Hone Harawira on Te Tai Tokerau and Winston Peters
Hone Harawira is not standing in Te Tai Tokerau, but he is far from silent. He names who he backs, what the Government is destroying and why Winston Peters must be stopped.
Election 2026
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Barbara Edmonds on National’s Budget 2026 Failure
National says its Budget delivers recovery. Barbara Edmonds says working families, state tenants and public services are paying the price. Can Labour offer something better?
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English Tests for Workers, AI Job Cuts | War on News
Workers must prove their English. Millionaire investors do not. Public servants face AI cuts. Martyn Bradbury takes apart another week of government hypocrisy.
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Budget 2026 Cuts: The Abandonment Budget
State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. Banks get a token levy. Budget 2026 is not recovery, it is abandonment.
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Government Ignored Advice to Shield Big Polluters
Officials said do not intervene. Big Polluters wanted protection from Mike Smith’s court case. The Government went ahead and gave them exactly what they wanted.
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National Torches the Ministry for the Environment
National has abolished the Ministry for the Environment and folded nature’s voice into a development mega-ministry. It feels less like reform than an institutional bonfire.
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Budget 2026 Child Poverty Failure Exposed – NZCCSS
A Budget promising security leaves children in poverty exactly where they were. NZCCSS says vulnerable whānau have been abandoned again.
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Budget 2026: Where There’s A Willis There’s No Way
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.
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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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Budget 2026 Māori Funding Cuts: Labour Slams National
Nearly $100 million stripped from Te Puni Kōkiri, no new help for housing, jobs or hauora. Labour says this is Tama Potaka’s Budget legacy.
