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  • By crossing Iran’s only redline, Trump has trapped himself and the planet 
    CTF | Deconstructing Headlines | Featured | Martyn Bradbury | Most Recent Blogs

    By crossing Iran’s only redline, Trump has trapped himself and the planet 

    ByMartyn Bradbury 13 March 202613 March 2026

    Netanyahu has spent 40 years claiming Iran was about to make a nuclear weapon and that the West immediately needed to attack. No one in any American Administration was ever dumb enough to get conned into this because every single time the CIA Geeks and Military Goons war gamed an invasion of Iran out, it always ended in a bloody…

    Read More By crossing Iran’s only redline, Trump has trapped himself and the planet Continue

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  • The horror of IDF dropping charges of sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoner

    The horror of IDF dropping charges of sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoner

    Of all the horrors the IDF committed during their genocide in Gaza, the targeting of children with headshots, the double…

    Read More The horror of IDF dropping charges of sexually assaulting Palestinian prisonerContinue

  • TDB Green Party top 15 list

    TDB Green Party top 15 list

    The Green Party Delegate List is the staffers and woke apparatchiks choices and by the likes of it, there are…

    Read More TDB Green Party top 15 listContinue

  • NZF going full anti-vaxx Cooker on Covid review

    NZF going full anti-vaxx Cooker on Covid review

    NZF have gone full anti-vaccine cooker over the latest Covid report because Winston didn’t get the result he needs for…

    Read More NZF going full anti-vaxx Cooker on Covid reviewContinue

Setting the Agenda

  • Funny That!
    CTF | Featured | Malcolm Evans | Most Recent Blogs | Setting the Agenda

    Funny That!

    ByMalcolm Evans 13 March 202613 March 2026

    Back in April of 2019 Western media were falling over themselves in fits of apoplexy over this cartoon, by Portuguese cartoonist Ant?nio Moreira Antunes, which they all deemed to be so anti-Semetic as to warrant repeated grovelling apologies. The New York…

    Read More Funny That!Continue

  • “Manufacturing consent, sanitising atrocities and platforming war criminals”

    “Manufacturing consent, sanitising atrocities and platforming war criminals”

    ByJohn Minto 12 March 202612 March 2026

    I came across this statement from an independent media source this week “The mainstream media is doing what it always…

    Read More “Manufacturing consent, sanitising atrocities and platforming war criminals”Continue

  • Government needs to close “back-door” method of restricting rights using proposed “move-on orders”

    Government needs to close “back-door” method of restricting rights using proposed “move-on orders”

    ByJohn Minto 10 March 202611 March 2026

    PSNA warns proposed police “move-on” powers could restrict protest rights in New Zealand and urges the Government to protect freedoms under the Bill of Rights Act.

    Read More Government needs to close “back-door” method of restricting rights using proposed “move-on orders”Continue

  • Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast.

    West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

    ByDr. David Robie 9 March 202611 March 2026

    A new investigative documentary, Pig Feast, exposes rainforest destruction, oligarch influence and Indigenous resistance in West Papua during its international premiere in New Zealand.

    Read More West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of militaryContinue

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TDB Poll of Polls

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Deconstructing the Headlines

  • By crossing Iran’s only redline, Trump has trapped himself and the planet 

    By crossing Iran’s only redline, Trump has trapped himself and the planet 

    ByMartyn Bradbury 13 March 202613 March 2026

    Netanyahu has spent 40 years claiming Iran was about to make a nuclear weapon and that the West immediately needed to attack. No one in any American Administration was ever dumb enough to get conned into this because every single time the CIA Geeks and Military Goons war gamed an…

    Read More By crossing Iran’s only redline, Trump has trapped himself and the planet Continue

  • The horror of IDF dropping charges of sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoner

    The horror of IDF dropping charges of sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoner

    ByMartyn Bradbury 13 March 202613 March 2026

    Of all the horrors the IDF committed during their genocide in Gaza, the targeting of children with headshots, the double tap bombings, the brutal murder of Ambulance staff and torture of prisoners, perhaps one of the most shocking depravities  was the IDF sexually assaulting a Palestinian teenager prisoner in front…

    Read More The horror of IDF dropping charges of sexually assaulting Palestinian prisonerContinue

  • TDB Green Party top 15 list

    TDB Green Party top 15 list

    ByMartyn Bradbury 13 March 202613 March 2026

    The Green Party Delegate List is the staffers and woke apparatchiks choices and by the likes of it, there are lots of Māori woman who didn’t want to join the Māori Party (and couldn’t wait 30 years to get anywhere inside Labour), who have thrown in their ambition with the…

    Read More TDB Green Party top 15 listContinue

  • NZF going full anti-vaxx Cooker on Covid review

    NZF going full anti-vaxx Cooker on Covid review

    ByMartyn Bradbury 13 March 202613 March 2026

    NZF have gone full anti-vaccine cooker over the latest Covid report because Winston didn’t get the result he needs for his feral conspiracy swamp electorate. The danger of flirting with QAnon anti-vaxers and Culture War Boomers who have radicalised online during lockdown is that short of a public hanging, you…

    Read More NZF going full anti-vaxx Cooker on Covid reviewContinue

  • National are lying to you about Covid review so why trust their next Kangaroo Court?

