The two reasons why Government’s fuel crisis response is a pantomime
Fuel stocks are falling, global supply is tightening — and the Government is still performing for the cameras instead of preparing for impact.

Fuel stocks are falling, global supply is tightening — and the Government is still performing for the cameras instead of preparing for impact.

If this is the campaign rollout, it’s not discipline — it’s noise. And voters tend to tune that out fast.

Petrol up. Diesel soaring. Everything else follows. For households already stretched, this isn’t pressure — it’s breaking point.

If Luxon falls, it won’t stabilise National — it could detonate the whole political cycle.

When disaster hits, it’s not politicians on the frontline — it’s marae. The question is why we’re still not funding them like it.

Luxon promised fewer jobseekers. Instead, tens of thousands more Kiwis are out of work — and the numbers are still climbing.

When Ministers praise “resilience”, are they applauding communities — or quietly preparing us to expect less help when climate disasters hit?

We tax wages. We tax spending. But wealth? Not so much. The CTU says that imbalance can’t survive another election cycle.

If the fuel crisis gets worse, what exactly is the Government’s plan? Labour says Luxon still can’t answer the one question New Zealanders deserve answered.

Trump’s geopolitical madness won’t stay in the Middle East. It’s coming for your groceries, your mortgage, your job and every excuse this Government makes for staying silent.