Jobs keep vanishing under National
Luxon promised fewer jobseekers. Instead, tens of thousands more Kiwis are out of work — and the numbers are still climbing.

Luxon promised fewer jobseekers. Instead, tens of thousands more Kiwis are out of work — and the numbers are still climbing.

They told us global pricing was good for us. Now they want us to trust them on the India free trade deal — before we’ve even seen it.

We tax wages. We tax spending. But wealth? Not so much. The CTU says that imbalance can’t survive another election cycle.

If the fuel crisis gets worse, what exactly is the Government’s plan? Labour says Luxon still can’t answer the one question New Zealanders deserve answered.

ACT dress it up in ideology. NZ First weaponise resentment with a grin. And now Taine Randell has decided that’s the wagon worth hitching himself to.

It’s hovering near 5%. That’s all it takes. The Opportunity Party could go from political footnote to kingmaker — if the ripple becomes a wave.

A war spirals, storms hit harder, and fuel prices keep climbing — so where’s the leadership? This week’s Bradbury Group pulls no punches as politicians and commentators clash over who’s really paying the price.

When things fall apart, who picks you up — and who tells you to harden up? The fuel crisis gave us the answer.
$20,644.45 — that’s what pay equity cancellation cost each worker. Now they’re turning that loss into a public reckoning.

NZ First’s rise isn’t random — it’s fuelled by anger, algorithms and culture war politics. The real question is who it destroys next.