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Seymour claimed TOP wouldn’t get over 5% – now says he will go into coalition with Q
Well, well, well. What do we have here? After starting the week declaring TOP wouldn’t get over 5%… First Winston, now Seymour doesn’t fancy Opportunity’s chances of getting into Parliament On Monday, both NZ First leader Winston Peters and ACT leader David Seymour said they don’t believe Opportunity will make it in, despite most polls showing the party above the…
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It’s about time Bishop Brian Tamaki was charged with inciting violence
Brian Tamaki summonsed to court for allegedly ‘inciting racial disharmony’, says he hasn’t violated human rights Destiny Church leader Brian…
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Shane Te Pou – Pearl clutching over Gang members is pathetic
I know I’m in the minority on this. But many of my views have been in the minority before, and…
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All Kieran McAnulty is doing is giving Tamihere a longer list of demands while making Willie’s job harder
Ummmm… Kieran McAnulty: Labour would rather work with Opportunity than Te Pāti Māori Labour’s campaign chair has just said the…
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Shane Te Pou – Pearl clutching over Gang members is pathetic
I know I’m in the minority on this. But many of my views have been in the minority before, and I’ve learned that a minority view isn’t always a wrong one. Sometimes it’s just early. I’ve been watching the latest…
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Shane Te Pou – This is a call: stop taking from those who have the least!
I spent more than 15 years in the disability sector. I’ve sat at kitchen tables with mums who haven’t had…
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Shane Te Pou – Power bills will decide votes. It’s time for a Kiwibank for power
Sit down with any whānau right now and ask what’s keeping them up at night. It won’t take long before…
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Allan Alach – Teachers Don’t Need Politicians to Remind Them to Teach
Why do politicians think they are experts in education and that their uninformed ravings have any value? Reminds me of…
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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 6 October 2026
Sources
- 1News Verian — 06/10/2026
- RNZ Reid — 06/10/2026
- Roy Morgan — 31/08/2026
- Talbot Mills — 14/08/2026
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Hobson’s Pledge race baiting grift exactly like Taxpayers’ Union race baiting grift
Media Insider: Advertising Standards Authority rules on complaints about three Hobson’s Pledge advertisements A full-page Hobson’s Pledge newspaper advertisement portraying Labour leader Chris Hipkins as being in the pocket of Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been cleared by the advertising watchdog. The ad, headlined “Why won’t Chris Hipkins…
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Trump won’t livestream execution because of bad wheelchair optics??? This is Amerika now
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, apparently the only reason Trump is considering a pause on the decision to live stream an execution is the optics of the person they want to shoot being in a wheelchair… Trump debates calling off firing squad execution livestream after learning Fort…
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Paul Goldsmith panicking in Epsom is glorious
The panic is glorious… Election 2026: Why Paul Goldsmith says Epsom voters no longer need to back David Seymour Since 2011’s infamous cup of tea incident, Epsom voters have been subtly sent a message: use your electorate vote for Act’s David Seymour and your party vote for National. But now,…
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Mongrel Mob scare mongering is ACT and National at their worst (and most hypocritical)
Yawn… Greens ‘unapologetic’ at Mongrel Mob meeting as National cries foul Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson is defending some of her candidates meeting with the Mongrel Mob, saying the party will engage with all communities. National is crying foul at a social media post from Mongrel Mob lifetime member Harry…
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A Ryan Bridge over stubbled waters – NZ Herald Leaders Debate a snore fest of bland dullness
This was the last Ryan Bridge debate… …so my expectations were already very low. Is anyone going to mention Ryan’s fringe? What is going on there? The gotcha tone Ryan is using with ‘have you ever told porkies’ feels like more entertainment than probing political interviewing. Ryan goes straight to…
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Yawn – Yes Greens have pivoted – Bryce Edwards could’ve just read TDB over the last 2 years
Election 2026: The Greens dialled down middle-class woke politics and surged in the polls – Bryce Edwards NZ Herald There’s a reason that only alt-right Canadian Billionaire Jim Grenon and the Platform have Dr Bryce Edwards on any longer, like Chris Trotter he’s become their favourite alt-Right Folk Singer. His…
