Is Simeon Brown’s frenetic hot mess social media performance a glimpse of how bad National’s Election Campaign will be?
If this is the campaign rollout, it’s not discipline — it’s noise. And voters tend to tune that out fast.

If this is the campaign rollout, it’s not discipline — it’s noise. And voters tend to tune that out fast.

It’s meant to sell phone plans. Instead, it feels like a low-budget TVNZ drama about finding your dad. What are they thinking?

You can’t “look through” 7.5% inflation. If it lands, something breaks — and it won’t be the theory.
A law that solves nothing. A culture war that solves everything — for politicians who need one.

When disaster hits, it’s not politicians on the frontline — it’s marae. The question is why we’re still not funding them like it.

When MSD starts calling homelessness a “narrative”, it’s not a bureaucratic slip. It’s a window into the contempt at the heart of a welfare system that punishes desperation.

The High Court says NZ Superfund’s human rights policy is unlawful. Now the real question: why were those protections stripped out?

The recession isn’t coming — it’s already here. Trump lit the fuse, but local political choices are making the explosion worse.

Artemis II gave us a glimpse of what humanity could be. Then the budget cuts hit — and the cynicism rushed back in.

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.