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Cruelty of a Redress Bill that protects the State and not those abused by the State
It is sick that the Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill passed its 3rd reading last night with such little media attention. Despite the Royal Inquiry into the despicable historical abuse of 200 000 kids in State care specifically demanding an independent panel to decide compensation, the Government instead have made their apology hollow by setting up a State…
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Do NZFirst Hate Trolls understand what a limousine is?
Oh. This. Is. Glorious! Shane Jones refuses to confirm if hotel was three-minute walk from Toronto mining conference Resources Minister…
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Don’t let Winston fool you – the War on Workers he’s enabling continues
Pike River families rally against overhaul of workplace safety laws Family members of those killed in the Pike River Mine…
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Helen Clark Foundation warns of political polarisation thanks to the Property Pimps
NZ is a Government of the Landlords, for the Landlords, ruling in the interests of Landlords. The Helen Clark Foundation…
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The Government of Orcs Want to Sell Our Precious Conservation Lands
I’m sure you are well aware of the bill going through the parliament process that will allow the government to sell identified ‘low value’ parts of our conservation estate. ‘Bibs and bobs’, according to the Minister of Conservation (that’s an…
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We Warned You About Erica Stanford
Many articles have been written about the nefarious deeds of Erica Stanford, and her take over of education, based on…
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BEN MORGAN: Ukraine’s plan is working – What next?
When he took command of Ukraine’s military in early 2024, General Oleksandr Syrski stated his plan to defeat Russia. It…
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Police pay $10,000 in compensation to PSNA Campaign Co-ordinator John Minto
The non-confidential payout received this week follows negotiations after last year’s IPCA (Independent Police Conduct Authority) report finding that police…
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Based on 4 polls, latest: 23 June 2026
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Helen Clark Foundation warns of political polarisation thanks to the Property Pimps
NZ is a Government of the Landlords, for the Landlords, ruling in the interests of Landlords. The Helen Clark Foundation warns of political polarisation thanks to the Property Pimps… ‘Defining axis of social division’: How politics is feeding our housing crisis Political flip-flops and kowtowing to the homeowner voting bloc…
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Making Billionaires pay for the society that built them is righteous not envy
The Right scream ‘Envy’ at Green Party proposals to tax the mega wealthy. The Greens will Introduce a 2.5 percent tax on the net assets of the super-rich above $10 million. There will be an exemption for family homes. They will Implement a Capital Acquisitions Tax on assets and gifts…
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What happens politically when El Niño peaks over NZ this Summer?
Our climate denial is no longer sustainable… Costs of not adapting to climate change will rise along with sea levels – scientist Earlier this week homes on the Wellington coast saw eleven metre swells knocking at their doors, while a new study revealed that Wellington’s one-in-100-year coastal floods have become…
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TVNZ Poll Shock: Winners, Losers + Predictions
Boom! Roy Morgan predicted the Labour crash and TOP rise in their last under-reported poll so this TVNZ Poll predicting a change of Government has come as a surprise to some pundits. Interestingly internal polling is showing Labour at 36 and National dipping lower into the 20s than the TVNZ…
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Keir Starmer’s fate vs Chippy’s Green Party refusal – a warning to Labour
As the NZ Labour Party struggles to shake off the Incremental Wellington Mandarins, there are lessons for them in Keir Starmer’s demise. Labour’s immediate writing off of the Greens well thought out Tax policy is all fine and dandy, Labour are trying to win over soft National voters appalled at…
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By leaning into Economic Justice Solidarity, Greens overcome Social Justice Alienation
I don’t give 3 shits that there was a mistake in the Greens budget. It was rectified within 24 hours and the message is still the same – TAX THE FUCKING RICH! I believe this may be the last chance in NZ to reset the rigged and corrupt tax system…
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Disabled community surprised Government seems to hate them
The Disabled Community might start suspecting that this Government seems to hate them… Total Mobility subsidy cut leaves Bay of…
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ACT + National freak out over Greens taxing Billionaires
National Party leader Christopher Luxon has hit out at the Green Party’s latest tax proposal targeting “the super-rich and mega-corporates”,…
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Keir Starmer a cold fish wet blanket jellyfish who manufactured antisemitism and betrayed Labour’s values by being incremental
Sir Keir Starmer announces resignation as UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as UK Prime Minister…
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Bishop Brian Tamaki and which house of worship would Jesus burn?
Hindu Board of NZ urges police to take action against Destiny Church’s Brian Tamaki over incendiary post Hindu leaders are…
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Why would Israel need to kill a turtle sanctuary ecologist?
There are moments in Israel’s disproportional violence that you flinch and turn away at the ugliness. I’ve seen the IDF…
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MEDIAWATCH: Why Hooton leaving NZME is an enormous blow to alt-Right Canadian Billionaire Jim Grenon
One of the impacts of Hooton’s appointment to the editorship of The Post is that it is an enormous blow to alt-Right Canadian Billionaire Jim Grenon. Hooton was the main reason for subscriptions to the Herald, with him and Simon…
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MEDIAWATCH: RNZs new website finally looks like a news site instead of a middle class lounge room in Pt Chev
Finally! RNZs new website finally makes them look like a news site instead of a middle class lounge room in Pt Chev. Which matters because instead of wanky aesthetics, RNZ should be about the news above all. The failure of…
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The Bradbury Group with Labour Leader Chris Hipkins, NZCTU President Sandra Grey + Political Panel – Matthew Hooton, Fran O’Sullivan + Max Harris
A Marxist, the Police Minister, the Leader of Labour, the President of NZ Trade Unions, the NZME Business Editor, the Labour Candidate for Tamaki and the new Editor of the Post all walk into a bar. The barman looks up…
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Media Council roasts free speech champion Ani O’Brien over demands for censorship of Trolling claims
Wow. How magical is this week becoming? Greens announce the best taxation policy in NZ history. National and NZFirst and ACT started turning on each other. And the Media Council roasted free speech champion Ani O’Brien over her demands for…
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#Clip: My Final Word: Trump Claimed Victory 17 Times — Then Surrendered
This week, Martyn examines the aftermath of the Iran conflict and asks a simple question: what was actually achieved? After more than 100 days of war, thousands dead, global economic disruption, and repeated claims of victory, the conflict appears to…
TDB: Left News
- Shane Jones faces person dressed as Grim Reaper outside environment conference
- Public to get their say on changes to Wellington rates
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- Controversial clause in Conservation Amendment Bill that allows sale of conservation land to be removed
- Peters slams India FTA, claims restrictive immigration policy 'targets India'
- Abuse in care redress legislation passes final reading in Parliament
- 'Pipes and pumps' option halts South Dunedin flood plans
- What would National's solar scheme offer that we can't currently get?
