Treaty Principles Referendum by stealth
The Government is accused of quietly stripping Treaty protections from legislation after New Zealanders overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty Principles Bill.

The Government is accused of quietly stripping Treaty protections from legislation after New Zealanders overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty Principles Bill.

National claims the NCEA replacement will lift standards, but critics see something far darker… An education system rebuilt around competition, conformity and private interests.

New Zealand panics about immigration while making it economically impossible for working people to have kids. Erica Stanford’s comments touched a nerve because nobody wants to admit the system is broken.

KiwiBank was created to protect New Zealand’s economic independence. Selling it off now would hand even more power to Australian banks already extracting massive profits from Kiwi households.

Kāinga Ora is being accused of abandoning its public housing purpose as developments are scrapped, properties sold off and homelessness deepens.

Rocket Lab’s soaring profits and expanding US military ties are forcing a bigger question: has New Zealand quietly become part of America’s war machine?

Chippy turned up in Auckland with policy, spine and a clear line on racism. After Luxon’s weakness, that matters more than National wants to admit.

Russia was banned from Eurovision. Israel is still handed a microphone while Gaza is butchered. That is not music. That is cultural whitewashing.

Te Kaupapa dives into Te Pāti Māori tensions, Hone Harawira speculation, prison politics and the Maiki Sherman controversy.

Israel’s reported threat to sue over coverage of alleged abuse of Palestinian prisoners has intensified debate over propaganda, media narratives and war crimes scrutiny.