New Poll and the danger for NZ First of Winston’s mortality
Latest Stuff poll shows NZ First rising to 11%, but Winston Peters’ age raises long-term questions about the party’s future and Election 2026 stability.

Latest Stuff poll shows NZ First rising to 11%, but Winston Peters’ age raises long-term questions about the party’s future and Election 2026 stability.

From a National–NZF–ACT coalition to a Labour–Green–Māori alliance, here are four realistic scenarios that could shape Election 2026.

As Labour weakens and NZ First gains leverage, the Greens face a stark choice that could determine the shape of New Zealand’s next government.

Rising unemployment, collapsing public services, and growing inequality expose New Zealand as a failed privatisation experiment — and raise hard questions for the Left.

Waitangi Day should be about accountability, power, and honouring Te Tiriti. In 2026, it became something else entirely. As a…

A new Member’s Bill introduced by Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono seeks to fundamentally reshape how Aotearoa protects whales, proposing…

For more than three decades, I’ve covered New Zealand politics up close — elections won and lost, movements built and…

The power of Unity can overcome. Why Labour and Green unity at Waitangi mattered It was an important message that…

As the 2026 election tightens, the Greens face a challenge that has nothing to do with policy and everything to…

The Greens say unemployment at 5.4% is a tragedy for families, warning the National–ACT–NZ First Government is failing workers and communities.