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MEDIAWATCH: Hooton hears a what? Where to now for The Post? Winners, Losers and Predictions
I have been mates with Hoots for decades now. We first worked together in 2011 on the I-Predict Election Special where we ran a weekly TV Show over the Election Campaign and over those decades I have seen all versions of Hooton: Machiavellian Genius, funniest commentator on the planet, insane meltdowns, Philosopher warrior poet, full blown alcoholic, maniac, brilliant insight,…
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We told you Trump’s surrender to Iran would be expensive: Art of the Capitulation – Winners, Losers and Predictions
Oh sweet Jesus, the price of Trump’s surrender is just so glorious… The United States of America and the Islamic…
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Tama Potaka must resign immediately – scale of Conservation land sell off on par with largest land confiscations ever
How much must National, NZF and ACT voters hate Jacinda, da Maaaares, da Trans and da vaccines for them to…
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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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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 was simple, fight a defensive battle to attrit Russia and create the conditions for victory; either on the battlefield or…
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Police pay $10,000 in compensation to PSNA Campaign Co-ordinator John Minto
The non-confidential payout received this week follows negotiations after last year’s IPCA (Independent Police Conduct Authority) report finding that police…
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BEN MORGAN: Pacific Update – Discussing geo-political and military activity in the Pacific.
Shangri La Dialogue 2026 – Notable Trends The Institute for International and Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri La Dialogue is the…
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Brie Elliot’s Letter Seeking a Review of Elizabeth Rata’s Damehood.
The awarding of a damehood to Elizabeth Rata has caused a great deal of kerfuffle and raising questions which need…
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Based on 4 polls, latest: 17 June 2026
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Public Transport snobbishness and double standards attack Labour’s capped Fare policy but commuters will love it!
The attack on Labour’s public transport $20fare cap has been a mix of snobbishness by the critics and a level of double standards over Labour costings that you never see used on the Right! Frustrated by the intensity of the interrogation, Hipkins has pushed back on this double standard. He…
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After attacking Sir David Attenborough, Matua Shane Jones now wants to remove last guardrails to his fast track mining grift
Matua Shane Jones, for reasons known only to the great Matua, decided last week to start a fight with legendary BBC Broadcaster and globally beloved environmentalist, Sir David Attenborough, by slagging Sir Dave off in his latest rant against RNZ where the most compromised man in NZ Politics fumed at…
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Art of the Capitulation – Price of Trump’s surrender is glorious
After 108 days of a 3 week war that Trump has already claimed to have won 17 times, we finally get to the maybe possible signing of something on Friday. Trump hilariously claims this is a great victory, where as everyone else sees it as the ‘Art of the Capitulation’…
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The Billionaire Class in NZ is the Oligarchy making us a Plutocracy
New Zealand’s richest now worth $129b as billionaire ranks swell The combined wealth of New Zealand’s richest people has climbed to $129 billion, according to the latest NBR Rich List, with the number of billionaires rising sharply and technology entrepreneurs driving much of the growth. The 2026 NBR Rich List,…
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A blood sport cage fight sponsored by Crypto and Energy drinks at the White House is a perfect 250th Birthday for a Military Industrial Complex
You know. When you think about it, A blood sport cage fight sponsored by Crypto and Energy drinks at the White House is a perfect 250th Birthday for a Military Industrial Complex! Liberals inside America become spastic with rage over Trump’s vile racism, sexism & abuse – but those who…
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Labour’s $18b budget hole vs National’s $56b budget hole (a plague on all your holes)
It’s the battle of the Budget Holes! Finance Minister Nicola Willis claimed Labour has a $18billion budget hole (National used the same tactic in 2017 when Steven Joyce claimed a $17b budget hole) Labour Party Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds has responded ‘nonsense, what about your $56Billion dollar hole in the…
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Imagine if ACT do to school uniforms what they did to School lunches?
Ummmmmm…. ACT to campaign on reducing ‘absolutely ridiculous’ cost of school uniforms RNZ …Y-e-a-h. Here’s what ACT did to our…
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Why does Simeon Brown hate Auckland so much?
In Auckland the current capped rate is $50 per week – Labour’s policy will save Aucklanders $120 per month –…
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Legally defining a Woman is Right Wing Hate Troll Performance Art
Demonstrators say they won’t rest until Bill to define woman and man is stopped Queer rights demonstrators say they won’t…
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Why I won’t be lectured to by the Right on Democracy when it comes to banning Māori and Youth from local councils
Heather Duplicity Allan is furious… Race relations gives people the ick, but stripping unelected members of voting rights was obvious…
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A NZ prison empire filled with shoplifters
Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade The prison population is expected to grow by more than…
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MEDIAWATCH: Hooton hears a what? Where to now for The Post? Winners, Losers and Predictions
I have been mates with Hoots for decades now. We first worked together in 2011 on the I-Predict Election Special where we ran a weekly TV Show over the Election Campaign and over those decades I have seen all versions…
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Police Minister Mark Mitchell, co-leader of Te Pati Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer plus Political Panel – Matthew Hooton, Arena Williams and Simon Wilson
A Marxist, the Police Minister, the co-leader of Te Pati Māori, a militant cyclist, the member for Manurewa and a former NZ Herald columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think…
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#Clip: TOP Hits 6%: Can Q Wong Become The Election Kingmaker?
