POLL MELTDOWN – NATIONAL CRASH TO 28%
A new poll suggesting the National Party has dropped to 28 percent intensifies pressure on Christopher Luxon and raises speculation about leadership instability and shifting coalition dynamics.

A new poll suggesting the National Party has dropped to 28 percent intensifies pressure on Christopher Luxon and raises speculation about leadership instability and shifting coalition dynamics.

NZ First wants ministers to regain Fast Track powers as a $1B LNG terminal is rushed through. Is this energy policy — or corporate welfare?

The Luxon Government plans a $1b LNG import terminal critics call dirty, dumb and expensive. Is this corporate welfare for the gas industry that will worsen climate change and raise power prices?

1-on-1 in 10 Interview – Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Co-leader of the Māori Party – Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Political Panel Discussion Simon Wilson…

New Zealand faces climate change consequences it can’t afford. Matthew Hooton argues Paris payments are fantasy while adaptation failures mount.

This week’s 1-on-1 in 10 features NZ Herald columnist and political strategist Dr. Matthew Hooton, in a sharp and often…

I am proud to announce a brand spanking new weekly Political Podcast, The Bradbury Group, proudly sponsored by Waatea News…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APOLOGY TO HON. STEVEN JOYCE On 2 March 2018 a column I wrote was published in the…
. . Red-Green, Blue-Green? There is mischief-making afoot. Suggestions for a National-Green coalition are being floated by various right-wing commentators,…
TV3’s The Nation on 2 July was probably the most incisive investigative journalism this blogger has seen for a long time. The only “fault” is that The Nation is ‘buried’ at the ghetto time-slot of early Saturday (and repeated early Sunday morning). Mediaworks is wasting a tremendous opportunity to use their current affairs journalistic team as a critical lynch-pin of their broadcasting line-up.