Capitalism Is Failing Tairāwhiti Youth
One in three young people in Gisborne are distressed, and no amount of resilience talk can hide the deeper failure: poverty, alienation and capitalism.
Poverty
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TOP’s Tax Reset Takes Aim At NZ’s Property Obsession
TOP has finally dropped the tax grenade both major parties are too terrified to touch: stop rewarding property speculation and start investing in people.
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The horror that is MSD
When MSD starts calling homelessness a “narrative”, it’s not a bureaucratic slip. It’s a window into the contempt at the heart of a welfare system that punishes desperation.
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Marama Davidson on Fuel Shock, Iran War and the Cost of Living
As fuel prices rise and the Iran war drives new economic pressure, Marama Davidson joins Martyn Bradbury to talk cost of living, poverty, inequality and what real relief could look like.
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9,000 Turned Away — And Potaka Stands By It
As emergency housing access tightens, thousands more are being turned away — raising serious questions about who government policy is really serving.
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Children’s Commissioner Calls For Child Hardship Support
As fuel and food costs rise, Mana Mokopuna is warning that the children with the greatest needs are still being left out of Government support.
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It’s time to take food security in New Zealand seriously
Food insecurity is rising sharply in New Zealand, with foodbank demand surging despite the country producing enough to feed 40 million people.
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There’s a cultural, political and economic difference between propertied Boomers and Pensioners
NZ pensioners face rising poverty while propertied Boomers thrive. A stark divide exposing inequality in housing, wealth and cost of living.
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Government will now arrest the homeless that they have created!
The Government’s move toward criminalising homelessness in New Zealand follows major cuts to emergency housing and welfare. Is this policy solving poverty — or punishing it?
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Cheaty of Waitangi 2026: Brown on Brown unfriendly fire while the Right escapes accountability
Waitangi Day should be about accountability, power, and honouring Te Tiriti. In 2026, it became something else entirely. As a…