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TOP are either a brake pedal to the Right or the only way the Left win – pick a side
Look. TPM and National generating overhangs means anyone trying to get to 51% will need 4 Parties. So. The Government…
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IMF warn of AI bubble instability as NZ Housing wealth pops
Shit ’bout to git real… Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF The threat…
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NZ abstention on UN pandemic vote is NZF Cooker Politics 101
This decision is so embarrassing… ‘Humiliating’ – former PM Helen Clark slams NZ abstention on UN pandemic vote Former Prime…
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The fact so few in media know there is already drug testing of beneficiaries highlights Fourth Estate Journalism problems
Come on. When even Johnathan Coleman can see it… Former National health minister slams party’s ‘punitive’ beneficiary drug testing policy…
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NEW POLL + TVNZ Multi Leaders debate – 2 Queens shine at Kingmakers – Winners, Losers and Predictions
SHOTS FIRED! Two Queens beat up a Joker and a Jack at last nights Kingmakers Debate just as the latest…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Rawiri shines at Kingmaker debate as Māori voters set to rock Government
The Kingmakers Debate on TVNZ was won by the two Queens, Chloe and Qiulae, but I think Rawiri landed a killer blow to Winston during the debate that NZ First won’t recover from. By throwing into Winston’s face his infamous…
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MEDIAWATCH: Look at the total hold the Taxpayers’ Union has over the mainstream media
Just consider last week… …now consider this week… …the power of the Taxpayers’ Union to influence the entire Mainstream media of NZ and infect it with a narrative that isn’t measuring public opinion, but trying to influence it should be…
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Tim Selwyn – TVNZ Multiparty Debate Election 2026
Quilae Wong won the debate. This isn’t supposed to happen. Tova had five leaders on vying for support and the expectation is some will perform better than others, but not that there would be a hands down victor, and yet…
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The Bradbury Group post TVNZ Multi Party Debate Special with Teanau Tuiono, Sandra Grey, David Cunliffe, Qiulae Wong, Dr Harpreet Singh, Professor Wayne Hope and Matthew Tukaki
A marxist, a Green MP, the NZCTU President, a former Labour Leader, the Leader of TOP, a Dr, a Professor and a Māori Broadcaster all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What is this? The Bradbury…
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MEDIAWATCH: Don’t believe Damien Grant’s hype – ‘Fast Eddie’ Zhi and his obscene smell is your new future under the RMA
Bullshit… The biggest change to New Zealand in a generation is flying under the radar The Resource Management Act defines its purpose as being to “promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources”. The operative word was sustainable. Your…
TDB: Left News
- National promises fewer council approvals for farms
- Greens promise universal payment for trainee teachers, nurses, vets and dentists
- Bread, milk, power, and petrol keep climbing under Luxon’s Government
- 'Four-headed beast': ACT leader David Seymour hints at potential for coalition with Opportunity
- Labour supporters told to harness 'hope and rage'; National voters fear 'handout society'
- Migrant advocacy group says NZ First has adopted its policy
- Election 2026 live: Working with 'whoever' doesn't include Opportunity, Luxon's office says
- 'Huge interest': Calls for agriculture to remain standalone subject at Year 11
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This story should dominate the election debate
- Tech sector renews calls for long-term plan
- Mother heartbroken toddler's cancer treatment delayed by Starship Hospital staff shortages
- Child Cancer Treatment
- Water pistols, National absent from Aro Valley's notorious candidates debate
- Picks n’ Mixes & In the Papers for Friday Oct 16
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The Weekly Hoon: Election climate policies compared; Living costs & hospital collapses (should) dominate NZ election debates
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- National is murdering our health system
- LABOUR AND NATIONAL'S LOW POLLING IS ABOUT MORE THAN A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP
- The Ryan Bridge Show
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48% now feel they have to leave NZ to get ahead
- Can this new party win seats off Labor in Melbourne’s neglected western suburbs?
- The Snoop: News Corp boss hits out at CPAC, Trump gets a new lawyer (sort of), and more
- Recent realisations: Shit sinks, Pauline has it easy and Trump does have ethics!
- Albanese government faces battle to end year with legislative wins
- Turkey Risks Being Drawn Into Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen
- It Won’t Stop With Ilhan Omar
- Jonathan Cook: What Right Has Israel to Exist?
