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MEDIAWATCH: Sean Plunket fanned the Shane Jones attack on Sam Neill but is criticising ME for not weeping over a war monger?
Friend of Sam Neill says abuse the actor experienced due to mining opposition ‘took its toll on him’ New Zealand director Roger Donaldson says Sam Neill couldn’t believe the public abuse he experienced in response to his opposition to a controversial gold mine in Central Otago, adding that it “took its toll on him”. Neill, who died on Monday, was…
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If you need ANOTHER reason to vote against NZFirst – Shane Jones is now flirting with compulsory military conscription
Right wing arseholes feel very relaxed in the presence of Duncan Garner and Shane Jones most recent interview with the…
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Why Paul Henry is a game changer for ACT and why it’s all over for Luxon and National
Paul Henry is a game changer for ACT while it also spells death to Luxon and National. The problem for…
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GUEST BLOG: Professor Junaid Ahmad – Trump’s ‘Memorandum of Surrender’: An Empire Battered, Bluffing, and Buying Time
“Donald Trump is not negotiating with Iran.” “He is negotiating with the humiliation of having failed to break it.” “Iran…
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BEN MORGAN: Ukraine strangles Crimea, while Europe stands strong together
Recently, reports that US intelligence services warned Poland about Russian plans to attack the country featured prominently in international media.[i] Reporting that encouraged plenty of speculation, some of it hyperbolic. The threat of a Russian attack on a NATO member…
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BEN MORGAN: Pacific Update – Discussing geo-political and military activity in the Pacific
Sino-Japanese tension and Japan’s rise as a military power This week, China issued a warning to Japanese Coast Guard vessels…
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July 4th anniversary – speakers at NZ rally slam American ‘freedom built on bones of colonised’
Pro-Palestine and anti-war protesters gathered at the US Consulate in downtown Auckland today to mark July 4 — but they…
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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…
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Based on 4 polls, latest: 14 July 2026
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- RNZ Reid — 14/07/2026
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Latest RNZ-Reid Poll shows why Left wing tactical MMP voting is the only way to victory
Chippy has warned voters that a vote for TOP might be a wasted vote, but when Labour won an unprecedented MMP majority in 2020, Labour squandered it – the lesson for voters is that Labour need staunch mates like the Greens, like Te Pati Māori and like TOP to actually…
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Will NZ finally have its ‘Are we the baddies’ moment when it comes to radicalisation?
How was LynnMall attacker Ahamed Samsudeen radicalised, inquest asks Just how was the man who stabbed six people in an Auckland supermarket radicalised? That will be a key question as the next two phases of the Coronial Inquest into the death of Ahamed Samsudeen gets underway. Samsudeen was shot dead…
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Paul Henry is the perfect Clown Parrot to white wash ACT’s Brown Shirt Ghoul Gang
David Seymour announced yesterday that veteran Broadcaster and man with very questionable taste in hats, Paul Henry is now running for ACT in what is a strategic move of brilliance. ACT’s redneck, cross burning, racist jamboree routine has just been a bit too Fascist Glee Club for the NZ electorate….
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RIP Sam Neill – our greatest Everyman
We are all heart broken to hear of the passing of Sam Neill – he was a phenomenal acting talent of a global standing – his roles in Sleeping Dogs, Jurassic Park, Event Horizon, The Hunt for Red October, Dead Calm, The Omen 3, The Piano, Peaky Blinders and Hunt…
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My speech on free speech for the Keith Locke Memorial Debate
This was my speech at the 2026 Keith Locke Memorial Debate. The moot: Hate speech laws threaten free speech Moderator: Jane Kelsey For the Affirmative: Martyn Bradbury (leader), Verity Johnson, Thomas Beagle For the Negative: Simon Wilson (leader), Anjum Rahman, Yasmine Serhan Comrades I bring Bread and Roses Kia…
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#Clip: Chris Hipkins Takes On China, Trump, Winston Peters & Brian Tamaki
Labour leader Chris Hipkins joins The Bradbury Group for a wide-ranging interview on New Zealand’s place in an increasingly unstable world. As tensions rise across the Pacific, Hipkins discusses China’s military posture, Australia’s new defence agreement with Fiji, Donald Trump’s foreign policy, New Zealand’s nuclear-free identity, Winston Peters’ proposal to…
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I never considered heterosexuality to be a handicap, and then I meet the Conservative Party
Ummmm. Her name is Helen but her pronoun is Karen. NZFirst has law defining what a woman is, I’m not…
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I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I think Israel likes killing Palestinian Doctors
Look. I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I think Israel loves to kill and torture Palestinian Doctors… …y-e-a-h. I’m…
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If the establishment Left don’t like the rise of TOP, perhaps they should reflect on the current state of the NZ Left?
