Shane Te Pou – A warm night in Budapest, and a warning I can’t shake
It’s 8pm here in Budapest, 28 degrees, a lovely breeze coming off the river. I’m sitting down to write this…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Allan Alach – Why is the Taxpayers Union Influencing Education?
Words fail me. Recently the Social Sciences curriculum for Years 0 to 10 was released. If such an ideologically driven…
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Shane Te Pou – This Government doesn’t care about care givers!
I genuinely can’t think of a sector of our workforce that’s going to matter more over the next 20 years…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update – Trump administration decisions likely to weaken US influence in the Pacific
Recently the Trump administration made several decisions that will weaken America’s relationship with its Pacific allies and partners. The first,…
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Tim Selwyn – RMA bonfire and TPM’s tax plan
Two things grabbed me from parliament this week (26/08/2026). The RMA replacement and an announcement from Te Pati Maori. TPM’s…
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Shane Te Pou – Dear Deputy Prime Minister
I’m writing not as a critic for the sake of it, but as someone who has spent a working life…
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Shane Te Pou – When I was a kid growing up in Kawerau, my old man had a line he’d trot out most weekends. “I’m just going to go have a talk to my mates.”
When I was a kid growing up in Kawerau, my old man had a line he’d trot out most weekends….
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Shane Te Pou – One man, one board, one newsroom and no one at the wheel
A lot of people will know by now that I’ve turned into a bit of a digital nomad in my…
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Luxon caucus vote: minute by minute
12 August 2026 9:06am Inbox ping: Bryce EdwAIrds this morning: And then there is John Key. Reported to be hitting…
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Shane Te Pou – Why we must nationalise Early Childhood Education
Back in August 2023, when the birth rate numbers were first raising eyebrows, I wrote a column about the privatisation…
