Stagnate Unemployment rate burns youth – why does this Government hate Auckland so much?
The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.

The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.

The Government’s pay equity rollback is no longer just a domestic political fight, it’s now the subject of an international human rights complaint.

More Kiwis are out of work, wages are falling behind inflation and entire communities are being hit by closures. And Labour says National has no answer.

Cold flats. Empty fridges. Rising power bills. Student leaders say tertiary students are being abandoned during the worst cost-of-living crisis in years.

A $6-a-day migrant surcharge won’t fix New Zealand’s infrastructure crisis, but critics say it will make vulnerable workers pay for decades of political failure.

Oil prices are rising. Inflation fears are back. And New Zealand’s economy is staring down another global crisis. Nicola Willis explains the Government’s plan.

New Zealand isn’t drifting apart by chance. Decades of economic policy and population pressure are tearing at the social fabric.

Forget the culture wars, May Day is a reminder that class struggle is still the fight that matters most.

$230 for a school ball? Parents are pushing back, and asking when school events became luxury experiences.

Kiwis are paying $743 million a year in hidden transfer fees. Labour’s new Bill wants banks to finally show the real cost upfront.