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New Zealand is entering another election being offered the same failed remedies for the very problems those remedies helped create….

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The Taxpayers’ Union has perfected the art of manufacturing fury around public sector payouts, but strip away the slogans and many of these so-called ‘golden handshakes’ turn out to be contractual obligations dressed up as scandal.

Thousands of sick New Zealanders are being quietly rejected before even reaching official hospital waiting lists, hiding the true scale of unmet healthcare need.

Ian Powell says escalating US sanctions against Cuba are driving a humanitarian crisis marked by rising infant mortality, blackouts and deepening poverty.

Behind every staffing shortage statistic is a whānau shattered, a burnt-out health worker, and a system failing people when they are most vulnerable.

The Iran conflict may be about to hit your supermarket bill. Fertiliser shortages, drought and collapsing crop economics are forming a dangerous global storm.

The Wellington floods weren’t just bad weather. They were a warning flare from a system still worshipping fossil fuels while the water rises.

Before the OIA, secrecy ruled. The Bill Sutch case shows why transparency still matters, especially now.