Capitalism Is Failing Tairāwhiti Youth
One in three young people in Gisborne are distressed, and no amount of resilience talk can hide the deeper failure: poverty, alienation and capitalism.

One in three young people in Gisborne are distressed, and no amount of resilience talk can hide the deeper failure: poverty, alienation and capitalism.

The push for larger council structures is raising fears that regional communities like the Coromandel will lose local voices and local control.

The Global Sumud Flotilla says governments can no longer hide behind statements while activists are detained, abused and abducted in international waters.

The Climate Commission says New Zealand faces escalating climate risks. Greenpeace says the oversized dairy herd is helping drive the crisis.

A degraded 20-year-old part nearly triggered a maritime catastrophe in Cook Strait, and the Maritime Union says the Government is still cutting safety capability.

Communities across the Coromandel spent generations protecting public conservation land. Now the Government wants to make selling it off easier.

The Government didn’t just cancel pay equity claims. It cancelled justice for more than 180,000 workers, and now the United Nations is being asked to look.

The Government can spin the numbers however it likes. But 163,000 people unemployed and 406,000 underutilised is not recovery. It is warning sirens.

TOP has finally dropped the tax grenade both major parties are too terrified to touch: stop rewarding property speculation and start investing in people.

The Government’s pay equity rollback is no longer just a domestic political fight, it’s now the subject of an international human rights complaint.