Govt asleep at the wheel as fuel crisis bites
If the fuel crisis gets worse, what exactly is the Government’s plan? Labour says Luxon still can’t answer the one question New Zealanders deserve answered.

If the fuel crisis gets worse, what exactly is the Government’s plan? Labour says Luxon still can’t answer the one question New Zealanders deserve answered.

Winston Peters was in the room just before Trump backed down. Imagine if New Zealand had used that moment to speak with principle instead of crawling.

Same voices. Same outrage. Same targets. Why does every Taxpayers’ Union campaign seem to land on Māori?

Sandra Grey is giving the union movement something it has lacked for years: urgency, clarity and political bite. And with the fuel crisis escalating, that matters.
We built Fonterra to protect New Zealand. Now it’s selling off the future and telling us to be grateful for the payout.

If justice depends on what you can afford, it isn’t justice. And New Zealand is getting dangerously close to that line.

We keep pretending each disaster is a one-off. It’s not. And if the AMOC collapses, “unprepared” won’t even begin to cover it.

ACT dress it up in ideology. NZ First weaponise resentment with a grin. And now Taine Randell has decided that’s the wagon worth hitching himself to.

It’s hovering near 5%. That’s all it takes. The Opportunity Party could go from political footnote to kingmaker — if the ripple becomes a wave.

A war spirals, storms hit harder, and fuel prices keep climbing — so where’s the leadership? This week’s Bradbury Group pulls no punches as politicians and commentators clash over who’s really paying the price.