Greens Attack Luxon’s ‘DOGE Style’ Public Cuts
The Greens say Luxon’s “DOGE style” austerity agenda is hollowing out public services while frontline workers pay the price.

The Greens say Luxon’s “DOGE style” austerity agenda is hollowing out public services while frontline workers pay the price.

Labour warns Nicola Willis’ planned public sector cuts could devastate regional economies while making public services slower and weaker.

The CTU says Nicola Willis is pushing reckless austerity cuts while gambling on AI and consultants to replace public sector workers.

The Government is once again selling public service cuts as “efficiency” while New Zealand faces economic instability, climate disasters and collapsing infrastructure. The real debate isn’t bureaucracy, it’s whether the State still has the capacity to function.

With petrol and diesel prices surging, Labour says National’s planned fuel excise increase would pile even more pressure onto families and businesses already stretched to breaking point.
Luxon says his Singapore trip secured New Zealand’s fuel future. The problem is nobody can guarantee what that fuel will actually cost.

A degraded 20-year-old part nearly triggered a maritime catastrophe in Cook Strait, and the Maritime Union says the Government is still cutting safety capability.

National wants credit for rents going down. The ugly truth? Rents are softening because Kiwis are leaving, demand is collapsing, and the economy is bleeding.

If the Prime Minister truly believes Winston Peters put politics ahead of the national interest, how can he possibly keep him as Foreign Minister?

Chris Finlayson’s call for “war” on NZ First says something brutal about National right now: one of the few people still willing to fight no longer sits in caucus.