New Zealand Military Spending Slammed as Dangerous
The Government says there’s no money for social needs, yet billions appear for war and military expansion. Peace Action Wellington says the priorities are grotesque.

The Government says there’s no money for social needs, yet billions appear for war and military expansion. Peace Action Wellington says the priorities are grotesque.

Palestinians are not a people waiting for pity. They are an indigenous people asserting history, identity and the right to liberation.

When families can’t afford food, power or rent, National’s answer is to cut the last bit of support keeping them afloat.

The Greens say National is balancing its Budget on the backs of public housing tenants, beneficiaries and disabled New Zealanders.

The Israel embassy’s new Wellington location is already provoking anger, political controversy and calls for diplomatic expulsion.

Greenpeace says nitrate contamination in Lumsden’s water supply has risen above the level associated with increased preterm birth risk.

The Government may have lost the public fight over the Treaty Principles Bill, but critics say it’s now dismantling te Tiriti protections quietly through changes buried across legislation.

The Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a brutal warning over the Government’s education reforms, and the Greens say Luxon can no longer hide the ideological agenda underneath them.

With petrol and diesel prices surging, Labour says National’s planned fuel excise increase would pile even more pressure onto families and businesses already stretched to breaking point.

Labour says the Coalition Government’s approach to te Tiriti and education reform is driving Māori-Crown relations into dangerous territory. With tamariki Māori paying the price.