Budget 2026 Guts Tertiary Education – Labour
More than $1 billion stripped from Fees Free. Student fees rising again. Shanan Halbert says Budget 2026 abandons the generation meant to build the future.
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Budget 2026 Leaves Pasifika Behind – Greens
Teanau Tuiono says Budget 2026 makes the Government’s priorities brutally clear: Pasifika wellbeing is cut while landlords, fossil fuels and military spending win.
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Southland Nitrate Contamination Needs Action Now
Southland does not need another three-year nitrate investigation while vulnerable drinking-water supplies sit at risk. Greenpeace says dairy pollution must be tackled now.
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Election 2026 Enrolment Countdown on TDB
TDB’s Election 2026 countdown is not an Electoral Commission ad. It is an independent media project to help readers enrol, vote and fight billionaire narratives.
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Mike Smith Climate Case Exposes Big Polluter Farce
They call it parliamentary sovereignty. Martyn calls it what it looks like: retrospective law to shield big polluters from a citizen using the courts.
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Shane Jones Weakens Oil Polluter Clean-up Liability
The culture war screams about trans people, Māori and vaccines. Meanwhile Shane Jones is making it easier for oil companies to leave taxpayers with the clean-up bill.
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The Bradbury Group Turns 1 Fighting Polluter Power
The Bradbury Group turns one because the old show was punished for saying the quiet parts out loud: Israel, think tanks, media power and big polluter influence.
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Budget 2026 Exposes This Hard-Right Government
Banks get a token levy. Public servants get the axe. State tenants get higher rents. Budget 2026 is not balance, it is class warfare dressed as discipline.
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RNZ Shake-up: Why Brent Impey Could Be Good for Public Radio
RNZ gets Brent Impey, Paul Thompson heads for the exit and Maiki Sherman’s fall still says plenty about political journalism. Martyn is not pretending to be neutral.
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Budget 2026 Austerity Is a Misery Budget
Workers First says Budget 2026 is a misery Budget: a crumbling house with fresh paint, built on cuts to students, women, disabled people and public servants.
