Maiki Sherman had no choice but to resign – Ani O’Brien gets 2 for 4 as right wing political assassin
Maiki Sherman’s real mistake wasn’t what she said. It was letting the Government hold leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year.
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Maiki Sherman’s real mistake wasn’t what she said. It was letting the Government hold leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year.

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.

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.

Rich foreigners buying farms? Welcome in. Poor migrant workers overstaying visas? Bring in the political attack dogs. This isn’t policy, it’s hypocrisy.

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.

The money is pouring into National, ACT and NZ First, and critics say it reveals exactly who this Government is really working for.

National wants credit for rents going down. The ugly truth? Rents are softening because Kiwis are leaving, demand is collapsing, and the economy is bleeding.

The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.

Palantir’s critics warn of militarised AI, surveillance and “technofascism”. So why did National’s Auckland Central candidate work there?

A taxpayer-funded antisemitism report has ignited a bitter argument over free speech, Zionism and whether criticism of Israel is being deliberately conflated with racism.