Free Dental Care NZ Would Cost Less Than Current System
How many more Kiwis need to suffer in pain before politicians admit dental care is healthcare? A new report says New Zealand can afford free dental care now.

How many more Kiwis need to suffer in pain before politicians admit dental care is healthcare? A new report says New Zealand can afford free dental care now.

The cruelty is the cost. Free dental care isn’t some wild luxury — it’s what happens when a country remembers mouths are part of bodies.

Labour’s support for the India free trade deal may secure the numbers — but opens the door for Winston’s race-baiting politics.

The Court of Appeal has delivered a blow to mining interests, protecting native forest from being handed to corporate extraction.

The Greens are sending a message in 2026. Māori representation isn’t symbolic, it’s central to the party’s vision for power.

Chris Penk on defence. Huhana on climate collapse. Hooton on National’s next leader. Plus Trump’s war on Iran and the TVNZ poll bombshell.

The numbers are shifting — and suddenly the left has real options. A four-party progressive government isn’t just theory anymore. The question now is what they’d actually do with it.

People are being evacuated. Homes are flooding. The Greens say the Government must activate Civil Defence payments now — no delays, no red tape.

They say they’re investing in protection. The numbers say otherwise. Flood funding is down while the storms keep coming.

The Greens aren’t just talking climate — they’re saying electrify everything or keep paying for global chaos at the pump and on your power bill.