Labour Slams National’s Social Housing Cuts
Labour says National is forcing vulnerable social housing tenants to pay for Budget savings through higher rents and reduced support.

Labour says National is forcing vulnerable social housing tenants to pay for Budget savings through higher rents and reduced support.

Five electorates could reveal the political direction of the entire country, from Auckland’s urban vote to the future of Te Pāti Māori.

The coalition flunked Greenpeace’s fuel crisis test, but Labour’s hesitant middle-ground approach also came under scrutiny.

Nicola Willis didn’t just dodge the jobs crisis. She got the basic unemployment facts wrong in her own city.

Labour warns Nicola Willis’ planned public sector cuts could devastate regional economies while making public services slower and weaker.

The anti-vaccine movement’s obsession with Jacinda Ardern shows how COVID-era anger has hardened into a permanent grievance culture.

The Government is accused of quietly stripping Treaty protections from legislation after New Zealanders overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty Principles Bill.

With petrol and diesel prices surging, Labour says National’s planned fuel excise increase would pile even more pressure onto families and businesses already stretched to breaking point.

Labour says the Coalition Government’s approach to te Tiriti and education reform is driving Māori-Crown relations into dangerous territory. With tamariki Māori paying the price.

Chippy turned up in Auckland with policy, spine and a clear line on racism. After Luxon’s weakness, that matters more than National wants to admit.