The NZ neoliberal experiment is melting down as enormity of energy crisis and climate dawns
The economy built on housing speculation, privatisation and cheap growth is colliding with climate chaos, energy shocks and public exhaustion.
Author: Martyn Bradbury
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Alpine Fault rupturing, war in Taiwan, Sovereign Credit & stopping Winston being PM: The 4 circumstance that would justify a National/Labour Grand Coalition
A catastrophic earthquake, war in the Pacific, economic collapse or Winston going full Farage. Are these the only scenarios where National and Labour unite?
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The lesson from UK Labour meltdown that NZ Labour must learn
UK Labour’s electoral punishment is a warning shot for New Zealand Labour: voters hammered by inequality want change, not managerial drift.
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MEDIAWATCH: Mike Hosking’s face has been so whitewashed in new ZB advert he looks like a KKK scrotum with botox
The new ZB advert has polished Mike Hosking so aggressively he looks less like a broadcaster and more like a haunted scented candle with opinions.
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MEDIAWATCH: Ummmm, Russian media is reporting on Chantelle Baker
When Russian media starts spotlighting Chantelle Baker, after billionaire-backed defamation crusades and anti-vax culture war politics, alarm bells should be screaming.
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NZ Fuel Supply Was Outsourced To The Free Market
New Zealand outsourced fuel security, hollowed out the state, and called it efficiency. Now the free market reality is arriving, and the poor will pay first.
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NZ Dairy Faces Its Precision Fermentation Reckoning
NZ dairy thinks political muscle can save it. But when synthetic milk powder becomes cheaper than the real thing, the market won’t care about farmer tears.
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Seymour overrules OIO advice to NOT sell three South Otago farms to foreign investors while attacking immigrants
Rich foreigners buying farms? Welcome in. Poor migrant workers overstaying visas? Bring in the political attack dogs. This isn’t policy, it’s hypocrisy.
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Pay Equity Rollback Taken To The UN
The Government thought it could kneecap pay equity, rob low-paid women workers, fund tax cuts, and move on. The unions clearly have other ideas.
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The Oligarchy rushes to donate to National, ACT and NZ First
The money is pouring into National, ACT and NZ First, and critics say it reveals exactly who this Government is really working for.
