The Refinery We Demolished
How the Marsden Point refinery closure left NZ exposed as the Iran war drives petrol past $3/litre. What went wrong—and what comes next.
Guest Blogs & Sponsored Posts
Guest and sponsored opinion pieces published on The Daily Blog, offering diverse perspectives within clear editorial guidelines.
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Child poverty, social determinants of health, and the limits of balance sheet thinking
Child poverty in New Zealand is not inevitable — but it is driving rising health system demand and exposing the limits of balance sheet-driven policy.
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GUEST BLOG: More Than a Game
If Iran is barred from entering the United States for the World Cup, should New Zealand insist on playing elsewhere as a matter of principle? A guest blog on sport, politics, and moral leadership.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Class political warfare via employment law
In 1894 the new reforming Liberal government passed the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. It was recognised as landmark legislation…
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GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Humans Reject AI, Panquake Goes Viral Again
As AI discontent spreads, people-powered social network Panquake is perfectly positioned to give users what they need – at exactly…
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GUEST BLOG: Mick Hall – Five Eyes on Iran
Responses to the US-Israeli crime of aggression from member states of the US-led Five Eyes intelligence network place them among…
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GUEST BLOG: Class War: Leadership Counts
Guest Blog: Pat O’Dea argues New Zealand faces a stark choice between austerity and taxing wealth as poverty, housing insecurity and inequality deepen.
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GUEST BLOG – Seeby Woodhouse – The Discombobulator
When Maduro was captured 6 weeks ago, I didn’t write an article, because frankly it was a fairly depressing prospect…
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Guest Blog: Ian Powell – What do they know of balance sheets who only balance sheets know?
I’m a self-confessed ‘cricket nut’ or, as former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern once said of her finance minister Grant Robertson,…
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GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – RBNZ confessions
The Reserve Bank of NZ doesn’t decide what Money builds New Zealand doesn’t have a monetary policy problem. It has…
