From Tsunami of butter chicken to ICE ICE BABY: ACT out-redneck Winston on Immigration by proposing NZ ICE
ACT wants a NZ version of ICE. But is this policy, or a desperate bid to outflank Winston on immigration?

ACT wants a NZ version of ICE. But is this policy, or a desperate bid to outflank Winston on immigration?

New Zealand isn’t drifting apart by chance. Decades of economic policy and population pressure are tearing at the social fabric.

New Zealand wants to replace China with India, but what if we’re just swapping one problem for another?

New Zealand is ageing, fertility is falling, migration is doing the heavy lifting, and politicians are still pretending three-year thinking will fix it.

Calling migrants a “butter chicken tsunami” isn’t banter, it’s racialised politics dressed up as a joke, and Multicultural New Zealand is calling it out.

Labour says yes to the India free trade agreement—but warns the Government may be overselling a deal with serious long-term risks.

Shane Jones has turned criticism of a free trade deal into a race-baiting circus — and now Auckland is seeing anti-Indian backlash.

The golden visa New Zealand programme has brought in $3.39b in investment — but as foreign buyers return and Treasury warns of offshore debt, is economic sovereignty at risk?

As Aotearoa marks Waitangi 2026, this essay argues that Te Tiriti, co-governance and democratic values strengthen — not threaten — multiculturalism.
On 16 June last year, then-Finance Minister, Bill English attributed our growth to “other sectors” of the economy;