Budget 2026 Child Poverty Targets at Risk
Treasury’s own numbers show child poverty targets slipping out of reach. The Greens say National has chosen to leave tamariki behind.
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How Zohran Mamdani Is Winning And What Labour Must Learn
While centrists manage decline, Zohran Mamdani is rolling out public supermarkets, confronting monopoly power and giving working people something Labour forgot how to offer: hope.
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Temporary Additional Support Cuts Hit Vulnerable Kiwis
When families can’t afford food, power or rent, National’s answer is to cut the last bit of support keeping them afloat.
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Labour Bill Targets Rental Energy Costs With Curtain Rule
Labour wants landlords to provide curtains in rental homes, arguing the move could slash heating costs for struggling renters.
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Labour Slams National’s Social Housing Cuts
Labour says National is forcing vulnerable social housing tenants to pay for Budget savings through higher rents and reduced support.
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Labour Warns Willis Cuts Could Cost 10,000 Jobs
Labour warns Nicola Willis’ planned public sector cuts could devastate regional economies while making public services slower and weaker.
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CTU Slams Willis Over Public Service Cuts
The CTU says Nicola Willis is pushing reckless austerity cuts while gambling on AI and consultants to replace public sector workers.
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Of course Erica is right – we need more babies!
New Zealand panics about immigration while making it economically impossible for working people to have kids. Erica Stanford’s comments touched a nerve because nobody wants to admit the system is broken.
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Labour Vows To Scrap Fuel Excise Increase
With petrol and diesel prices surging, Labour says National’s planned fuel excise increase would pile even more pressure onto families and businesses already stretched to breaking point.
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Why Oil Prices Could Hit $200 a Barrel Soon
New Zealand may still get fuel supplies, but escalating Middle East conflict could soon send petrol prices into economic shock territory.
