Ending Fees Free Punishes Young New Zealanders
Student debt, impossible rents and collapsing home ownership aren’t accidents, they’re the economic architecture of modern New Zealand, and young people are paying for it.
Bernard Hickey
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The single problem with NZ is, we haven’t reformed away from the failed 1980’s neoliberal free market capitalism experiment
New Zealand’s 40-year neoliberal experiment has hollowed out the State, inflated housing bubbles and left us dangerously exposed to climate and economic collapse.
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Lesson for NZ from Iran War is our need to be electrified and not gas or oil reliant
The Iran war highlights New Zealand’s dangerous reliance on imported oil and the urgent need for electrification, EV adoption and renewable energy independence.
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Old Zealand vs New Zealand: The 2026 Election Divide
Election 2026 may be decided not by ideology — but by age. Is New Zealand slowly becoming “Old Zealand”? In…
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Gas isn’t the solution, proper regulation of our electricity market is
The Government’s LNG levy is likely to raise power bills and increase climate risk. The real solution? Proper regulation of New Zealand’s electricity market.
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Unemployment at 10-year high — Free Market Cheerleaders say relax
New Zealand’s unemployment rate has surged to its highest level in over a decade, but the Government and free-market cheerleaders…
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Once Upon a Time in Mainstream Media Fairytale Land…
You can feel mainstream media’s frustration with the news-vacuum created by the two week period necessary to count the approximately 384,072 (15% of total votes) Special Votes that were cast this election.
