Science Funding Decline Exposed in Budget 2026
New Zealand says it wants productivity, innovation and growth. Then Budget 2026 leaves science funding sliding toward half the level researchers say we need.
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Plunket Funding Promise Forgotten in Budget 26
They promised to fund Plunket properly. Then Budget 26 arrived, and the nurses caring for our newborn babies were left waiting again.
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Govt Misled Mothers on Postnatal Stays: Labour
New mothers were told three-day postnatal stays were here. Labour says the Government’s own plan shows many will wait years.
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Smith v Fonterra: Big Polluters Dodged Democracy
Private emails, hidden lobbying and big polluters trying to dodge Smith v Fonterra. This is what corporate influence looks like.
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Matthew Horncastle Billboard Meltdown In Christchurch
Christchurch has seen enough wreckage. Now Matthew Horncastle wants to add a glowing billboard of rich-man grievance to the skyline.
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Peter Thiel NZ Citizenship And Palantir’s AI War
New Zealand gave Peter Thiel citizenship after 12 days here. Now his war-tech empire helps power AI targeting. About that passport.
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The Bradbury Group: Marama Davidson And Mike Smith
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National Eyes Nuclear-Free New Zealand Debate
National calls it a conversation. The rest of us should call it what it is: the first greasy step toward selling nuclear-free New Zealand.
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Hegseth’s NZ Insult Proves We Need An Independent Foreign Policy
Pete Hegseth’s insult should not make New Zealand kneel harder. It should make us stand up, fund independence and stop outsourcing sovereignty.
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AI Is Already Damaging Beneficiaries In NZ
First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.
