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.
Infrastructure
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Trucking Industry NZ: Heavier Trucks, Bigger Costs
Heavier trucks. Broken roads. Same lobby winning. If you think this is about efficiency, you’re missing who’s really paying the bill.
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The single problem with NZ is, we haven’t reformed away from the failed 1980’s neoliberal free market capitalism experiment
New Zealand’s 40-year neoliberal experiment has hollowed out the State, inflated housing bubbles and left us dangerously exposed to climate and economic collapse.
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The Truth about NZs little battler myth and why free market dynamics don’t work here
New Zealand isn’t a tiny battler — it’s a vast, sparsely populated nation built on State infrastructure, not free market fantasy.
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The horror of Sunfield and the naked corruption of NZ Politics against the poor
Flood plains. No transport. No sewage. No stormwater. Yet Sunfield was rammed through under fast-track powers. What does that look like to you?
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256% spike in weather events – your climate change denial is killing us
A 256% surge in extreme weather events isn’t some abstract warning anymore. Climate change is smashing infrastructure, driving up food and insurance costs and destabilising everyday life while politicians still refuse to confront the scale of the crisis.
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Flood protection funding cuts under Luxon
They say they’re investing in protection. The numbers say otherwise. Flood funding is down while the storms keep coming.
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The AMOC is collapsing, why that should concern you
We keep pretending each disaster is a one-off. It’s not. And if the AMOC collapses, “unprepared” won’t even begin to cover it.
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Former ECan Councillor & Alliance Candidate: National Report Confirms Known Failures In Water Management
We didn’t lose control of our water — we gave it away. The latest report just makes it official.
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It’s Time For Permanent, Free Public Transport
What if the cheapest way to deal with the fuel crisis… was to make public transport free?
