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The Hungry hungry Health Secretary

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
… Cream at Christmas is a treat, just like the oranges in the foot of our Christmas stockings were as children, and oranges, more common nowadays, still evoke magical memories for me. I have one poss Commerce Commission complaint lined up; last time I engaged with them it was by telephone, and they were pleasant to talk with back then.
Results?
I can’t afford NZ cream. Perhaps we can import it from Italy from where the supermarket gets tiramisu or Germany from where Pam’s gets cheesecakes to supermarkets according to the package, e&oe. Everything has a hole in it these days – complain to the Commerce Commission – cosily called ComCom – if you are lacking one, don’t be short-changed.
Ah, the old tiger moth days when folk went to church on Sundays and shared a hot roast afterwards were ever so much better than these days of codlin moths burrowing into bureaucratic heads rather than be part of Granny’s Apple Pie with cream.