Migrant Surcharge ‘Discriminatory’, Campaign Warns
A $6-a-day migrant surcharge won’t fix New Zealand’s infrastructure crisis, but critics say it will make vulnerable workers pay for decades of political failure.
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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?
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Neoliberal free market capitalism + lazy mass immigration policies = a collapse in NZ’s social cohesion
New Zealand isn’t drifting apart by chance. Decades of economic policy and population pressure are tearing at the social fabric.
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Is NZ jumping out of the Chinese fire and into the Indian frying pan?
New Zealand wants to replace China with India, but what if we’re just swapping one problem for another?
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New Zealand Population Strategy Needed Now
New Zealand is ageing, fertility is falling, migration is doing the heavy lifting, and politicians are still pretending three-year thinking will fix it.
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Shane Jones ‘Butter Chicken Tsunami’ Slammed
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.
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Labour backs India free trade agreement
Labour says yes to the India free trade agreement—but warns the Government may be overselling a deal with serious long-term risks.
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Does Matua Shane look like he’s ever met a butter chicken he didn’t love?
Shane Jones has turned criticism of a free trade deal into a race-baiting circus — and now Auckland is seeing anti-Indian backlash.
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Government cheerlead foreigners buying NZ Citizenship while treasury warn NZ’s economic sovereignty slipping away. Should we expel Peter Thiel?
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?
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Waitangi 2026 – Western Pakeha values + Māori Kaupapa are strong enough to welcome multi-culturalism not fear it
As Aotearoa marks Waitangi 2026, this essay argues that Te Tiriti, co-governance and democratic values strengthen — not threaten — multiculturalism.
