Waatea’s Weekend Political Podcast Te Kaupapa – with Kerrin Leoni, Tania Waikato and Te Pūoho Kātene alongside Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury
Join Kerrin Leoni, Tania Waikato and Te Pūoho Kātene alongside Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury The Daily Blog Editor.
Election 2026
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El Niño NZ: Govt Protects Big Polluters
El Niño could peak over New Zealand just as this Government guts the environment ministry and protects the polluters fuelling the crisis.
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A Principal’s Lament
Principals are being asked to carry the blame while losing the freedom to lead. That isn’t reform. That is control.
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Public Housing Rent Hikes Slammed By Advocates
The Government calls it fairness. Tenants will call it less food, less power and less fuel while landlords pocket the subsidy.
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Lying to mothers giving birth is probably as bad as it gets
Lying about maternity care is grotesque. New mothers were promised a right they do not yet have, and the Government calls it a mistake.
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Budget growth forecasts: even ZB isn’t buying it
The Government’s surplus fantasy relies on growth forecasts no one believes. When even ZB starts calling it fiction, the wheels are off.
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NZ Super: Younger Kiwis Should Be Furious
They got cheap houses, free education and the welfare state. Now propertied boomers want younger Kiwis to surrender NZ Super too.
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Roy Morgan Poll Shock: Labour Plunges, TOP Hits 6%
Labour has been warned for months. Now the Roy Morgan poll has delivered the punishment: a 7.5% plunge and TOP suddenly over 5%.
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Matthew Horncastle Billboard Meltdown In Christchurch
Christchurch has seen enough wreckage. Now Matthew Horncastle wants to add a glowing billboard of rich-man grievance to the skyline.
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Peter Thiel NZ Citizenship And Palantir’s AI War
New Zealand gave Peter Thiel citizenship after 12 days here. Now his war-tech empire helps power AI targeting. About that passport.