Lot of noise from the establishment Left criticising TOP and claiming that they will side with NZF, ACT and National….
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Lindsey Graham was a blood thirsty war monger, only psychopaths would weep his death
Trump leads tributes after sudden death of US senator Lindsey Graham US Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and…
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NZFirst Gumboot Fascism: How robbing 700 000 Kiwis of their vote will trigger civil unrest
NZFirst’s latest migrant bashing attempt at political relevance is to disenfranchise the voting rights of 700 000 permanent residents. No…
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MEDIAWATCH: Sean Plunket fanned the Shane Jones attack on Sam Neill but is criticising ME for not weeping over a war monger?
Friend of Sam Neill says abuse the actor experienced due to mining opposition ‘took its toll on him’ New Zealand director Roger Donaldson says Sam Neill couldn’t believe the public abuse he experienced in response to his opposition to a…
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MEDIAWATCH: Free Speech Champion Sean Plunket complains that I used Free Speech
God Sean Plunket is a sanctimonious prick. The great Free Speech Champion Sean Plunket cries tears over me using my Free Speech because I said good riddance to a war monger like Lyndsey Fucking Graham who never met military action…
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The Bradbury Group with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Russel Norman + Political Panel: David Cunliffe, Tau Henare and Tania Waikato
A Marxist, the co-Leader of te Pati Māori, the Greenpeace Boss, a Former leader of Labour, a former National Party/NZF politician and a Green Party candidate walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this…
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MEDIAWATCH: NZ Political Journalism double standards against the Left
Winston wants to rob 700 000 permanent residents of the right to vote and the reaction from the media is total silence. Seymour wants to simply cut in half the entire Government like a Right Wing Thanos and there isn’t…
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#Clip: Mike Smith: The Government Is Protecting Big Polluters
Environmental activist Mike Smith returns to The Bradbury Group to discuss his new High Court legal challenge, the latest revelations surrounding government transparency, the alleged influence of New Zealand’s biggest polluters, and why the battle over climate accountability is now…
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The Weekly Hoon: Downplaying climate scenarios; China's sabre-rattling & Chris Bishop's RONS U-turn
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- 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
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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – 25 years of genius and the real differences between the American and British Office
Actors from The Office reflect on 25-year legacy Actors who starred in the UK version of The Office have been…
Daily Gallery
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Open Mic THURSDAY 16th JULY 2026 + Political Caption Competition
FACT OF THE DAY: The U.S. ranks 139th out of 172 nations in voter participation. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get…
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Open Mic WEDNESDAY 15th JULY 2026 + Political Caption Competition
FACT OF THE DAY: George Washington remains the only U.S. president who did not represent a political party. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” — Martin Luther King…
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GUEST BLOG: Professor Junaid Ahmad – Trump’s ‘Memorandum of Surrender’: An Empire Battered, Bluffing, and Buying Time
“Donald Trump is not negotiating with Iran.” “He is negotiating with the humiliation of having failed to break it.” “Iran…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hospital laboratory privatisation unsustainable; leaving with a “heavy heart”
On 27 June the Otago Daily Times published a powerful paywalled article by journalist Matthew Littlewood on the concerns of…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Destroying the essence of Palestinian
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has been reported to be considering the Government’s response to an horrific United Nations special investigation…
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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…
The Bradbury Group
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the election, the economy and the road to 2026
Te Pāti Māori co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins Martyn Bradbury to discuss how the opposition could make this a one-term Government, the changing demographics of the Māori electorates, and the battle for the 2026 election. Plus, Russel Norman examines climate-flation and El Niño, before a political panel featuring Matthew Hooton, David Cunliffe and Tau Henare debates the India Free Trade Deal, the latest RNZ–Reid Research poll and whether the economy can recover before election day.
Raw News
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Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Resumption Of Hostilities Between Iran And The US – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The return to wider hostilities in the Middle East between the US and Iran is a huge setback for civilians in the region and beyond. It undermines peace efforts and deepens instability, with grave risks for human rights across the…
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Conservation Act Amendment Submission – Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment
Few issues inspire as much public interest as the future of New Zealand’s conservation estate. From restoration volunteers and recreation groups to scientists, hunters, land managers and local business owners – New Zealanders care deeply about how public conservation land…
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Europe moves beyond cages while New Zealand doubles down – SAFE
SAFE says a major new commitment by the European Commission to phase out cages and crates for farmed animals including hens and pigs highlights how far New Zealand is falling behind on animal welfare. The European Commission has committed to…
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Much Delayed Climate Adaptation Bill Needs Much More Work – Green
The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill introduced today falls far short of the game plan our communities urgently need, says the Green Party. “Luxon’s Government has spent nearly three years delaying a climate adaptation plan that in October last year…
