Guest Blog: Ian Powell – What do they know of balance sheets who only balance sheets know?
I’m a self-confessed ‘cricket nut’ or, as former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern once said of her finance minister Grant Robertson,…
NZ Election 2026
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What would Jesus do? Would he criminalise the homeless?
Isn’t there something very ugly about a Christian as rich as the Prime Minister, who has accessed every single subsidy…
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The economic reality in NZ that the Political Right AND Left refuse to acknowledge
“Where two old souls go slowly mad, / National Mum and Labour Dad” Ballard of Calvary Street, James K Baxter…
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This Election it’s either 12months of Winston as PM vs 18 months as PM vs Te Pati Māori vs TOP
I think there are four possible outcomes of the MMP cube this election. 12months of Winston as PM If the…
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Why TOP could be the difference in this years election for the Left and Right
I think that TOP could be the difference this election. With Labour and National incapable of regaining their ability to…
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What ‘Affordability’ should mean to Labour
Hipkins setting low expectations for ‘real’ change Labour Leader downplays talk of big policy shifts or of much better lives…
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The Bradbury Group with Kieran McAnulty on Labour’s State of the Nation + Matthew Hooton, David Cunliffe and Quilae Wong political panel
A former Labour Leader, a NZ Herald columnist, the leader of a Political Party, the Shadow Leader of the House…
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Epstein files flooding the zone and rewriting history
As Epstein disclosures resurface in 2026, the real story may be institutional trust, media fragmentation and the battle over elite accountability.
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NZF throw another woke tantrum after being called out for being racist
After throwing a tantrum for being called racist (because he was being racist), Matua Winston then threw another tanty at…
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The Mordor of Oligarchy is here in the NZ Shire
Bernie Sanders 2025 Edition ofFight Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here makes the point that the Billionaire Class, Big Polluters…
