Marine Policy Forum NZ: united front on ocean protection
Environmental groups and politicians unite on ocean protection — but the Minister driving controversial reforms didn’t even show.

Environmental groups and politicians unite on ocean protection — but the Minister driving controversial reforms didn’t even show.

Petrol up. Diesel soaring. Everything else follows. For households already stretched, this isn’t pressure — it’s breaking point.

If Luxon falls, it won’t stabilise National — it could detonate the whole political cycle.

You can’t “look through” 7.5% inflation. If it lands, something breaks — and it won’t be the theory.
A law that solves nothing. A culture war that solves everything — for politicians who need one.

If education reform sidelines Te Tiriti, it’s not reform — it’s regression. The Tribunal hearings could force that truth into the open.

Luxon promised fewer jobseekers. Instead, tens of thousands more Kiwis are out of work — and the numbers are still climbing.

When dolphins become political, you know it’s serious. Environmental groups are forcing ocean policy onto the election agenda — whether politicians like it or not.

We tax wages. We tax spending. But wealth? Not so much. The CTU says that imbalance can’t survive another election cycle.

If the Government’s numbers are six days old, what’s the real diesel level today? Te Pāti Māori say we may already be past the point they’re admitting.