Featured
-
Why does National need to misrepresent and Simeon Brown lie?
National are scrambling to justify the Governments attack on EVs as oil spikes. The reality is that the subsidy worked and helped more people buy electric cars while creating a second hard market. National attacked it because they made it a Ute Tax culture war issue where their masculinity was attached to petrol engines. The lies National and Simeon Brown…
-
Luxon dancing is where rhythm goes to die
Wow. The phrase, white men can’t dance’ has never been so multifaceted… Luxon STUNS in new video pic.twitter.com/ieEtMGkNi8 — mick…
-
Now Trump is eyeing up Cuba
Trump and Rubio call for new Cuban leaders as latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis U.S. President Donald Trump on…
-
National, ACT + NZF too frightened to act on petrol prices crisis because they are still criticising Covid response
Rising petrol prices expose National, ACT and NZF’s failure to act, as global conflict and energy shocks hit New Zealand households.
-
BEN MORGAN: Why We Should Still Care About Ukraine in 2026
Ukraine may have slipped from the headlines, but Russia’s war still matters in 2026 for international law, European security and the rules-based order.
-
Sir Ken Robinson and Education’s Death Valley
Sir Ken Robinson warned modern education systems risk becoming “death valleys” for curiosity and creativity. What does that mean for New Zealand schools?
-
From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Joe Carolan makes action plea
David Robie also blogs at Café Pacific From our Asia Pacific Report A peace advocate urged people in New Zealand…
-
Funny That!
Back in April of 2019 Western media were falling over themselves in fits of apoplexy over this cartoon, by Portuguese…
Follow us
12,656
Fans
7,743
Followers
4,504
Subscribers
TDB Poll of Polls
Based on 4 polls, latest: 12 March 2026
Sources
- Talbot Mills — 12/03/2026
- Roy Morgan — 02/03/2026
- 1News Verian — 16/02/2026
- RNZ Reid — 22/01/2026
-
Why does National need to misrepresent and Simeon Brown lie?
National are scrambling to justify the Governments attack on EVs as oil spikes. The reality is that the subsidy worked and helped more people buy electric cars while creating a second hard market. National attacked it because they made it a Ute Tax culture war issue where their masculinity was…
-
Luxon dancing is where rhythm goes to die
Wow. The phrase, white men can’t dance’ has never been so multifaceted… Luxon STUNS in new video pic.twitter.com/ieEtMGkNi8 — mick donalds (@cquisitions) March 17, 2026 …it’s like a bag of hammers awkwardly coughing.
-
Now Trump is eyeing up Cuba
Trump and Rubio call for new Cuban leaders as latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged imminent action against Cuba’s socialist government as his moves against the island bring the U.S.’ longtime opponent deeper into crisis. AP I don’t believe that Trump gives…
-
National, ACT + NZF too frightened to act on petrol prices crisis because they are still criticising Covid response
Rising petrol prices expose National, ACT and NZF’s failure to act, as global conflict and energy shocks hit New Zealand households.
-
NZ alt-right co-opt woke coven allegation weaponisation against Chippy
The smear campaign against Chris Hipkins shows how allegation politics has been weaponised by the NZ alt-right in a toxic media environment.
-
NZ First go full cooker against WHO
NZ First’s rejection of WHO pandemic rules highlights Winston Peters’ shift toward anti-vaccine rhetoric and conspiracy-aligned politics.
-
Economy is collapsing and ACT thinks making it easier to buy booze is the solution?
ACT’s alcohol law changes raise serious questions as New Zealand faces rising costs, unemployment and growing hardship.
-
The Bradbury Group with Rawiri Waititi + Chris Penk, Matthew Hooton and John Tamihere
A Marxist, A Party President, a Party Co-Leader, a National Party Minister and a 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 Interview…
-
MEDIAWATCH: Damien Grant’s Libertarian Covid debt tears hard to swallow as ACT Government borrow billions more
Wait, wait, WHAT? Damien Grant: John Key and Jacinda Ardern both turned to debt when disaster hit There are many revelations in the Covid report that a cantankerous columnist with libertarian inclinations could focus on but I am going to…
-
MEDIAWATCH: Heather du Plessis-Allan goes full Anti-vaxx Cooker to suck up to new Alt-Right Billionaire Owner
Do we owe our Covid conspiracy friends an apology? – Heather du Plessis-Allan Perhaps we owe the Covid conspiracy theorists among us an apology. Not for dismissing their wackier claims, like the vaccine containing microchips and magnetising the jabbed. But…
-
1-on-1 in 10: Phil Goff on Trump, Netanyahu & the Iran War
*Phil Goff explains the Iran war and the collapse of the rules-based international order.* This week on The Bradbury Group, former New Zealand Foreign Minister and former UK High Commissioner Phil Goff joins Martyn Bradbury for a special 1-on-1 in…
-
My Final Word: What If Scott Watson Is Innocent?