    National are lying to you about Covid review so why trust their next Kangaroo Court?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 13 March 202613 March 2026

    Bullshit… …let’s be clear, the second inquiry was very clear in saluting Labour’s leadership over Covid… “Overall, this report concludes…

    Read More National are lying to you about Covid review so why trust their next Kangaroo Court?Continue

  • NZ First are lying to you about Marsden Point

    NZ First are lying to you about Marsden Point

    ByMartyn Bradbury 13 March 202613 March 2026

    Let’s be 100% clear here. NZ First are lying too you about Marsden Point being some sort of saviour right…

    Read More NZ First are lying to you about Marsden PointContinue

  • Majority of Americans believe Trump started war to eclipse Epstein Files

    Majority of Americans believe Trump started war to eclipse Epstein Files

    ByMartyn Bradbury 12 March 2026

    This can’t surprise anyone… NEW POLL: Majority of Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal A…

    Read More Majority of Americans believe Trump started war to eclipse Epstein FilesContinue

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Media Watch

  • WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: The rise of TOP can take pressure off Te Pati Māori
    CTF | Featured | Martyn Bradbury | Media Watch | Most Recent Blogs

    WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: The rise of TOP can take pressure off Te Pati Māori

    ByMartyn Bradbury 11 March 202611 March 2026

    Rising support for TOP could reshape Election 2026 politics and reduce pressure on Te Pāti Māori as new coalition possibilities emerge.

    Read More WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: The rise of TOP can take pressure off Te Pati MāoriContinue

  • The Bradbury Group Iran War Interview with Phil Goff  + Fran O’Sullivan, Matthew Hooton and Maria Slade on economic and political fallout

    The Bradbury Group Iran War Interview with Phil Goff + Fran O’Sullivan, Matthew Hooton and Maria Slade on economic and political fallout

    ByThe Daily Blog 10 March 202610 March 2026

    A Marxist, 2 NZ Herald columnists, a former Labour Leader and a Business Journalist  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 Interview – Iran…

    Read More The Bradbury Group Iran War Interview with Phil Goff + Fran O’Sullivan, Matthew Hooton and Maria Slade on economic and political falloutContinue

  • MEDIAWATCH: Why would we trust NZME journalism now we know alt-right billionaires and lobbyists are editor?

    MEDIAWATCH: Why would we trust NZME journalism now we know alt-right billionaires and lobbyists are editor?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 10 March 202610 March 2026

    Yesterday I asked, Why would we trust TVNZ Journalism now we know Government is editor? Today I ask, Why would we trust NZME journalism now we know alt-right billionaires and lobbyists are editor? Mediawatch: Fears of interference and influence in…

    Read More MEDIAWATCH: Why would we trust NZME journalism now we know alt-right billionaires and lobbyists are editor?Continue

  • MEDIAWATCH: Why would we trust TVNZ Journalism now we know Government is editor?

    MEDIAWATCH: Why would we trust TVNZ Journalism now we know Government is editor?

    ByMartyn Bradbury 9 March 202611 March 2026

    Public broadcasters depend on one thing above all else: trust. But when ministers publicly attack coverage and broadcasters appear to apologise to politicians, the question quickly becomes unavoidable — who is really setting the editorial agenda? The latest controversy involving…

    Read More MEDIAWATCH: Why would we trust TVNZ Journalism now we know Government is editor?Continue

  • 1-on-1 in 10 clip: Barbara Edmonds on NZ Economy & Iran War Fallout

    1-on-1 in 10 clip: Barbara Edmonds on NZ Economy & Iran War Fallout

    ByThe Daily Blog 8 March 2026

    This week on The Bradbury Group, Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins Martyn Bradbury for a hard-hitting 1-on-1 in 10 on the state of New Zealand’s economy — and the geopolitical shockwaves of the escalating Iran war. As oil prices…

    Read More 1-on-1 in 10 clip: Barbara Edmonds on NZ Economy & Iran War FalloutContinue

