Political Caption Competition
CB: “I’m here to meet the new Hamilton-West MP, can you grab me a gin and tonic cheers.”
TP: “….”
CB: “I’m here to meet the new Hamilton-West MP, can you grab me a gin and tonic cheers.”
TP: “….”

1-on-1 in 10 Interview – Salvation Army State of the Nation Report Salvation Army Social Policy & Parliamentary Unit Director…

From a National–NZF–ACT coalition to a Labour–Green–Māori alliance, here are four realistic scenarios that could shape Election 2026.

Winston Peters proposes a referendum to abolish the Māori electorates, reopening Treaty tensions and testing Luxon’s coalition stability.

Floods in Waikato and Wellington expose the gap between climate science and Government policy, as Civil Defence funding is cut during escalating disasters.

It is painful. It is infuriating. And it forces victims and the nation to endure trauma once again. But…

I don’t need to carry in KFC and pretend to care when it’s not a climate event
Have a think about your contribution to the Gloom Hill Recipe Book. I’ll probably do sausage rolls.
Gloom Hill – magic!
Just don’t go chasing ladies over Parliament grounds after dark like Roger the Cur used to, hands out of pockets at Question Time, and keep your sausage roll under your desk.
My aged parent might be a secret leftie the stuff he eats and drinks but we keep quiet about it.
What you need to know is that alcohol is the accepted drink here, and we have a mania for sausage rolls (the sort you eat haha) at moment and we always follow trend-setters, so if you fit in you’ll be jake.
I assume you know that Bellamy’s doesn’t do sausage rolls. Water’s dodgy too. Other things.
If you ID pronto as a Maori woman, Marama might just leave your land alone and free to eat W’s PC chocolate and sausage rolls.
My Dad would eat the shirt off your back he’s that hungry.
Talking of sausage rolls, got any decent plonk ?
Petrol stations here sell vegan sausage rolls? Just asking for a hungry fatty-headed relation.
I wonder if you’ve got any relatives who you deny being related to just like me?
Dad wants to know if your petrol stations sell hot sausage rolls.
That bastard Hipkins gave all the sausages rolls to the sausage-fingered King of England.
Any chance of a hot sausage roll? My hungry old dad drives all over Wellington searching for them.
Do your nephews call you Tom?
“Boy have i got a deal for you.”
” Thanks CB for spending a couple of hundred thousand of Nationals donations war chest on advertising on the Stuff website for me. And who said you can’t buy an election?”
CB.. Gurav Sharma who?