- Trump Cancels Livestream of Firing-Squad Execution
- Iranian Negotiator Insists US Keep the Deal
- Climate Policies Can Bring Relief on Affordability and Beyond
- Historian Eric Hobsbawm Was a “Communist Polymath”
- How Bernie’s Campaigns Reorganized the Organized Left
- Britain’s Military-Industrial Complex Is Promoting War Fever
- Has the World Failed to Learn the Lesson of 1945?
- The Snoop: TikTok schmoozes Canberra, Tony Abbott and Jacinda Ardern team up, and more
- By the numbers: What 12 years of Labor has done to Victoria, good and bad
- Uncovered: Far-right X account linked to One Nation candidate
- New Issue Of JOHNSTONE: Tech Plutocrats Will Not Lead Us Into A Healthy Future
- ‘Like, really, really shocked’: why are so many people riffing on this sheep’s sex appeal?
- The cracks in Australia’s defence policy: For us, deterrence isn’t about waving a big stick
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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – THIS SATURDAY 2pm-4pm Britomart Train Station – All Workers United: March Against Racism & Xenophobia
THIS SATURDAY 2pm-4pm Britomart Train Station – All Workers United: March Against Racism & Xenophobia! Meet at Waitematā Station (Tāmaki…
Daily Gallery
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Open Mic FRIDAY 16th OCTOBER + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Global military expenditure has increased 41% in real terms over a decade. SIPRI’s comparison covers 2016–2025. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil.” – Thomas Paine…
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Open Mic THURSDAY 15th OCTOBER + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Global military spending reached US$2.887 trillion in 2025, according to SIPRI, an inflation-adjusted increase of 2.9% from 2024. It was the eleventh consecutive annual increase. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The strongest is never strong…
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Ian Powell – Learning from surging respiratory hospitalisations in New Zealand’s public hospitals
Respiratory hospitalisations in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public hospitals are surging. Even worse than this is the fact that this surge…
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GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Panquake Users Speak
“A lot of people have egg on their face” an influencer recently told PanquakeFounder Suzie Dawson. Why? Because despite constant…
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Ian Powell – How I would establish trust and confidence in Health New Zealand (on a best endeavours basis only)
Health New Zealand (HNZ) – Te Whatu Ora was established on 1 July 2022 under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures)…
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GUEST BLOG: Matt Blomfield – A review of Dirty Work, sort of.
Nicky Hager has a new book out. Dirty Work: The Taxpayers’ Union and New Zealand’s Hard Right, launched last week…
The Bradbury Group
TVNZ Multi-Party Debate: Who Won, Who Lost?
Who cut through, who dodged the hard questions, and who made their case? Martyn is joined by Teanau Tuiono, Sandra Grey, David Cunliffe, Qiulae Wong, Dr Harpreet Singh, Professor Wayne Hope and Matthew Tukaki for uncompromising post-debate analysis and a look at what it means for the election.
Raw News
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PSA Says Greens Public Service Announcement Necessary To Start Rebuild Of Public Services
The Greens’ policy to reverse the Coalition Government’s plans to cut 8700 public service jobs and replace them with AI is a necessary step to rebuilding public services, the PSA says. The Greens announced the policy at the PSA office…
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School Strike 4 Climate Ōtautahi’s Vote Climate Strike At The Bridge Of Remembrance, Ōtautahi, Aotearoa
School Strike 4 Climate Ōtautahi will be leading a strike at 1pm on Friday 23 October 2026, at the Bridge of Remembrance, Ōtautahi, Aotearoa. We are striking to keep the climate crisis in the forefront of voters’ minds this general…
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Greens Promise To Reverse National’s Public Service Cuts
The Green Party would cancel the National Party’s $2.4 billion cuts to the public service if elected, says Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson. “National’s reckless cuts to public services have left New Zealanders with crumbling essential services, and job losses…
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National’s hiring freeze leaves kids with cancer waiting for treatment – Labour
Children at Starship hospital are waiting longer for treatment because of National’s refusal to hire the nurses our hospitals need. “Today’s news that children’s cancer treatments have been delayed shows just how severe the crisis in our hospitals has…
