Political Caption Competition
When will these gang processions end?

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
Water is an invention of western civilisation*. Maori have no say in it.
*see especially pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “It is not possible to step twice into the same river “. Heraclitus was a distant relative of Nick Smith and here is discussing the idea of flux, in this case a “swimmable” river degrading into a “wadeable” one and thence into one that gives your legs gangrene. Nick and old Heraclitus had frequent discussions on the nature of reality and Nick misinterpreted the old man’s teaching by thinking that they meant reality didn’t exist and so you could say any old shit with impunity.
Rugged individualists demand state subsidies via unlimited access to water
The free gifts of nature belong to us
Climate change is a socialist conspiracy to steal our farms and grow soy beans for woke urban latte sippers with polysyllabic inclinations.
“Guys, I said a just transition to net zero, not just zero transition”. (James Shaw 2023)
“New Zealand is a modern democracy with a mature political culture” (Source: An even shorter history of New Zealand by Shrek the Sheep, ca 2004)
Don’t you mean – NZ is a modern democracy with a mutant political culture? (Source: probably arising from an obsessive consumption of tomato sauce.)
Cossacks on Masseys come to town.
Excellent!
Southland Volunteer Mounted Rifles mobilise against Maori aggression`(Source: National Archives on NZ: ca 1865)
Beneficiaries from Free Water reject Three Waters.
Signs of “Water Solutions” obscured by protesters.
Self-harming cockies seek greater mental health funding
Trac Power terrorizing the public again
Very calm and composed horse.
I want a procession of composting toilets around NZ so our pee and No.2s don’t pollute the natural cow and farm pollution in our rivers. Townies get back in your corner and stop blaming the good ol’ farmers.
Police confiscate gang tractors…
Redneck feral farmers come out in force.