Budget 2026 Exposes Luxon’s Climate Plan Trashfire
Luxon says he is committed to New Zealand’s Paris climate target. Budget 2026 shows no plan to meet it and no honest accounting for the potentially massive bill.

Luxon says he is committed to New Zealand’s Paris climate target. Budget 2026 shows no plan to meet it and no honest accounting for the potentially massive bill.

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.

Speak English if you are a migrant worker. Bring millions if you want a mansion. National’s immigration priorities could not be clearer.

David Seymour wants fewer bureaucrats, except in his own Ministry for Regulation. Its staff numbers are now four times larger than the agency it replaced.

Private companies sought protection from climate lawsuits. The public found out through court action, not the Prime Minister’s Office. Labour says Luxon now owes New Zealand an explanation.

Fonterra and Z Energy wanted protection from climate lawsuits. Luxon’s Government moved to give it to them. Now the Greens want an inquiry into who knew what.

John Campbell asks why big polluters appear to be getting the law rewritten in their favour, and Luxon responds with a warning. That alone tells you how rotten this looks.

Mike Smith won the right to take major emitters to court. Now Luxon’s Government is changing the law before the evidence can be heard.

Luxon said Winston Peters mischaracterised him on Iran. Now his own office says the evidence doesn’t exist. That is not a footnote, it is the story.

The Mongrel Mob meth rehabilitation programme worked. But in New Zealand, looking tough on gangs matters more than reducing addiction.