Ending Fees Free Punishes Young New Zealanders
Student debt, impossible rents and collapsing home ownership aren’t accidents, they’re the economic architecture of modern New Zealand, and young people are paying for it.

Student debt, impossible rents and collapsing home ownership aren’t accidents, they’re the economic architecture of modern New Zealand, and young people are paying for it.

For 40 years US war planners warned attacking Iran would trigger economic chaos, regional war and humanitarian catastrophe. Trump ignored all of it, and now the world may pay the price.
Trump says Iran is broken. The CIA reportedly says otherwise. If Tehran still holds most of its missile stockpile and can survive months of blockade, this war may be entering its most dangerous phase.

Moana Maniapoto didn’t let Winston Peters dance away in fog and fury. She held the line. And exposed how thin the old magic has become.
Luxon says his Singapore trip secured New Zealand’s fuel future. The problem is nobody can guarantee what that fuel will actually cost.

The economy built on housing speculation, privatisation and cheap growth is colliding with climate chaos, energy shocks and public exhaustion.

A catastrophic earthquake, war in the Pacific, economic collapse or Winston going full Farage. Are these the only scenarios where National and Labour unite?

UK Labour’s electoral punishment is a warning shot for New Zealand Labour: voters hammered by inequality want change, not managerial drift.

Testimony, leaked footage and human rights investigations are piling up around allegations of horrific abuse inside Israel’s Sde Teiman detention centre.

Unemployment, migrant “values tests”, homelessness and Māori anger collide in this week’s explosive Election 2026 political panel.