AI Is Already Damaging Beneficiaries In NZ
First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.

First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.

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.

Banks get a joke tax. Landlords keep their loot. Beneficiaries, students, tenants and public servants get the bill. Budget 2026 is class warfare with spreadsheets.

State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. The rich remain protected. This is not a recovery Budget, it is punishment with a sermon attached.

State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. Banks get a token levy. Budget 2026 is not recovery, it is abandonment.

State tenants face higher rents and the threat of being pushed back into the private market, while landlords pocket a $2.9 billion tax break. Vote like your home depends on it.

Jobseeker recipients now reapply every six months. MSD can now use automated systems for welfare decisions. Somehow the poorest are always first in line for State experiments.

Nicola Willis says State housing tenants have won Lotto. Funny, because most of them are still waiting for a safe roof and a Government that cares.

National has stopped pretending to be centrist. Six months before Election 2026, the cruelty is out in the open and the target is anyone too exhausted to fight back.

The Government is increasing rents, tightening housing support and criminalising homelessness while ministers claim thousands in housing allowances themselves.