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.
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Letter to the editor – Bill English admits immigration driving economy
On 16 June last year, then-Finance Minister, Bill English attributed our growth to “other sectors” of the economy;
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Far Right Think Tank says immigration in NZ is ok
The NZ Institute, a far right think tank, is desperately trying to keep neoliberal globalisation as NZs default settings. After 30 years of the neoliberal experiment in NZ, the NZ Institute needs to keep the myths and lies alive that the free market is the only market.
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GUEST BLOG: Alan Johnson – Calling our immigration policy for what it is
The National Government has done a great job at silencing criticism of immigration from the liberal-left. Until recently any mention of concern over the deluge of migrants coming into the country under various guises has been greeted with claims that critics are zenophobic or even racist.
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Greens do massive U-turn on immigration – and why they are right to do so
The only winners here are the greedy exploitative bosses and a Government needing cheap immigration to keep the economy afloat.
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So now we know why the Government suddenly tightened immigration rules
…the Government would have known that this was about to break and so rushed around to implement a needlessly vile element of the immigration policy and cut migrants off from their families.
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60% Of Migrants Not On Skill-Shortages List – Why John Key REALLY Wants More Immigration
About a month ago, I lodged an Official Information Act request with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The object of my inquiry was to attempt to discover just how many of the people applying for New Zealand Residency were actually on the long-term skill shortages list.
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National and the Reserve Bank – at War!
Open warfare has broken out between the National regime and the Reserve Bank. Recent media statements indicate that we are seeing an increasingly bitter war-of-words; a battle of wills, taking place over the growing housing crisis.