The Opportunity Party (TOP) has surged to 6% in the latest Roy Morgan poll, placing it above the parliamentary threshold and potentially making it a kingmaker in Election 2026. In this exclusive 1-on-1 in 10 interview, TOP leader Q Wong…
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#Clip: Alliance Party Returns: Victor Billot Calls For A Socialist Reset
Alliance Party leader Victor Billot joins The Bradbury Group following the historic decision by the Maritime Union of New Zealand to affiliate with the Alliance Party ahead of Election 2026. In this extra 1-on-1 in 10 interview, Victor discusses: ⚓…
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#Clip: The War on News: Trump’s Endless Iran Disaster, AI Delusions & ACT’s School Uniform Crusade
This week on The War on News, Martyn Bradbury takes aim at Trump’s never-ending Iran conflict, bizarre AI fantasies from a National Party MP, and ACT’s latest attempt to reinvent education. 🔥 Trump’s “Three-Week War” Hits Day 101 Donald Trump’s…
TDB: Left News
- Spat erupts in Parliament over proposal to sell off conservation land
- 'World-first' system will monitor New Zealand's critical underwater cables
- Vote against protections for gig workers 'embarrassing'
- Forest & Bird calls on government to change bill that could open Coromandel up to mining
- Growing tourism numbers won't be done 'at any cost', minister says
- Cuts to domestic violence centre 'don't go far enough', says advocate
- Buying back BNZ not 'kick arse', PM says in jab against Winston Peters
- Chris Bishop defends new Ministry under scrutiny
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- Councillors vote against continuing Wellington's Golden Mile project
- Winston Peters defends Shane Jones' $63k travel bill including private limo on standby for 24 hours
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Wednesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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When a lobbyist jumps the species barrier into journalism
- Tuesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Monday's Dawn Chorus: Nicola & the Phantom 'fiscal black hole'
- Monday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Saturday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes; Front Pages & Cartoons
- Friday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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The Weekly Hoon: An amazing SpaceX IPO; NZ's $6.5b emissions credits bill; Auckland's de-intensification & Labour's fare cap policy
- 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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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Keith Locke Memorial Free Speech Debate (minus the Free Speech Union)
New debater joins the Keith Locke Memorial Debate 2026 Yasmine Serhan, respected trade union organiser, educator, social justice advocate and…
Daily Gallery
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OPEN MIC THURSDAY 18th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: Magnetars have magnetic fields so strong they could strip the iron from the hemoglobin in your blood from thousands of miles away. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually…
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Occupied Palestine – 15 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, 15 June 2026 until 08:00, 16 June 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…
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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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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The wider implications of eyecare privatisation
On 5 March the Government through Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) formally called for ‘Requests for Proposals’ (RFPs) for…
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Q-Day Is Coming
Quantum computing could make every password, VPN, and encrypted website on the planet vulnerable Remember Y2K? A fear that every…
The Bradbury Group
Qiulae Wong & Victor Billot join us as 33,000 homeless children expose the Budget’s broken promise
TOP Leader Qiulae Wong, fresh off a 6% Roy Morgan surge, and Alliance Leader Victor Billot join us, to take on the economy, the Left’s political strategy, and the global rise of the far right. Plus, the panel: Matthew Hooton, Maria Slade and Simon Wilson, tears into the real numbers behind the Budget: 33,000 homeless children, company liquidations at an 11-year high, the war on Māori local government representation, and what Labour’s list versus NZ First’s candidate strategy actually means for the next election. It’s a big night. Don’t miss it.
Raw News
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Forest & Bird Maps reveal where conservation land could be sold off after government reforms
The parts of the country where conservation land will become easier to sell off are revealed in new maps produced by a lobby group. The proposed changes in the Government’s Conservation Amendment Bill affect up to 60 percent of…
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Is FENZ Properly Funded – Is FENZ Properly Using Its Funds
Today the Minister for Internal Affairs announced the need to establish whether the fire service levy is the appropriate funding mechanism given response has broadened to include medical response and the increase in extreme weather events. Sounds good – but…
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National refuses to own failed Jobseeker target – Labour
Louise Upston is refusing to take responsibility for National’s collapsing Jobseeker target, despite her own Government’s forecasts showing it will miss the mark by more than 60,000 people. “Today National had an opportunity to front up about why the…
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National refuses to own failed Jobseeker target – Labour
National is sticking a bandaid on the housing crisis while failing to address the cause. “Chris Bishop admits the housing system is broken, he knows there aren’t enough homes, but he has chosen not to prioritise affordable housing,” Labour housing…