National Eyes Nuclear-Free New Zealand Debate
National calls it a conversation. The rest of us should call it what it is: the first greasy step toward selling nuclear-free New Zealand.
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Budget 2026 Exposes This Hard-Right Government
Banks get a token levy. Public servants get the axe. State tenants get higher rents. Budget 2026 is not balance, it is class warfare dressed as discipline.
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Homeschooling Backdown Exposes NZ Politics’ Third Rail
There are more than 11,000 home-educated children and ERO reviewed just 10 families last year. Erica Stanford tried basic oversight, then discovered homeschooling is political kryptonite.
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Barbara Edmonds on National’s Budget 2026 Failure
National says its Budget delivers recovery. Barbara Edmonds says working families, state tenants and public services are paying the price. Can Labour offer something better?
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Budget 2026 Cuts: The Abandonment Budget
State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. Banks get a token levy. Budget 2026 is not recovery, it is abandonment.
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Government Ignored Advice to Shield Big Polluters
Officials said do not intervene. Big Polluters wanted protection from Mike Smith’s court case. The Government went ahead and gave them exactly what they wanted.
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National Torches the Ministry for the Environment
National has abolished the Ministry for the Environment and folded nature’s voice into a development mega-ministry. It feels less like reform than an institutional bonfire.
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Budget 2026 Child Poverty Failure Exposed – NZCCSS
A Budget promising security leaves children in poverty exactly where they were. NZCCSS says vulnerable whānau have been abandoned again.
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Budget 2026: Where There’s A Willis There’s No Way
Māori funding goes backwards while the wider Budget grows by billions. Te Pāti Māori says Nicola Willis has chosen war, prisons and the wealthy over whānau.
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Budget 2026 Child Poverty Targets at Risk
Treasury’s own numbers show child poverty targets slipping out of reach. The Greens say National has chosen to leave tamariki behind.
