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NZFirst go full cooker against WHO
This is so cooked… NZ rejects WHO pandemic rule changes, aligning with ‘fringe’ RFK Jr New Zealand has formally rejected amendments to international health regulations, implemented by the World Health Organization following the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision, communicated to the WHO overnight Monday, makes New Zealand one of just 12 nations to reject the rules. Of these, seven said they…
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Economy is collapsing and ACT believe making it easier to buy booze is the solution???
Wait? WHAT! Government proposes sweeping changes to alcohol laws The Government has introduced a Bill aimed at reforming New Zealand’s…
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Ripping Chippy to pieces until he cried over his kids is the saddest day for NZ Journalism ever
The pack mentality of ripping Chris Hipkins to pieces until he cried over his children is one of the saddest…
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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…
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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.
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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?
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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…
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Funny That!
Back in April of 2019 Western media were falling over themselves in fits of apoplexy over this cartoon, by Portuguese…
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NZFirst go full cooker against WHO
This is so cooked… NZ rejects WHO pandemic rule changes, aligning with ‘fringe’ RFK Jr New Zealand has formally rejected amendments to international health regulations, implemented by the World Health Organization following the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision, communicated to the WHO overnight Monday, makes New Zealand one of just 12…
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Economy is collapsing and ACT believe making it easier to buy booze is the solution???
Wait? WHAT! Government proposes sweeping changes to alcohol laws The Government has introduced a Bill aimed at reforming New Zealand’s alcohol laws, saying the changes will reduce regulatory burdens on businesses and make the licensing system easier to navigate. Regulation Minister David Seymour and Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced…
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Ripping Chippy to pieces until he cried over his kids is the saddest day for NZ Journalism ever
The pack mentality of ripping Chris Hipkins to pieces until he cried over his children is one of the saddest days of Journalism in NZ. The new evidential threshold is now whatever someone alleges on social media. The Right Wing Hate Trolls who were pimping this smear are the same…
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How will allowing foreign millionaires buy $5 million mansions going to help Kiwis other than Luxon?
New policy allows foreign buyers to purchase $5 million homes. But will it help Kiwis or drive inequality and housing pressure?
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Why are we allowing America to encroach into our Realm while complaining about China?
Why is New Zealand allowing US expansion in the Pacific while warning about China? A look at defence, diplomacy and the Realm.
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Exploding beneficiary numbers and rising hunger – this is Old Zealand disintegrating
After crashing the economy by crushing the infrastructure pipeline in 2024 that Labour created causing enormous cascading job loses and…
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Nicola Willis 1pm Podium of Truth had all the bedside manner of a slow moving coma
She’s, ahhh. Not very good at this is she? Nicola Willis took over the 1pm Podium of Truth and as…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