TDB Left News
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  • Huhana Lyndon | Kei warewaretia te pakanga i Kororāreka.
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-14 By Pohaturoa Waenga
  • Marama Davidson | Mā te whakarerekē i te pūnaha tāke o tēnei motu ka kounga ake te oranga o te katoa.
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-14 By Pohaturoa Waenga
  • Stacey Morrison | ‘W is for Wahine Toa’, he rauemi arapū Māori kua rewa ake i tōna pae.
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-14 By Pohaturoa Waenga
  • Tama Potaka | Ngā tikanga ruirui i ngā pungarehu o te mate
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-14 By Pohaturoa Waenga
  • FEAR AT THE GAS STATION, FEAR IN THE GOVERNMENT
    Against the Current Date: 2026-03-14 By Source Author
  • ACT voices strong objections to greyhound racing ban, won't say if pulling support for legislation
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-03-14 By admin
  • Good Riddance
    No Right Turn Date: 2026-03-14 By Source Author
  • Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith dismisses officials' advice on 'move on orders'
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-03-14 By admin
  • Angling for votes in election year: The debate around fishing policy
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-03-13 By admin
  • #education: Union Warns Individual Teacher Contracts Could Undermine Collective Bargaining
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-13 By Dale Husband
  • #lifestyle: Māoriland Film Festival Returns with Global Indigenous Stories
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-13 By Dale Husband
  • #regional: Kurahaupō Waka Finds Space at Aratoi Museum in Masterton
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-13 By Dale Husband
  • #national: Huhana Lyndon Reflects on Political Milestones and Pressing Issues for Māori Communities
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-13 By Dale Husband
  • #hauora: Murupara Community Rallies Behind Long-Serving GP as Tribunal Begins
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-13 By Dale Husband
  • #politics: Peeni Henare Reflects on Service and Sacrifice in Final Speech to Parliament
    Waatea Digital Date: 2026-03-13 By Dale Husband
  • Buyers eye electric vehicles as fuel prices soar
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-03-13 By admin
  • NZ has lined up with 'MAGA US states' on oil, former Marsden Point boss says
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-03-13 By admin
  • Documents reveal Health NZ knew IT job cuts would risk patient care, hospital resilience
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-03-13 By admin
  • Minister considers action on Chatham Islands spend-up scandal
    Newsroom Date: 2026-03-13 By Jonathan Milne
  • Calls to let workers stay home to beat fuel prices
    RNZ Politics Date: 2026-03-13 By admin
  • The NACC robodebt report: A heartbreaking work of staggering incompetence
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-03-14 By Rick Morton
  • Most teens on social media pre-ban are still on those platforms, new data suggests
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-03-14 By Cam Wilson
  • They Lied About The School Bombing In Iran, And They're Going To Keep On Lying
    Source: Caitlin Johnstone Date: 2026-03-14 By Caitlin Johnstone
  • Shorten wants to tax business profits to fund universities. Voters will like it — but is it practical?
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-03-14 By Andrew Norton
  • For royal commissions to work, the public has to believe in it. In Bondi, that trust is hanging by a thread
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-03-14 By Michael Bradley
  • The difficult truth
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-03-14 By Grace Tame
  • Matt Canavan is… talking sense? This surprise will discomfit the Liberals, and maybe others too
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-03-14 By Bernard Keane
  • Does power always corrupt in Australian politics?
    Source: Crikey.com Date: 2026-03-13 By Crystal Andrews
  • Hedges Report: The Trillion Dollar War Machine
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-03-13 By Elizabeth Vos
  • Abolish Travel Teams
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Editors
  • The Devil’s Music
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Editors
  • Anime Pirates in Opposition
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Editors
  • The View From the Arena
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Eileen Jones
  • What’s on a Leftist Teenager’s Bookshelf?
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Editors
  • How Adults Took Over YA
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Alanna Schubach
  • The Minecraft Marxists
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Natasha Lasky
  • Kid-Free Zones
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Editors
  • Issue 61: Dossier
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Editors
  • When the Security Council Cannot Utter the Truth
    Source: Consortium News Date: 2026-03-13 By Consortiumnews.com
  • Issue 61: The Internet Speaks
    Source: Jacobin Date: 2026-03-13 By Editors
TDB: Top NZ Political Podcasts
  1. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF with Duncan Garner Audience: 30,667
  2. Q+A with Jack Tame Audience: 40,000
  3. Ryan Bridge Today Audience: xx,xxx
  4. MATA with Mihi Forbes Audience: 36,333
  5. LOCKED OUT with Craig Renney Audience: 4,400
  6. The Vinny Eastwood Show Audience: xx,xxx
  7. BHN – BIG HAIRY NEWS with Pat and Chewie Audience: 3,533
  8. THE BRADBURY GROUP with Martyn Bradbury Audience: 2,500
  9. PENNY MARIE NZ Audience: 4,000
  10. Cross Party Lines with Phil Goff & Christopher Finlayson Audience: 4,000
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Liberal Agenda

  • The Liberal Agenda – The Rocky Horror Picture Show 5 stars

    The Liberal Agenda – The Rocky Horror Picture Show 5 stars

    ByMartyn Bradbury 1 March 20265 March 2026

    Fifty years after it first strutted onto stage, The Rocky Horror Show remains the ultimate cult musical — part theatre,…

    Read More The Liberal Agenda – The Rocky Horror Picture Show 5 starsContinue

Daily Gallery

  • Political Caption Competition

    Political Caption Competition

    ByThe Daily Blog 13 March 2026

    Ummmmmmmmm….

