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100 days of the Illegal Iran War – Winners, Losers and Predictions
It’s 100 days of Trump’s 3 week illegal war with Iran that he has already won 17 times by blocking the blockade with his own blockade and apparently he’s about to make a peace deal for the thousandth time to return the situation to the exact same one that existed before he and Netanyahu launched the worst thought out adventure…
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You saw what ACT did to school lunches, do you want to trust them with uniforms?
Ummmmmmm…. ACT to campaign on reducing ‘absolutely ridiculous’ cost of school uniforms The ACT Party will campaign on bringing down…
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The NZ First Cavalcade of Political Circus Freaks
The existing NZ First Caucus is already a gallery of rogues. Race-baiting Winston may be the King, but he’s barely…
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The Super El Nino is coming – is NZ ready for climate denial bingo?
Here is the problem for the Government. They are so compromised by their relationship with the big polluters that when…
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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 Indo-Pacific region’s most important annual defence conference. It attracts defence leaders, officials, policy makers, and academics from Asia, the US,…
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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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BEN MORGAN: Putin has problems, so expect volatility
After four years of intense fighting, the Ukraine War appears to be no closer to resolution. Russian offensive operations are…
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Police double standard on Palestine
PSNA is demanding police charge a pro-Israel tyre slasher, after he slashed two tyres on a Palestine supporter’s car in…
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TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 2 June 2026
Sources
- Roy Morgan — 02/06/2026
- 1News Verian — 19/04/2026
- RNZ Reid — 23/03/2026
- Talbot Mills — 12/03/2026
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The Super El Nino is coming – is NZ ready for climate denial bingo?
Here is the problem for the Government. They are so compromised by their relationship with the big polluters that when the Super El Niño peaks in NZ this summer, voters will be in shock and fury and looking for someone to blame. That someone will be National, ACT and NZF….
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63% more for Paula Bennett at Pharmac? She’s better funded than cancer!
Pharmac chairwoman Paula Bennett gets 63% pay increase approved by David Seymour David Seymour is standing by his decision to sign off a 63.2% pay rise for Pharmac chairwoman Paula Bennett. Bennett, a former National Party Cabinet Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, is set to see her pay rise from…
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Supermarket duopoly laughing all the way to the Banking Oligopoly – NZ is the land of exploitative monopoly rentals for foreign landlords
Little change in supermarket competition over past year, Commerce Commission report finds There has been scant improvement in supermarket competition over the past year, and now more needs to be done, commentators say. The Commerce Commission has released its latest annual grocery report, which says there has been little observable…
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The Right are gaining massive donations ahead of Election – why do right wing Kiwis love the rich?
The numbers don’t lie, the wealthy are donating to the Political Right… …why? The current Big Polluters scandal explains why, donate to the Right and get the laws you want! The entire Political Right is built upon taking donors money and implementing their interests… ..the Hard Right strangle the common…
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How Te Pati Māori win the 2026 Election
There is one move left for Te Pati Māori to make in the Election Chess that would be a checkmate for the Left and would set up a Labour/Green/TPM Government that would make the real policy gains that Labour is too incremental to make. Imagine if TPM actually adopted an…
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The fascist right are on the rise – how does NZ Left fight back?
Pauline Hanson says she has ‘ability’ to be Australia PM after shock poll Pauline Hanson says she has the ability to lead Australia as prime minister but admits she was shocked by a poll that suggested One Nation had pulled ahead of Labor. A Redbridge Group and Accent Research poll…
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Henry Nowak isn’t ‘White Lives Matter’ – it’s ‘No Lives Matter’
‘I can’t breathe’: Outrage, violence after UK police handcuff dying student Body camera footage of a dying student who was…
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Platner and the MeToo girlfriends of Christmas past
Despite new allegations, Maine’s Platner predicts voters will send him to Senate Democrat denies reports of physical intimidation towards women,…
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TOP’s Optimism vs NZFirst Malice – New Zealand vs Old Zealand
I was surprised last week. I thought the blockbuster Roy Morgan Poll would have been carried by all mainstream media,…
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NZ Government’s war on Free Press is attempt to control narrative going into Election
Let’s be very clear, this Government has waged a war on the Free Press so that they can control the…
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Pacific drug links, Chinese shadow banking and Organised crime as a geopolitical problem
Samoa drug raids reach 20 this year, as countrymen caught up in gang hit Samoa’s acting police commissioner says police…
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My Final Word: Jools Topp & the New Zealand We’ve Lost
This week, Martyn reflects on the life and legacy of Jools Topp and what her passing means for New Zealand. Alongside her sister Dame Lynda Topp, Jools helped shape modern Aotearoa through music, activism, humour, and an unapologetic commitment to…
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Mike Smith EXPOSES Secret Polluter Influence Inside Government
