Government Quietly Retreats On Treaty References
After months of attacking Treaty references, the coalition may be realising Māori-bashing has reached its electoral ceiling.

After months of attacking Treaty references, the coalition may be realising Māori-bashing has reached its electoral ceiling.

Chris Penk on defence. Huhana on climate collapse. Hooton on National’s next leader. Plus Trump’s war on Iran and the TVNZ poll bombshell.

Shane Jones throws red meat to the worst instincts — but the real danger is slipping through unnoticed. An India trade deal pushed by corporate interests, signed before the public ever sees the fine print.

Five disgruntled MPs… or total support? Luxon can’t seem to decide — and that contradiction is starting to look a lot like a leadership crisis National can’t contain.

The numbers are shifting — and suddenly the left has real options. A four-party progressive government isn’t just theory anymore. The question now is what they’d actually do with it.

Sean Plunket has said far worse than this, which is why the BSA complaint feels less like principle and more like bureaucratic theatre with a funding problem underneath.

First they mock “woke weather warnings”. Then they praise resilience. Then they leave communities to fend for themselves in a climate crisis they helped deepen.

Fuel prices explode, storms keep coming, and once again Māori communities are left to fend for themselves. Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins 1-on-1 in 10 for a hard look at who pays when government planning collapses.

Labour up. National down. Wild swings like this don’t just happen — something has broken.

The Greens might finally have the economic vision New Zealand desperately needs. One built around energy independence, lower living costs and resilience. The problem is convincing voters to emotionally cross that political line in Election 2026.