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Labour finally delivers with public transport policy that saves commuters $120 per month
Oh thank you sweet Jesus… Labour reveals public transport fare cap in long-awaited election policy The Labour Party has pledged to cap public transport fares at $20 per week, in its first election policy announcement since the Budget last month. The long-awaited announcement is a sign the party is finally kicking into campaign mode, after months of asking New Zealanders…
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ACT demands more slaves for farmers
ACT Party book burner Andrew Hoggard may be the dumbest MP in the NZ Parliament. Watching him struggle to hide…
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‘Biggest Election question I get asked is ‘Can Chippy do it’ – I’ll tell you what I tell them
The biggest question I get from the peeps sliding into my DMs is ‘Can Chippy do it’? I’ll tell you…
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Halving Food Banks will cost us all
One of the real frustrations of this Government is their needless counterproductive cruelty. Every single agency that worked with the…
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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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Halving Food Banks will cost us all
One of the real frustrations of this Government is their needless counterproductive cruelty. Every single agency that worked with the homeless told this Government that cutting back on outreach, food banks and Emergency Housing changes would result in a tsunami of homeless. When the exact things that were warned about…
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AI bubble popping while AI builds itself
Major AI firm urges ‘pause’ in development as risks grow Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning the technology is improving so quickly there’s a risk humans would lose control. TVNZ Currently…
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57% of this Right Wing Governments policies have been rammed through under urgency – don’t dare lecture the Left about democracy
Listening to the Right gleefully burn Māori representation on local councils as part of their election campaign to bash Māori political aspiration is ugly enough, but listening to it come from a Government that has rammed more policy through under urgency than any other Government is an insult! Firstly –…
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Let’s remind you all – this Government was caught taking secret demands by the biggest polluters to change environmental law – don’t lecture the Left on corruption
Can we all just remind everyone as the Super El Nino bears down upon us, that a Senior Policy Analyst took secret advice from Big Polluters involved in a legal case to kill it and replace it with policy that was almost word for word the same as the secret…
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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…
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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 the “absolutely ridiculous” cost of school uniforms. It would limit all state schools to three compulsory branded items and ensure generic items like shorts, pants, skirts, skorts and socks were…
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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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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…
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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…
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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,…
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The Bradbury Group – with TOP Leader Qiulae Wong, Alliance Leader Victor Billot + political panel Hooton, Simon Wilson + Maria Slade
A Marxist, two Party leaders, a Business Journalist, a militant cyclist and a right wing newspaper columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up and says, ‘What do you think this is? The Bradbury Group?” 1-on-1 in 10…
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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…
TDB: Left News
- Family violence prevention sector worried about silos as job cuts proposed at govt centre
- Wellington residents call for safety upgrades after train derailment
- Government floats using emergency fund on public transport, Labour asks why it wasn't in Budget
- Former MP Peter Dunne says questions remain over minister's $17k airport parking bill
- Government earmarks $51m for new methane-busting technology
- 'Constitutionally abhorrent': Expert reveals advice to government on climate law change
- Labour's Chris Hipkins accuses Police Commissioner of not being a good employer over Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo comments
- ACT proposes new 'split-gas' emissions target
- Government announces Primary Sector Growth Fund projects
- Labour vows to put $20-a-week cap on public transport, $10 outside main centres
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Auckland chooses high house prices & low GDP
- Wednesday's Early Bird: My Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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Protest growing against Govt's disability cost-cutting bill
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Scoop: NZ Govt has more assets than debt
- Tuesday's Early Bird: My Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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Accepting 57,000 homeless mums with 33,000 homeless kids 'tells us who we are as a society'
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Why shops & bars are closing as spending 'recovers'
- 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
- 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
Two rednecks tried to explain NZ First’s coalition strategy- they accidentally formed three different governments and collapsed all of them.
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Open Mic – WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: The sun makes up about 99.86% of the total mass of the entire solar system. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe…
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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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Serious questions remain on LNG facility – Labour
The Government is rushing into a multi-billion dollar commitment to import gas without explaining how relying on volatile international markets will lower costs for Kiwis, or ultimately how it will be paid for. “Christopher Luxon has failed to explain…
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Calls for Ombudsman to open wider investigation into private back-channel emails in Luxon’s office – Green
The Green Party is calling for a fulsome investigation into the use of private email in the Prime Minister’s Office, after an answer to a written parliamentary question exhaustively listed staff private email – except for the Fonterra and Z Energy climate lobbying document sent to Luxon’s former staffer. “Something fishy is…
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Budget 2026 hides a nearly $500 million KiwiSaver hole across the public service – Greens
The Green Party says Budget 2026 leaves a hole of nearly half a billion dollars, the cost of the higher employer KiwiSaver contribution for most of the public service, with no sign of funding anywhere in the books to meet…
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National’s cuts devastating for vulnerable children – Labour
The latest Independent Children’s Monitor report shows the Government’s funding cuts and ‘punishment over prevention’ approach are causing harm to vulnerable children and whānau. “The stories in this report are confronting. Frontline workers, whānau recovering from harm, and vulnerable tamariki…