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What would Jesus do? Criminalising homelessness after causing the homelessness is an obscenity
Isn’t there something sick about a man as rich as the Prime Minister, who has accessed every single subsidy and tax break he can, even personally benefitting from capital gains taxes he changed, criminalising the homeless? What’s extra delicious is how the tsunami of homelessness we are seeing IS A DIRECT RESULT of National Party policy. Every single agency who…
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Treaty Principles Referendum by stealth
This legislative rollback represents one of the most racist and extreme attacks on the Treaty ever in NZs history… Government…
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Drones not Citizens – National burn NCEA down to re-install education system designed to fail students
National claims the NCEA replacement will lift standards, but critics see something far darker… An education system rebuilt around competition, conformity and private interests.
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Of course Erica is right – we need more babies!
New Zealand panics about immigration while making it economically impossible for working people to have kids. Erica Stanford’s comments touched a nerve because nobody wants to admit the system is broken.
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IDF subcontracts sexual assault of Palestinian prisoners to dogs???
Testimony, leaked footage and human rights investigations are piling up around allegations of horrific abuse inside Israel’s Sde Teiman detention centre.
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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist
A New Zealander came home from the Gaza flotilla with a story Wellington would rather not hear: guns, beatings, threats — and silence from our leaders.
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May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month
ME isn’t “just tiredness”. It’s a brutal neurological illness that can leave people bedridden, cognitively shattered and abandoned by the health system.
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New Zealand has a system of migrant labour exploitation by design
For decades New Zealand relied on migrant workers to prop up the economy, while trapping many in a temporary visa system with little long-term security.
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Based on 4 polls, latest: 12 May 2026
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- Roy Morgan — 12/05/2026
- 1News Verian — 19/04/2026
- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
- Talbot Mills — 12/03/2026
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Of course Erica is right – we need more babies!
New Zealand panics about immigration while making it economically impossible for working people to have kids. Erica Stanford’s comments touched a nerve because nobody wants to admit the system is broken.
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Privatising KiwiBank strangles our economic sovereignty – why Winston is right about nationalising BNZ
KiwiBank was created to protect New Zealand’s economic independence. Selling it off now would hand even more power to Australian banks already extracting massive profits from Kiwi households.
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Kāinga Ora is now a sad joke looking for a punchline
Kāinga Ora sell-off: Harcourts agent’s $1.9m state house purchase referred to regulator A $1.9 million deal in which an Auckland real estate agent bought three state homes being sold through the Manukau outlet for which he worked is now under the scrutiny of Harcourts’ head office and the industry regulator….
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Rocket Lab are nothing but an American Military Industrial Complex enabler – look at how dead Sir Peter Beck’s eyes are
Rocket Lab’s soaring profits and expanding US military ties are forcing a bigger question: has New Zealand quietly become part of America’s war machine?
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If there was any Auckland question over Labour, Chippy just answered it
Mayor Wayne Brown outlines the ‘stupid’ and the ‘sensible’ for Auckland, as Chris Hipkins comes to town Auckland Mayor Wayne…
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Will AI destroy the economy or humanity first?
It’s difficult to work out what AI will kill first, the economy… ‘We are witnessing history’: The Big Short investor…
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Allowing Israel to sing at Eurovision is like letting Fascists join your choir
Protests, boycotts over Israel overshadow Eurovision grand final The Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Vienna is being overshadowed by…
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Te Kaupapa Election ’26 Weekend Political Podcast with Matthew Tukaki, Willie Jackson, Kahurangi Carter and Bomber
Matthew Tukaki speaks with Greens MP Kahurangi Carter, Labour MP Willie Jackson alongside Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury for this weeks episode of #TeKaupapa 🔥 THIS WEEK ON TE KAUPAPA WITH MATTHEW TUKAKI 🔥 Is this the moment we see the return…
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MEDIAWATCH: Skepticism of corporate mainstream media is healthy, believing everything you read on social media isn’t
There’s a reason Trump’s ‘Fake news’ resonated. Corporate media have lied to us for decades by promoting the interests of their corporate masters over the common good. The very first editorial from the NZ Herald was calling on settlers to…
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TWITTERWATCH: Come on, does anyone believe this Matthew Horncastle story?
