble.
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The Nonsense of the Knowledge Based Curriculum
One of the mantras of the current government’s education policy (or, more precisely, Erica Stanford’s education policy), heavily based on…
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Education is much more than ‘The basics, done well’.
Is education just about the “three Rs”? A look at Clarence Beeby’s vision, inequality, structured literacy reforms and the future of NZ schooling.
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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 3 February 2026
Sources
- Roy Morgan — 03/02/2026
- Talbot Mills — 30/01/2026
- RNZ Reid — 22/01/2026
- 1News Verian — 08/12/2025
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Waatea Election Poll – NZF has real popularity & Te Pāti Māori are not dead
Labour – 38% NZF – 16% Greens – 14% TPM – 12% National – 5% ACT – 1% Interesting response to Waatea’s Question of the Day that shows NZF has real popularity & Te Pāti Māori are not dead. The caveats are this isn’t a Scientific Poll, but it has…
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The Māori Electorates in Election 2026, Winston’s race baiting referendum and how spineless is Luxon?
Expect to hear a chorus of Whero Neck mouth breeders to start screaming, ‘one person, one vote’ to justify starting a race war over burning down the Māori electorates which is eye rolling because in NZ of course, it’s ‘one person, 2 votes’, these clowns can’t even get their talking…
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Winston Peters on Trade Tour NOT Baubles of Office boxing jaunt
This is a very funny story… After a story broke last night, Winston Peters delivered a photo essay The email was so big that one staff member said there were so many images attached they couldn’t forward the email. On Tuesday night, Winston Peters’ press secretary sent a long email…
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There’s an obvious reason why NZ is rising in the corruption rankings
NZ has dropped in the transparency rankings… New Zealand’s corruption-free reputation takes hit for fourth-year in a row – survey RNZ …it means corruption is rising and there is a very obvious reason why we are being seen as more corrupt, because we actually are! The venal manner in which…
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Simeon Brown knew Public Health privatization was wrong
Warnings about serious risks in surgery outsourcing blanked out by Simeon Brown’s office The health minister has been warned of…
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Winston’s Māori Electorate lies are already falling to pieces
Winston’s argument for desecrating the Māori Electorates is already falling to pieces. He claims the Māori roll has been dropping,…
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Key begs National Caucus not to roll Luxon
How bad are things for National when John Key has to come out and beg the caucus not to roll…
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1-on-1 in 10: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on Seabed Mining Win & 2026 Unity
This week on The Bradbury Group, co-leader of Te Pāti Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins Martyn Bradbury for a powerful 1-on-1 in 10 following the historic defeat of the Trans-Tasman Resources seabed mining proposal. After a 14-year fight, the Fast-track panel…
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The War on News: Unemployment Spin, Aussie Colony Dreams & Trump’s Racist AI Rant
📉 Unemployment Rises — National Calls It a Miracle: The unemployment rate was expected to fall. It went up. 140,000 Kiwis fleeing in two years turns out… damages the economy. Who knew? Now we’ve got: • 600,000 relying on food…
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MEDIAWATCH: AI Bryce screams the Left should be talking about an issue TDB has been talking about for a month
AI Bryce gotta get out more. He screamed why hasn’t the Left been talking about the very scenario that TDB has been warning about for a month now. He has to lift his backlist against TDB, there’s only so…
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Old Zealand vs New Zealand: The 2026 Election Divide
Election 2026 may be decided not by ideology — but by age. Is New Zealand slowly becoming “Old Zealand”? In her latest column, Verity Johnson argues the country feels stalled, ageing and unwilling to confront looming crises. As Election 2026…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN Election 2026: Of course this Government is anti-Māori & anti-Treaty
From the Treaty Principles Bill to co-governance rollbacks, critics argue the Government’s record is anti-Māori and anti-Treaty ahead of Election 2026.
TDB Left News
- An empty suit
- Dawn Chorus: The climate elephant in our (flooded) rooms
- #election2026: Waatea’s #QuestionOfTheDay: Election Winds Stir Across Our Audience
- Government Imposes Two-Year Rockpool Harvesting Closure to Protect Marine Life
- #hakinakina: Super Rugby Pacific: Chiefs Snatch Win Over Blues in Error-Filled Clash
- #hakinakina: Warriors’ Pre-Season Hit-Out Ends in 33-18 Loss to Sea Eagles
- #hakinakina: Super Rugby Pacific: Chiefs Grind Out Win, Highlanders Shock Crusaders and Moana Pasifika’s Big Night
- #hakinakina: Payback for New Zealand in 51st Transtasman Woolhandling Test
- #Opinion: Is the Government in a Pickle? Waatea’s Audience Might Be Telling Us Something
- NZ risks being left high and dry as High Seas Treaty enters into force
- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 16 February
- Where is she now? Trish Hina, GOAT
- Polymarket and Kalshi are illegal, regulator says
- The US has flipped the food pyramid – and it doesn’t quite add up
- Appeal taken against High Court’s freshwater pollution decision
- The conspiracy theorist’s daughter
- Endgame for Barker’s wastewater pond issues becomes clear
- Daily crossword, Monday 16 February
- Mini crossword, Monday 16 February
- Raising retirement age brandishes a keen two-edged challenge
- Mano Dura Comes to Costa Rica
- Trump’s Immigration Police Keep Abducting Children
- Mothers Are on the Front Lines of the Nordic Care Crisis
- New Zealand officials warn more flooding could hit north island as man killed after heavy rain
- At NYC’s Richest Hospital, 4,200 Nurses Are Still on Strike
- Ending the Surge in Minnesota Isn’t Enough
- Trump Is Using Mexico’s Oil to Put the Squeeze on Cuba
- The Class War on White-Collar Workers Is Just More Capitalism
- WATCH: The World This Week – w/Ray McGovern
- High Court Rules UK Terrorism Ban on Palestine Action Unlawful
- A Constitutional Ice Age
- There Is Still No Ceasefire in Sight for the People of Gaza
- Patrick Lawrence: Epstein & the Age of Unreason
- Reclaiming Socialism in Canada’s NDP Leadership Race
- Washington’s War on Cuba Is Collective Punishment
- ROBERT PARRY: Who Is Ari Ben-Menashe?
