Does Matua Shane look like he’s ever met a butter chicken he didn’t love?
Shane Jones has turned criticism of a free trade deal into a race-baiting circus — and now Auckland is seeing anti-Indian backlash.

Shane Jones has turned criticism of a free trade deal into a race-baiting circus — and now Auckland is seeing anti-Indian backlash.

With inflation looming, Luxon floundering and the Right splintering, NZ Election 2026 is shaping into the most volatile political fight in years.

Christopher Luxon has turned a caucus management issue into a full-blown political catastrophe. MPs are leaking, ministers look rattled, Winston is circling and voters are watching a government visibly losing control of itself in real time.

Kiwis are furious at supermarket prices and Winston Peters has walked straight into a political vacuum Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori should have owned years ago. The real frustration isn’t just the duopoly, it’s the total lack of ambition from the Left.

Chris Penk on defence. Huhana on climate collapse. Hooton on National’s next leader. Plus Trump’s war on Iran and the TVNZ poll bombshell.

Labour up. National down. Wild swings like this don’t just happen — something has broken.

Kiwis are furious about supermarket prices and Winston Peters may have just landed on the one policy capable of detonating the election campaign. While Labour dithers, NZ First is promising to smash the duopoly millions of New Zealanders blame for runaway grocery costs.

Fame gets you noticed. It doesn’t win debates. Now voters get to see what’s actually there.

Winston Peters was in the room just before Trump backed down. Imagine if New Zealand had used that moment to speak with principle instead of crawling.

Trump’s geopolitical madness won’t stay in the Middle East. It’s coming for your groceries, your mortgage, your job and every excuse this Government makes for staying silent.