Oh come on now! Does anyone honestly believe this story by hard right arsehole Matthew Horncastle? The idea he has a friend! COME ON! I appreciate the requirement to suspend belief for a good story, but the idea that Matthew…
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WATCH: Moana UNLOADS On Winston Peters, Media Attacks & Maiki Sherman
Māori TV host Moana joins The Bradbury Group after her explosive interview with Winston Peters that stunned political audiences across Aotearoa. In this special 1-on-1 in 10, Moana discusses: 🔥 Winston Peters’ combative interview style 🔥 Why NZ First continues…
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WATCH: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer BREAKS SILENCE On Te Pāti Māori Chaos
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins The Bradbury Group for a major 1-on-1 interview covering the growing political tensions inside Te Pāti Māori, the Te Tai Tokerau battle, the Maiki Sherman controversy, and why the 2026 election could reshape…
TDB: Left News
- Would buying BNZ actually help New Zealanders?
- Fuel stocks steady after jump in supply last week
- Live: Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford to make education announcement
- Bank nationalisation threat a 'bad signal' for investors - analyst
- Rates caps could raise risk of credit downgrade for councils, Fitch warns
- Huge relief or 'pretending there's a problem'? National's sexual offenders sentencing policy
- Winston Peters unveils KiwiSaver-from-birth NZ First policy, bank takeover plan
- Pay packet secrecy a thing of the past?
- Monday's Chorus: Would buying back BNZ work?
- NZ First plan to buy BNZ back 'headline-grabbing' rather than serious policy - economist
- Teachers raise concerns as NCEA replacement confimed
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Total Mobility funding cuts being finalised
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The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at night; Luxon on migration & more climate laws rewritten
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Wednesday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
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- Wednesday's Early Bird: $3 of benefit for each $1 spent on social housing
- #international: Royal Connections Renewed: Māori Queen Meets Prince William at Windsor Castle
- #regional: High-Tech Fight Against Lakeweed Hits Rotorua Waters
- #economy: Competition Concerns Growing As New Report Warns NZ Markets Not Working For Consumers
- 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 – AI, Big Tech and Journalism JMAD Conference
AI, Big Tech and Journalism As the flyer below suggests, this two-day conference in early September covers two interrelated…
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Political Caption Competition
“How do you know what I said to Maiki”???
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In Occupied Palestine – 14 April 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, 14 April 2026 until 08:00, 15 May 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hidden waiting list exposed; unmet health need unreported
‘Doing God’s work’ is an interesting expression, Usually it refers to performing acts that are virtuous, altruistic, or, in a…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Inhumanity of US economic sanctions against Cuba – infant mortality and starvation; time to end New Zealand’s silence
Cuba is facing a humanitarian crisis that has been caused by an unjustified escalation of an unjustified over 60-year old…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The cruelty of health professional staffing shortages
Behind every staffing shortage statistic is a whānau shattered, a burnt-out health worker, and a system failing people when they are most vulnerable.
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Iran War = no food?
The Iran conflict may be about to hit your supermarket bill. Fertiliser shortages, drought and collapsing crop economics are forming a dangerous global storm.
The Bradbury Group
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the 2026 Election, Winston Peters Interview & NZ Political Panel
Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the 2026 election. Moana Maniapoto on her explosive Winston Peters interview and the Maiki Sherman sacking. Our panel — Matthew Hooton, Tau Henare & Dita De Boni — on Trump’s trade war, NZ First’s poll surge, and press freedom.
Raw News
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Greens Warn Treaty Principles Bill Is Back
The Government may have lost the public fight over the Treaty Principles Bill, but critics say it’s now dismantling te Tiriti protections quietly through changes buried across legislation.
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Greens Demand Luxon Halt Education Reforms
The Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a brutal warning over the Government’s education reforms, and the Greens say Luxon can no longer hide the ideological agenda underneath them.
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Labour Vows To Scrap Fuel Excise Increase
With petrol and diesel prices surging, Labour says National’s planned fuel excise increase would pile even more pressure onto families and businesses already stretched to breaking point.
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Labour Warns Māori-Crown Relations Are Collapsing
Labour says the Coalition Government’s approach to te Tiriti and education reform is driving Māori-Crown relations into dangerous territory. With tamariki Māori paying the price.