This week, Martyn examines the Supreme Court decision to reopen the Scott Watson murder case. The 1998 disappearance and murder of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope remains one of New Zealand’s most controversial criminal cases. Now the Supreme Court will…
TDB Left News
- PM Luxon to return to NZ after three-day trip to Samoa and Tonga
- Hopes local genomic testing pilot will cut wait times for cancer patients
- Government, SPCA putting $1.2 million towards desexing dogs
-
A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate Change
- Corrupt, criminal secrecy
- Morning Report: Chris Hipkins says he considered his future in politics after ex-wife's claims
- 'We feel abandoned': Kiwi in Dubai describes fear, chaos and lack of consular support
- Fuel stock down, but not unusually so - Nicola Willis
- More tyranny
- Shane Jones | Te tautoko a te Kāwanatanga i ngā kaupapa hiko ā-ngāwhā
- Tukoroirangi Morgan | Nau mai e ngā iwi o te motu ki te Rīkata o Tūrangawaewae
- NZ boosts support for Tonga's drug-fighting efforts
- Murderer, sex offenders among current asylum claimants
- #regional: Government backs SPCA with funding to tackle roaming dog problem in north
- #economy: Te Pāti Māori calls for fuel tax suspension as cost pressures mount
- Shadows cast on Auckland's Sunfield development
- #regional: Hauraki Gulf seabirds struggle to raise chicks as climate pressures intensify
- #POLITICS | Fuel pressure mounts as Willie Jackson calls for stronger national response
- #HAKINAKINA | Mangawhai race highlights strength of waka ama and connection to taiao
- #REGIONAL | Polyfest returns to South Auckland celebrating culture, identity and rangatahi
- Isolated and exposed: can New Zealand’s fragile economic recovery withstand the global oil shock?
- Understanding power and how to move it: Using ethical influence to create change
- South Australians have truth in political advertising laws. Why doesn’t everyone else?
- Chris Hedges: The World According to Gaza
- Liberal Media Immorality on Iran War
- In the New Geo-Economic Order, Price Shocks Are Here to Stay
- How Will the Future Judge Our Own Gilded Age?
- Jeffrey Sachs: Ending the Trump-Netanyahu War
- This Is What It Looks Like When You Give Zionists Everything They Want
- When the Pencil Was the Sword
- Colleen Hoover’s Awful Hollywood Reign Has Only Just Begun
- A Missed Opportunity for the French Left
- Vilfredo Pareto’s Sociology of a Ruling Class in Decline
- Who put Chip Le Grand on blast? Who’s behind Revive Australia? What is Gigi’s new gig?
- Media demonstrates its hollowness in saga of Iranian asylum seekers
- Never mind Fringe. The final week of the SA election campaign is Adelaide’s best-kept secret
- Imperial Decline in the Strait of Hormuz
- Why the Left Misreads Gen Z — and What the Right Sees Clearly
- WATCH: ‘Don’t Forget Epstein’
- DAYS 15-16: WAR ON IRAN
TDB: Top NZ Political Podcasts
- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF with Duncan Garner Audience: 30,667
- Q+A with Jack Tame Audience: 40,000
- Ryan Bridge Today Audience: xx,xxx
- MATA with Mihi Forbes Audience: 36,333
- LOCKED OUT with Craig Renney Audience: 4,400
- The Vinny Eastwood Show Audience: xx,xxx
- BHN – BIG HAIRY NEWS with Pat and Chewie Audience: 3,533
- THE BRADBURY GROUP with Martyn Bradbury Audience: 2,500
- PENNY MARIE NZ Audience: 4,000
- Cross Party Lines with Phil Goff & Christopher Finlayson Audience: 4,000
Liberal Agenda
-
The Liberal Agenda – The Rocky Horror Picture Show 5 stars
Fifty years after it first strutted onto stage, The Rocky Horror Show remains the ultimate cult musical — part theatre,…
Daily Gallery
-
Political Caption Competition
Pacific Luxon
-
In Occupied Palestine – 15 March 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land 08:00, 15 March 2026 until 08:00, 16 March 2026 Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing death, injury and sickness In Gaza, during the past 24 hours…
-
GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Surprise! Humans Left To Clean Up AI Messes
Amazon AI coding bots cause service outages, a journalist tricks major AI service into spreading falsehoods & NY Court rules…
-
Guest Blog: Ian Powell – Child poverty, social determinants of health, and balance sheets
‘One in seven New Zealand children living in material hardship’ was the dramatic heading of a NZ Herald feature article…
-
GUEST BLOG: More Than a Game
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.
-
GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Class political warfare via employment law
In 1894 the new reforming Liberal government passed the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. It was recognised as landmark legislation…
The Bradbury Group
Energy Crisis, Hunger & War Fallout
On The Bradbury Group, Rawiri Waititi joins us for a 1-on-1 on Winston Peters’ referendum proposal, rising hardship in New Zealand and the economic pressures created by the Iran war. With Chris Penk, John Tamihere and Matthew Hooton, we examine the energy crisis, the Covid Inquiry and what the economy means for Kiwis doing it tough.
Raw News
-
Rising food prices hitting New Zealanders while supermarket duopoly not held accountable – Green
Rising food prices are hitting New Zealanders in the pocket and driving them to hunger says MP Ricardo Menéndez March, Green Party spokesperson for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. “While the supermarkets have been making $1 million a day in excess…
-
Weekly shop more expensive because of National – Labour
New data shows National had failed to address rising prices even before the conflict in the Middle East began. “Every day New Zealanders are paying more and more for groceries, at the pump, and on their energy bills, a direct…
-
Fuel crisis hitting home support workers hardest as mileage rate falls further behind – E Tu
Home support workers across Aotearoa are bearing the brunt of the fuel crisis, forced to absorb skyrocketing petrol costs on wages that were already too low, with a mileage reimbursement that has not been reviewed since 2022. E tū is…
-
Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting must condemn illegal war – Peace Action Wellington
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins will land in Canberra for the third iteration of the Australia and New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ANZMIN) this week. “Winston Peters and Judith Collins along with…
