Troy Bowker vs Sinead Boucher, is the oligarchy in action
When the rich can squeeze media they don’t like… is that business — or something else?

When the rich can squeeze media they don’t like… is that business — or something else?

If this is who National might run… what exactly are voters being asked to sign up for?

The Police Commissioner says nothing was hidden. The emails suggest otherwise — and the deeper this goes, the worse it looks.

NZ First’s rise isn’t random — it’s fuelled by anger, algorithms and culture war politics. The real question is who it destroys next.

Turns out the “recovery” wasn’t growth — it was a sugar hit. And now the crash is coming.
Celebrated overseas. Still attacked at home. Ardern’s legacy continues to divide — and resonate.

NZ First supporters aren’t just angry—they’re reshaping politics into something uglier. And if National wins, guess who gets the keys again?

Louis Theroux walks straight into the manosphere — and what he finds isn’t just toxic masculinity, but a cultural vacuum we helped create.
Trump swaggered into conflict pretending to be a strongman and stumbled out handing Iran leverage, chaos in the Gulf and a shudder through the global economy.

There was a moment to stand up. Instead, we got silence, deflection — and a missed chance the world would have noticed.