The Bradbury Group with Fishing Legend Matt Watson, Economist Cameron Bagrie + Political Panel
A Marxist, An Economist, a Māori Media Boss, A Recreational Fishing Legend, a Labour Party Candidate and a Newspaper columnist…

A Marxist, An Economist, a Māori Media Boss, A Recreational Fishing Legend, a Labour Party Candidate and a Newspaper columnist…

You can’t cancel the insurance and then act shocked when the house burns down. The diesel crisis wasn’t bad luck — it was a decision.

Trump’s war on Iran is colliding with New Zealand’s diesel vulnerability — and Shane Jones’ Marsden Point gamble suddenly looks catastrophic.

They say heavier trucks will lower costs. What they don’t say? Trucks already cause most of the damage to our roads — and we pay for it.

“Cuba is next.” That’s not strategy — that’s spectacle. Trump’s foreign policy looks less like planning and more like a victory tour.

When journalists are killed, it’s not accidental — it’s about control. From Lebanon to Gaza, the message is clear: don’t document what’s happening.

MAGA cheering Reza Pahlavi while Americans march in No Kings protests is peak imperial absurdity. The son of a coup-installed Shah is not democracy.

When Israeli police block Christians on Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, the politics of faith gets very real — and very uncomfortable.

It starts as gossip. It ends as political warfare. The Chris Hipkins controversy shows how fast outrage turns into weaponised narrative.

The growing influence of billionaire Jim Grenon over New Zealand media raises urgent questions about democracy, editorial independence and the role of culture war politics.