Political Caption Competition
Spot Dolores Umbridge

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
“ What big teeth you have, Grandmothers…”
“ All the better to bite you with, dearies.”
Smiles on the faces of the hyenas.
“ Do as we say, not as we do.”
…… as though butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths…..
We two women have used every opportunity in life to turn a lemon into a lemonade, using life’s little problems as stepping stones, hoisting ourselves by walking on the heads of others so we don’t get our feet wet. That thing about ‘a rising tide lifting all boats’ is for losers, a soggy idea from the past.
Um – do you mean ‘Can I sell you a bridge’?
How could either we social welfare ministers when they failed dismally with their own relationships and failed marriages?