- Antony Green: Coalition face a messy by-election with Sussan Ley set to quit parliament
- Where have all the religious freedom warriors gone?
- Foxtel schmoozes politicians in Parliament House and rails against anti-siphoning laws
- From day one, Sussan Ley was undermined by a little boy’s club of resentful men who hate women in politics
TDB: Top NZ Political Podcasts
- Q+A with Jack Tame Audience: 40,000
- MATA with Mihi Forbes Audience: 36,333
- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF with Duncan Garner Audience: 30,667
- THE ELEPHANT with Miriama Kamo and Mark Crysell Audience: 13,667
- HERALD NOW with Ryan Bridge Audience: 6,967
- TE AO with Moana Audience: 6,167
- LOCKED OUT with Craig Renney Audience: 4,400
- PENNY MARIE NZ Audience: 4,000
- BHN – BIG HAIRY NEWS with Pat and Chewie Audience: 3,533
- THE BRADBURY GROUP with Martyn Bradbury Audience: 2,500
Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Basement Theatre
Basement Theatre’s February programme features queer improv, indigi-queer cinema, drag showcases and Pride celebrations supporting Rainbow Youth.
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The Liberal Agenda: Summer Pride Season Week One at Basement Theatre
Basement Theatre’s Summer Pride Season launches with a powerful first week of queer theatre, drag, film, improv and community-led events…
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The Liberal Agenda – Melania. 5 stars
Melania is a lavish, chilling documentary about obscene wealth, political decay and elite delusion. A five-star train wreck you have to see.
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The Liberal Agenda – Basement Theatre Pride Summer
Wake up from your holiday daze Tāmaki Makaurau – it’s officially Summer/Pride season at Basement Theatre! From 7 Feb – 18…
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
Best burn of 2026
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In Occupied Palestine – 12 February 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing…
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In Occupied Palestine – 11 February 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing…
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Political Caption Competition
The Silver Fox will feast on the blood of the young while the Desert Wolf grins – Leviticus 17.4
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Political Caption Competition
Busy day at the office
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Ian Powell – Mismanaging my (and our) health by private operational control
The Manage My Health cyber breach was not just a security failure — it was a failure of sovereignty. When 127,000 patients’ health records were exposed, it revealed something far more troubling than missing safeguards: New Zealand had quietly ceded…
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GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – Nzs pimped out, again! NACTs critical minerals fast track trap.
A guest analysis of New Zealand’s fast-tracked critical minerals strategy, questioning royalties, foreign control, and the long-term risks to national sovereignty.
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Nael Barghouti: Courageous words from an unbreakable spirit
The words of Nael Barghouti, a Palestinian leader imprisoned for decades, reveal resilience, resistance and the human cost of occupation.
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Simple English: What’s wrong with New Zealand & how we fix it
There’s a simple puzzle at the heart of modern New Zealand. We are educated. We work hard. We export food,…
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The Bradbury Group – Election Year Edition
Live from Waatea, The Bradbury Group brings together politicians, journalists and commentators for Aotearoa’s most fearless weekly political debate. Tonight: new polling, climate policy, infrastructure failure and a no-holds-barred panel discussion you won’t get anywhere else.
Raw News
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India FTA must be for the good of New Zealand – Labour
Labour has outlined the conditions National must meet before it will consider supporting the free trade agreement negotiated with India. “We firmly believe in free trade, but our free trade agreements must not cause New Zealand harm,” Labour Leader Chris…
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LNG Imports Would Lock Kiwis Into Higher Energy Bills For Decades When More Secure Options Are Ready Now – NZGBC
New research shows New Zealand can meet its looming energy shortfall far cheaper and more securely by accelerating installations of hot water heat pumps and rooftop solar, rather than spending billions importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). NZ Green Building Council…
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Seymour’s Calls For Small Government Lazy Politics Straight From Hard-Right Playbook – Ignores NZ’s Growing Challenges – PSA
ACT Leader David Seymour’s latest attack on the public sector is straight out of the hard-right playbook – slash and burn now, worry about the consequences later. “We’ve seen this movie before Iin the 1980s and 90s and we know…
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EDS Seeks Funding Support To Ensure Independent Scrutiny Of Bendigo Gold Mine – Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) is seeking funding support to enable independent expert scrutiny of the proposed Bendigo-Ophir Gold Mine, currently progressing through the Government’s fast-track approvals process. “We have been monitoring the project for some time and concerns about…