    Read More Political Caption CompetitionContinue

  • In Occupied Palestine – 10 March 2026

    In Occupied Palestine – 10 March 2026

    ByThe Daily Blog 13 March 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, 10 February 2026 until 08:00, 11 February 2026 In Gaza during the past 24 hours…

    Read More In Occupied Palestine – 10 March 2026Continue

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Guest Blogs & Sponsored Posts

  • GUEST BLOG: More Than a Game

    GUEST BLOG: More Than a Game

    ByPat O'Dea 10 March 202611 March 2026

    If Iran is barred from entering the United States for the World Cup, should New Zealand insist on playing elsewhere as a matter of principle? A guest blog on sport, politics, and moral leadership.

    Read More GUEST BLOG: More Than a GameContinue

  • GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Class political warfare via employment law

    GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Class political warfare via employment law

    ByIan Powell 5 March 20265 March 2026

    In 1894 the new reforming Liberal government passed the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. It was recognised as landmark legislation…

    Read More GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Class political warfare via employment lawContinue

  • GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Humans Reject AI, Panquake Goes Viral Again

    GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Humans Reject AI, Panquake Goes Viral Again

    ByThe Daily Blog 5 March 2026

    As AI discontent spreads, people-powered social network Panquake is perfectly positioned to give users what they need – at exactly…

    Read More GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Humans Reject AI, Panquake Goes Viral AgainContinue

  • GUEST BLOG: Mick Hall –  Five Eyes on Iran

    GUEST BLOG: Mick Hall – Five Eyes on Iran

    ByThe Daily Blog 4 March 2026

    Responses to the US-Israeli crime of aggression from member states of the US-led Five Eyes intelligence network place them among…

    Read More GUEST BLOG: Mick Hall – Five Eyes on IranContinue

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The Bradbury Group

Iran War Fallout: Can Luxon Hold On?

On The Bradbury Group, Phil Goff joins us to break down the American war against Iran and what it means for New Zealand. With Fran O’Sullivan, Matthew Hooton and Maria Slade, we analyse the political, economic and electoral consequences as global instability hits home.

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Raw News

  • Luxon’s climate policies leave Kiwis hurting as petrol hits $3 a litre – Greenpeace

    Luxon’s climate policies leave Kiwis hurting as petrol hits $3 a litre – Greenpeace

    ByThe Daily Blog 13 March 2026

    As petrol prices climb to around $3 a litre, Greenpeace is pointing to a series of Government decisions that have left Kiwis hit harder by the oil price spike. “The Luxon Government has spent the last two years dismantling policies…

    Read More Luxon’s climate policies leave Kiwis hurting as petrol hits $3 a litre – GreenpeaceContinue

  • Green Party releases initial candidate list for 2026 General Election

    Green Party releases initial candidate list for 2026 General Election

    ByThe Daily Blog 13 March 2026

    The Green Party has released its Delegate List of candidates for the 2026 General Election, which will now inform the final membership voting process. “This is a strong electable list of people who represent diverse communities across Aotearoa and are…

    Read More Green Party releases initial candidate list for 2026 General ElectionContinue

  • Green Party announces 14 Māori candidates in the initial candidate list for the 2026 General Election

    Green Party announces 14 Māori candidates in the initial candidate list for the 2026 General Election

    ByThe Daily Blog 13 March 2026

    The Green Party announces 14 Māori candidates in the Delegate List for the 2026 General Election, which will now inform the membership voting process. Co-Leader Marama Davidson says, “our diverse Māori candidates are supported by whānau, hapū and iwi, further…

    Read More Green Party announces 14 Māori candidates in the initial candidate list for the 2026 General ElectionContinue

  • Households going hungry under National – Labour

    Households going hungry under National – Labour

    ByThe Daily Blog 13 March 2026

    A confronting report shows one in three households struggled to access food last year. “It’s disheartening to see so many Kiwis going hungry and unable to afford the bare human necessities like food,” Labour’s social development and employment spokesperson Willow-Jean…

    Read More Households going hungry under National – LabourContinue

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