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8pm LIVE TONIGHT – The Bradbury Group with Activist Mike Smith on climate change, Professor Spoonley on mass immigration and pre-budget political panel – John Tamihere vs Matthew Hooton
🎉 HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO THE BRADBURY GROUP 🎉 A Marxist, a climate activist, a Professor, a militant cyclist, the President of Te Party Māori, a Newspaper columnist, and Listener 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 with Climate Activist Mike Smith on…
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It is sick that MSD helps debt collectors gut beneficiaries
$37m drained from benefits to debt collectors in grim vortex Thousands of welfare recipients, whose payments are docked by private…
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Dumb Lives Matter mutates into Dumb Cars Matter protests
Wow, the Dumb Lives Matter Parliament Lawn Protest movement has mutated into Dumb Cars Matter petrol protests… Protest in Auckland’s…
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This Government kick the disabled in the balls and you are allowing them to because you hate Jacinda
The cruelty of this Government is disgusting… Government to overturn court decision recognising family carers as employees The Disability Minister…
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8pm LIVE TONIGHT – The Bradbury Group with Activist Mike Smith on climate change, Professor Spoonley on mass immigration and pre-budget political panel – John Tamihere vs Matthew Hooton
🎉 HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO THE BRADBURY GROUP 🎉 A Marxist, a climate activist, a Professor, a militant cyclist, the President of Te Party Māori, a Newspaper columnist, and Listener columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up…
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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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This Government kick the disabled in the balls and you are allowing them to because you hate Jacinda
The cruelty of this Government is disgusting… Government to overturn court decision recognising family carers as employees The Disability Minister has revealed a bill that would reverse a recent Supreme Court decision to recognise some family carers as employees. In a statement released late on Monday, Louise Upston announced the…
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After BNZ, other things NZ should nationalise
If we are all in on nationalising BNZ to merge with KiwiBank and become the Bank for the Government for economic sovereignty, then let’s go all in on other things we should nationalise. Air NZ – take back the airline and use it as a strategic national asset. Renationalisation of…
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Nicola Willis promising more job losses in mutilated public service
Finance minister hints at government department amalgamation plans The finance minister is set to reveal proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, by telling ministries and departments to come up with plans for amalgamation. RNZ understands Nicola Willis will set out three proposals on Tuesday afternoon to create efficiencies…
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If media hounded Tory Whanau, why won’t they do same to Ray Chung?
Ray Chung resigns from Wellington council subcommittee chair role Wellington City councillor Ray Chung has resigned as chair of a council subcommittee. Mayor Andrew Little’s office said this evening Chung had stepped down from the Council Controlled Organisations Review and Appointments Subcommittee. “I have decided to stand down from this…
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Simon Court attacks the Greens and pimps for Zionism again
Yawn. Simon Court attacks the Greens and pimps for Zionism again… …ummmm. Well. There’s this… …there’s that time in 2011…
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Anti-vaxx lunatic hate cult protests Jacinda – why she can’t live here
Jesus wept… Jacinda Ardern Aotea Centre talk met by anti-vaccine protesters in Auckland …look at these brittle outraged victimhood…
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National play tough on crime emotional pearl clutching over ‘good character’
Advocate, lawyers react to National’s plan to ban judges considering sex offenders good character references considering good character references while…
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8pm LIVE TONIGHT – The Bradbury Group with Activist Mike Smith on climate change, Professor Spoonley on mass immigration and pre-budget political panel – John Tamihere vs Matthew Hooton
🎉 HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO THE BRADBURY GROUP 🎉 A Marxist, a climate activist, a Professor, a militant cyclist, the President of Te Party Māori, a Newspaper columnist, and Listener columnist all walk into a bar. The barman looks up…
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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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- Climate law changes have 'clearly struck a nerve' - experts
- Watch: Wellington Mayor Andrew Little on public sector job cuts
- 'Like closing a timber mill': Why Wellington's economy needs to rely less on public sector
- Nearly 9000 public sector jobs to go, government agencies to merge, Nicola Willis announces
- Disability Support Services Bill 'worst piece of legislation I've ever seen' - advocate
- Green Party says National's education law changes undermine teaching council
- Govt to cut 8,700 more civil service jobs
- 'Bigger isn't always better': Hipkins on plan to merge government departments
- Council loans for rooftop solar still waiting on government green light
- More public service job cuts may be coming - how many have gone already?
- 'Slapped' contractor issued a cease and desist
- Monday's Chorus: Would buying back BNZ work?
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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
- 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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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
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Political Caption Competition
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When a falsified Taxpayers’ Union ‘golden handshake’ is neither ‘golden’ nor a ‘handshake’
On 7 May The Post published a paywalled article by Tom Hunt under the eye-catching heading of Wellington council’s $200k-plus…
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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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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.
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BREAKING- INTERCEPTION OF THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA – Aotearoa Delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla
israel has begun the illegal interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla. We must mobilise now. Our people are being intercepted. Hāhona Ormsby aboard the Diabolo Mousa Taher aboard the Kasri Sadabat Julien Blondel aboard the Abodes Watch their ships here,…
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NCEA changes doom thousands of students to failure – Greens
The National Party’s decision to scrap NCEA entirely guarantees many thousands of children will leave school with no qualification, no love of learning, and no preparation for a complex and fast-changing world, the Green Party says. “One thing is clear…
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Lumsden water supply nitrate contamination above preterm birth risk level – Greenpeace
Greenpeace is warning pregnant people against drinking from the Lumsden water supply. This follows the organisation’s nitrate testing on Sunday which revealed that the town’s water was testing at 6.14 mg/L of nitrate (NO3-N) on average. Greenpeace freshwater campaigner Will…
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Ōtautau bore water a potential preterm birth risk, but town supply safe – Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that its free drinking water testing event in Ōtautau, Southland, revealed that while town water supplies in the area are relatively safe, private bore water tests showed increased nitrate levels. The organisation is in the middle of a…