- National promises homeowners low-cost loans to install solar power
- Wellington City Council appoint expert to review cost of Central Library website
- Thursday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Luxon 'constantly underwhelmed' by slow AI uptake in NZ businesses
- Wednesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Tuesday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Monday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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Bernard's Chorus: Why so relaxed Minister?
- Saturday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
- Friday's Early Bird: Scoops, my Picks n' Mixes & Front Pages
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The Weekly Hoon: Calling for a new RONS' suspension; Golden Mile decision; Religion's role in the Ukraine war;
- Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
- Chris Hedges: America’s Suicide Pact
- Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Condemn West Bank Land Sales
- The Unraveling of Nehru’s Vision for India
- The Democratic Candidate Closely Tied to Crypto and Big Tech
- An ICE Surveillance Vendor Is Misleading the Public
- Palestine Action Barrister Wins Appeal in UK Contempt Case
- Taking a Good, Long Look Into Elon Musk and “Muskism”
- Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response
- Disney Is Encouraging and Exploiting the Rise of “Kidults”
- Want the hard numbers? Here’s the budget at a glance
- What made my jaw drop and eyes pop this budget? The ‘Mad Max’ scenario
- What secret budget items are ‘not for publication’?
- E-bikes and strawberries: The weirdest things we spotted in the budget
- Labor has a spending addiction. But at least it’s shaking off some timidity
- Finally, some changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. They may not be enough to shift the dial on housing
- This budget, Labor grapples with the politics of pain in a world gone populist
- PATRICK LAWRENCE: Epic Desperation
- Israel Accuses The New York Times Of Antisemitic Journalism, And Other Notes
- Labor’s gambling plan snuck out on budget day, ANU gets framed, and Julie goes jogging
- Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
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Liberal Agenda
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FINALLY a Free Speech Debate that doesn’t include the hopelessly compromised Free Speech Union
Comrades, tickets are running out fast for the Keith Locke Memorial debate on Free Speech! It’s on Thursday next week,…
Daily Gallery
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Open Mic – THURSDAY 25th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: The muscles responsible for blinking your eyes (the orbicularis oculi) are the fastest muscles in your body. POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established,…
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In Occupied Palestine – 22 June 2026
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land Sanction Israel Gaza‘s growing death, injury and sickness 08:00, 22 June 2025 until 08:00, 23 June 2026 In Gaza, during the past 24 hours…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Health target politics versus clinical prioritisation
It isn’t often that smaller provincial newspapers break revealing health stories. They struggle with fewer resources to call upon and…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When opportunity knocks for the Opportunity Party?
Opportunity Knocks’ is a British television and radio talent show that first began in 1949. It provided a platform to…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Two different tales of avoidable hospital bed-blocking
Through necessity bed-blocking is a term that of is increasingly being used by those working in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hypocrisy of Free Speech Union opposing free speech in practice
With some origins in ‘Athenian democracy’ free speech is one of the noblest rights which people have struggled for and…
The Bradbury Group
Qiulae Wong & Victor Billot join us as 33,000 homeless children expose the Budget’s broken promise
TOP Leader Qiulae Wong, fresh off a 6% Roy Morgan surge, and Alliance Leader Victor Billot join us, to take on the economy, the Left’s political strategy, and the global rise of the far right. Plus, the panel: Matthew Hooton, Maria Slade and Simon Wilson, tears into the real numbers behind the Budget: 33,000 homeless children, company liquidations at an 11-year high, the war on Māori local government representation, and what Labour’s list versus NZ First’s candidate strategy actually means for the next election. It’s a big night. Don’t miss it.
Raw News
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Peters Will Betray Workers Again – He Can’t Be Trusted – PSA
Winston Peters has betrayed workers before, and he is about to do it again by voting to make workplaces less safe warns the PSA. Parliament is about debate critical changes to workplace safety laws with the Second Reading of the…
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Control Of Teaching Council One More Step In Highly Disturbing Trend – PPTA, NZNO, NZEI, TEU, NZNO, PSA
The passing of law tonight that bans all elected representatives from the Teaching Council – and gives the Minister of Education total control over appointments – is another step in a highly disturbing and unprecedented level of political interference in…
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New map highlights mining threat associated with controversial Conservation Amendment Bill – Greenpeace
Greenpeace has launched an interactive online map exposing the overlap between known deposits of minerals the Government has deemed “critical” and the public conservation land that would be easier to sell off and exploit under the Government’s Conservation Amendment Bill….
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National Refuses To Rule Out Public Safety Cuts – Labour
National is slashing thousands of public service jobs and is refusing to come clean about exactly who is on the chopping block. “If ministers are so confident these cuts won’t affect frontline services, why won’t they guarantee it?” Labour public…
