What has happened to Kim Dotcom should be a national shame
Illegal spying, American pressure and political cowardice — the Kim Dotcom case remains a stain on New Zealand.
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MEDIAWATCH: Breakfast TV platformed NZ Initiative war pimp with zero challenge
Breakfast TV gave NZ Initiative hawks a free pass to push military alignment with America — with zero challenge.
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More Smoke and Mirrors from Erica Stanford
Erica Stanford says Year 8 maths is improving. The Ministry’s own numbers suggest the truth is more complicated.
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Labour’s Free Trade Capitulation highlights why you need Greens and Te Pāti Māori in the mix and not Winston
Labour’s support for the India free trade deal may secure the numbers — but opens the door for Winston’s race-baiting politics.
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So we are clear, a vote for National is a vote for Winston, so vote TOP instead
National’s collapse in the polls could make Winston kingmaker again — unless TOP breaks through.
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Suicide rates for prisoners should shame us, it won’t, but it should
Former prisoners are dying after release — and the system designed to rehabilitate them appears to look away.
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The Truth about NZs little battler myth and why free market dynamics don’t work here
New Zealand isn’t a tiny battler — it’s a vast, sparsely populated nation built on State infrastructure, not free market fantasy.
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History repeats in Iran
Before America and Israel preach democracy to Iran, they should remember who helped create the crisis.
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All economists were wrong again about inflation as Moody’s downgrades New Zealand’s financial outlook to negative
Inflation fears are rising, economists are backtracking, and Moody’s has put New Zealand’s economy on notice.
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This extreme weather will only get worse, there’s a point where the political spectrum shatters
A storm every eight days. At some point New Zealand won’t rebuild fast enough — and when that happens, politics changes forever.
