Budget 2026 Māori Funding Cuts: Labour Slams National
Nearly $100 million stripped from Te Puni Kōkiri, no new help for housing, jobs or hauora. Labour says this is Tama Potaka’s Budget legacy.
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National U-turns on Homeschooling Law Changes – Labour
Erica Stanford pushed homeschooling changes through Parliament without consultation. Less than 24 hours later, backlash from families forced National into retreat.
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Labour Demands Answers Over Luxon Corporate Lobbying
Private companies sought protection from climate lawsuits. The public found out through court action, not the Prime Minister’s Office. Labour says Luxon now owes New Zealand an explanation.
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Labour Party Leak Shows Amateur Hour
The Labour Party leak is not really about a dumb insult. It is about a party asking to govern while failing to secure its own training room.
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How Zohran Mamdani Is Winning And What Labour Must Learn
While centrists manage decline, Zohran Mamdani is rolling out public supermarkets, confronting monopoly power and giving working people something Labour forgot how to offer: hope.
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Temporary Additional Support Cuts Hit Vulnerable Kiwis
When families can’t afford food, power or rent, National’s answer is to cut the last bit of support keeping them afloat.
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Labour Bill Targets Rental Energy Costs With Curtain Rule
Labour wants landlords to provide curtains in rental homes, arguing the move could slash heating costs for struggling renters.
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Homes turned into rules – After criminalising the homeless they created, National now comes for state tenants
The Government is increasing rents, tightening housing support and criminalising homelessness while ministers claim thousands in housing allowances themselves.
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Can Labour centrism win the election? No. But why?
The problem with centrism is not moderation. It is that voters eventually stop believing you stand for anything at all.
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Labour Pledges to Restore Te Tiriti in Schools
Labour says Te Tiriti belongs in classrooms and is pledging to reverse what it calls the Government’s attacks on Māori education.
