Kapa-Kingi goes nuclear on Te Pāti Māori – Te Tai Tokerau now in play
A Māori electorate once expected to stay comfortably with Te Pāti Māori is suddenly wide open after Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s dramatic split and new party launch.

A Māori electorate once expected to stay comfortably with Te Pāti Māori is suddenly wide open after Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s dramatic split and new party launch.

Hūhana Lyndon says Te Tai Tokerau deserves leadership rooted in kaupapa, tino rangatiratanga and long-term commitment. Not election-cycle politics.

The Government owns the major power companies, yet thousands more households can’t afford to stay warm. The Greens say enough excuses, intervene before winter hits.

Young people can’t find work, can’t afford study and are leaving the country in record numbers, yet the Government is still cutting education support.

The push for larger council structures is raising fears that regional communities like the Coromandel will lose local voices and local control.

Young New Zealanders are leaving, unemployment is climbing, and the Government’s answer is to make tertiary education harder to afford.

Communities across the Coromandel spent generations protecting public conservation land. Now the Government wants to make selling it off easier.

The Government calls it modernisation. The Greens call it a bulldozer through public conservation land, and once it is gone, it is gone.

Luxon says he is preparing New Zealand for a rainy day. The climate experts say he has refused to buy the umbrella.

New Zealand farmers say local producers shouldn’t be forced to compete against cheaper imports produced under weaker animal welfare standards.