Trump Golden Statue Sparks Ten Commandments Backlash
A giant golden statue of Donald Trump surrounded by praying evangelicals might be peak MAGA, but critics say it also smashes headfirst into the first two commandments of Christianity itself.

A giant golden statue of Donald Trump surrounded by praying evangelicals might be peak MAGA, but critics say it also smashes headfirst into the first two commandments of Christianity itself.

When media outlets stop reporting elections and start narrating inevitability, polling becomes less about democracy and more about manufacturing consent.

Student debt, impossible rents and collapsing home ownership aren’t accidents, they’re the economic architecture of modern New Zealand, and young people are paying for it.

A Māori electorate once expected to stay comfortably with Te Pāti Māori is suddenly wide open after Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s dramatic split and new party launch.

Young people can’t find work, can’t afford study and are leaving the country in record numbers, yet the Government is still cutting education support.

For 40 years US war planners warned attacking Iran would trigger economic chaos, regional war and humanitarian catastrophe. Trump ignored all of it, and now the world may pay the price.
Trump says Iran is broken. The CIA reportedly says otherwise. If Tehran still holds most of its missile stockpile and can survive months of blockade, this war may be entering its most dangerous phase.

ACT wants migrants tested on Kiwi values. Fine. Let’s test ACT’s values first: privatisation, punishment, property rights and crocodile tears.

Moana Maniapoto didn’t let Winston Peters dance away in fog and fury. She held the line. And exposed how thin the old magic has become.

The push for larger council structures is raising fears that regional communities like the Coromandel will lose local voices and local control.