OPEN MIC – MONDAY 1st JUNE 2026
TDB Open Mic is The Daily Blog’s community noticeboard. Each day, the Editor posts a new Open Mic message at…
Author: The Daily Blog
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Budget 2026 and the Managed Decline of New Zealand
The Alliance Party says Budget 2026 is managed decline in spreadsheet form: cuts to public services, more militarisation and nothing for working people.
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Budget 2026 Guts Tertiary Education – Labour
More than $1 billion stripped from Fees Free. Student fees rising again. Shanan Halbert says Budget 2026 abandons the generation meant to build the future.
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Budget 2026 Leaves Pasifika Behind – Greens
Teanau Tuiono says Budget 2026 makes the Government’s priorities brutally clear: Pasifika wellbeing is cut while landlords, fossil fuels and military spending win.
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Southland Nitrate Contamination Needs Action Now
Southland does not need another three-year nitrate investigation while vulnerable drinking-water supplies sit at risk. Greenpeace says dairy pollution must be tackled now.
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SUNDAY 31st MAY 2026 OPEN MIC
SUNDAY 31st MAY 2026 FACT OF THE DAY: Antarctica became a continent around 34 million years ago, after losing its…
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Political Caption Competition
Never a truer word said!
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Budget 2026 Austerity Is a Misery Budget
Workers First says Budget 2026 is a misery Budget: a crumbling house with fresh paint, built on cuts to students, women, disabled people and public servants.
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Military Spending Prioritised in Budget 2026
Budget 2026 finds billions for combat-ready armed forces while public services, housing, disability support and climate action are told to wait.
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Budget 2026 Fails Māori and Te Tiriti – Greens
Marama Davidson says Budget 2026 makes the Government’s priorities brutally clear: landlords, fossil fuels and military spending before Māori, whānau and taiao.