Environmental activist Mike Smith joins The Bradbury Group to discuss his landmark climate case against New Zealand’s biggest polluters and the explosive revelations that emerged after the government legislated to stop it. In this powerful 1-on-1 in 10 interview, Mike…
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Marama Davidson SLAMS National’s Budget: “It’s Absolute Bullsh*t”
Green Party Co-Leader Marama Davidson joins The Bradbury Group to break down Budget 2026 and explain why the Greens believe National’s economic priorities are failing ordinary New Zealanders. In this explosive 1-on-1 in 10 interview, Marama discusses: 📚 Education funding…
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The War on News: Trump’s Endless Iran War, Shane Jones’ Oil Giveaway & Arresting the Homeless
This week on The War on News, Martyn Bradbury takes aim at endless wars, environmental hypocrisy, and a government determined to ignore every warning placed in front of it. 🔥 Trump’s “3-Day” Iran War Enters Week 13 Donald Trump’s war…
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Using Māori as a political punching bag for Election 26
Once again we are back at the Waitangi Tribunal with another urgent review into deeply questionable anti-Treaty Government Policy. This time it is the Treaty Principles Reform Urgent Inquiry as the Government attempts to strip Treaty references out of…
TDB: Left News
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Accepting 57,000 homeless mums with 33,000 homeless kids 'tells us who we are as a society'
- 'Untenable' for Labour's new candidate to continue as superintendent - Police Commissioner
- Watch: Christopher Luxon says National will double QEII trust funding if re-elected
- ACT MP Mark Cameron to leave Parliament due to kidney failure
- New Labour candidate 'a little ahead of the process' in revealing 'tax relief' - Hipkins
- Who's in, who's out? Labour unveils list for November election
- 'Very concerning development': Luxon on Iran launching missiles at Israel
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Why shops & bars are closing as spending 'recovers'
- Health NZ staff face second email address change within months
- Green Party accuses the government of secret cuts
- Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson apologises for speeding
- Monday's Early Bird: My Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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The Weekly Hoon: Johan Rockstrom's 'saturation point'; Data centre footprints; Trump vs Netanyahu; China vs four NZ MPs; Exports of forced labour
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A mini-Hoon with Transparency International CEO Julie Haggie
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
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A mini-Hoon with Shamubeel Eaqub on his big infrastructure report
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A mini-Hoon with Mike Casey on Sapere's dry year report
- NZ to pay for turning a blind eye to modern slavery
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A mini-Hoon with Tex Edwards, calling for lobbyist reform & a breakup of the grocery duopoly
- 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
PODCAST: A View from Afar
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Liberal Agenda
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The Liberal Agenda – Second annual Keith Locke Memorial Debate July 2nd – Hate Speech Laws threaten Free Speech
Do hate speech laws protect the vulnerable, or hand the state a weapon against free speech? This Keith Locke Memorial Debate will be worth watching.
Daily Gallery
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Political Caption Competition
Horncastle is the worst thing to come out of Christchurch since the earthquake
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OPEN MIC MONDAY 8th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: There is a giant cloud of alcohol in the constellation Aquila that is 1,000 times larger than our solar system. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men…
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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…
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Gleichschaltung and Far-Right Momentum in NZ
Ian Powell warns that New Zealand is far from Nazi Germany, but far-right momentum, neoliberal drift and authoritarian instincts should not be dismissed.
The Bradbury Group
Marama Davidson on the Budget, polluter cover-up exposed & will National surrender NZ’s nuclear-free status?
Green Party co-Leader Marama Davidson gives her post-budget verdict tonight on The Bradbury Group, as environmental activist Mike Smith reveals how NZ’s seven biggest polluters have been secretly advising the Government. Plus, the political panel — Matthew Hooton, Matthew Tukaki, Maria Slade and John Tamihere — weigh in on whether the Budget can rescue the economy, what Pete Hegseth’s contempt for NZ really signals, and whether the National Government is about to trade away our nuclear-free identity to keep Donald Trump onside.
Raw News
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Average Annual Household Spending For War Is $2917 And Rising Fast: How To Understand What The ‘Defence Budget’ Means – Peace Action Wellington
Most of us don’t have much of a grasp on the relationship between our government’s annual budget ($155 billion), the Gross Domestic Product (GDP: the sum total of all goods and services produced within a country in any given year…
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New Poll Shows Public Know Holidays Act Changes Favour Employers Over Workers – PSA
– 41% say the changes will benefit employers more. Only 11% say workers will benefit more. – Among part-time workers, those hit hardest by this Bill, just 10% think the changes will help them. 45% say it helps employers. –…
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Keith Locke Memorial Debate 2026
The second Keith Locke Memorial Debate takes place on Thursday 2 July 2026. The debate honours the memory of former Green MP and social justice advocate Keith Locke who died on 21 June 2024. This year’s highly topical moot is:…
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Monopoly Watch Calls For Transparency International Resignations Over Lobbying Scandal
Transparency International NZ Chair Cannot Serve Two Masters Latest Lobbyist Scandal With Fonterra & Z Energy Must Trigger Resignation Of Ex Cabinet Minister Monopoly Watch calls for the immediate resignation of the Chair of Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ), and…
