NZ Fuel Supply Was Outsourced To The Free Market
New Zealand outsourced fuel security, hollowed out the state, and called it efficiency. Now the free market reality is arriving, and the poor will pay first.

New Zealand outsourced fuel security, hollowed out the state, and called it efficiency. Now the free market reality is arriving, and the poor will pay first.

New Zealand isn’t drifting apart by chance. Decades of economic policy and population pressure are tearing at the social fabric.
New Zealand’s 40-year neoliberal experiment has hollowed out the State, inflated housing bubbles and left us dangerously exposed to climate and economic collapse.

New Zealand isn’t a tiny battler — it’s a vast, sparsely populated nation built on State infrastructure, not free market fantasy.

When Ministers praise “resilience”, are they applauding communities — or quietly preparing us to expect less help when climate disasters hit?

Ian Powell examines how conviction politics has reshaped New Zealand’s health system — and why responsibility must come first.

MSD plans security guard cuts at Work and Income offices. A look at the Ashburton murders, welfare hostility, and the political anger behind it.

Nicola Willis launches a surprise inquiry into the Reserve Bank’s Covid response. Is this scrutiny — or an Atlas Network election weapon?

From asset management giants like BlackRock and Vanguard to NZ’s privatised power companies, critics argue shareholder profit is driving inequality, energy hardship and economic risk.

As unemployment climbs to its highest level in over a decade, sections of New Zealand’s right-wing media are attempting to…