Political Caption Competition
The resistance starts here

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
“We had fed the heart on fantasies,
The heart’s grown brutal from the fare,
More substance in our enmities
Than in our love; O honey-bees,
Come build in the empty house of the stare.”
Note: “stare” = old word for a starling
Epsom, the constituency that divided a country. Well done National and well done Seymour, you arrogant prick.
Jacinda would not have let NZ get into this situation
( From the Musical ‘ South Pacific.’)
Oh! there ain’t nuthin like a dame
to overcome resistance to royaltee!
Nuthin makes one ferget
Whatever one said
just a short time before
Like some baubles and trinkets
And a grandiose title
for meeeeeee!
What, sounds silly.