Budget growth forecasts: even ZB isn’t buying it
The Government’s surplus fantasy relies on growth forecasts no one believes. When even ZB starts calling it fiction, the wheels are off.
Author: Martyn Bradbury
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NZ Super: Younger Kiwis Should Be Furious
They got cheap houses, free education and the welfare state. Now propertied boomers want younger Kiwis to surrender NZ Super too.
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Move-on Powers: Govt Ignored Homelessness Warnings
Police, Justice, Corrections, MSD, Oranga Tamariki and Treasury warned them. The Government pushed ahead with move-on powers anyway.
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Govt Misled Mothers on Postnatal Stays: Labour
New mothers were told three-day postnatal stays were here. Labour says the Government’s own plan shows many will wait years.
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Roy Morgan Poll Shock: Labour Plunges, TOP Hits 6%
Labour has been warned for months. Now the Roy Morgan poll has delivered the punishment: a 7.5% plunge and TOP suddenly over 5%.
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Smith v Fonterra: Big Polluters Dodged Democracy
Private emails, hidden lobbying and big polluters trying to dodge Smith v Fonterra. This is what corporate influence looks like.
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Matthew Horncastle Billboard Meltdown In Christchurch
Christchurch has seen enough wreckage. Now Matthew Horncastle wants to add a glowing billboard of rich-man grievance to the skyline.
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Peter Thiel NZ Citizenship And Palantir’s AI War
New Zealand gave Peter Thiel citizenship after 12 days here. Now his war-tech empire helps power AI targeting. About that passport.
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National Eyes Nuclear-Free New Zealand Debate
National calls it a conversation. The rest of us should call it what it is: the first greasy step toward selling nuclear-free New Zealand.
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Hegseth’s NZ Insult Proves We Need An Independent Foreign Policy
Pete Hegseth’s insult should not make New Zealand kneel harder. It should make us stand up, fund independence and stop outsourcing sovereignty.
