Beware of Stanford’s Education & Training (System Reform) Bill
Critics warn Erica Stanford’s Education & Training (System Reform) Bill centralises power, weakens teacher autonomy and risks long-term damage to NZ’s education system.
Election 2026
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Darkest Day In Decades For NZ Workers’ Rights As ERA Bill Passes – Workers First Union
Workers First Union slams the Employment Relations Amendment Bill as a historic rollback of worker protections, contractor rights and workplace justice in NZ.
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Employment Relations Amendment Bill a “Dark Day” for Workers – NZCTU
NZCTU says the Employment Relations Amendment Bill strips worker protections, enables contractor misclassification and weakens personal grievance rights.
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Get ready for many NZF mouth breathers yelling about one person one vote until they realise what Winston’s banning of Māori electorates will do
Debate intensifies over NZ First’s push to abolish Māori electorates. What would it mean for representation, the Māori Roll and Election 2026?
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Talley’s vs TVNZ: Is This NZ’s Biggest Free Speech Fight?
Talley’s appeals its defamation case against TVNZ, raising questions about corporate power, media freedom and the silence of the Free Speech Union.
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Food Prices Rise Fastest in Four Years, Says Labour
Labour says food prices are rising at the fastest rate in four years, criticising Christopher Luxon’s cost-of-living promises and new gas tax plans.
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Four possible outcomes of Election 2026
From a National–NZF–ACT coalition to a Labour–Green–Māori alliance, here are four realistic scenarios that could shape Election 2026.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Winston’s attack on Maori Electorates just as bad as David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Referendum
Winston Peters proposes a referendum to abolish the Māori electorates, reopening Treaty tensions and testing Luxon’s coalition stability.
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Extreme weather you say? What on earth could be causing that? Government won’t tell you
Floods in Waikato and Wellington expose the gap between climate science and Government policy, as Civil Defence funding is cut during escalating disasters.
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Mine e-waste for gold, not beautiful landscapes – Zero Waste New Zealand
New Zealand dumps 98% of its e-waste while fast-tracking new gold mines. Zero Waste Aotearoa says mine electronic waste, not fragile landscapes.
