NZ Dairy Faces Its Precision Fermentation Reckoning
NZ dairy thinks political muscle can save it. But when synthetic milk powder becomes cheaper than the real thing, the market won’t care about farmer tears.

NZ dairy thinks political muscle can save it. But when synthetic milk powder becomes cheaper than the real thing, the market won’t care about farmer tears.

Rich foreigners buying farms? Welcome in. Poor migrant workers overstaying visas? Bring in the political attack dogs. This isn’t policy, it’s hypocrisy.

The Government thought it could kneecap pay equity, rob low-paid women workers, fund tax cuts, and move on. The unions clearly have other ideas.

The money is pouring into National, ACT and NZ First, and critics say it reveals exactly who this Government is really working for.

David Seymour attacking RNZ from The Platform is Temu Trump theatre: bully the broadcaster, sneer at journalism, then call it free speech.

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.

The BSA became a complaints box for people furious at hearing te reo Māori. But scrapping it without stronger media standards is madness.

The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.

If the Broadcasting Standards Authority disappears, what replaces it? In an era of misinformation and rage-fuelled algorithms, that question matters more than ever.

Palantir’s critics warn of militarised AI, surveillance and “technofascism”. So why did National’s Auckland Central candidate work there?