Simeon Brown knew Public Health privatisation was wrong
Unredacted Health NZ advice warned of serious risks in outsourcing surgeries. Did Simeon Brown ignore the dangers of health privatisation?

Unredacted Health NZ advice warned of serious risks in outsourcing surgeries. Did Simeon Brown ignore the dangers of health privatisation?

Despite record $80.7b export earnings, New Zealand’s economy remains fragile. Liam Dann’s shift in tone highlights deeper structural concerns.

From asset management giants like BlackRock and Vanguard to NZ’s privatised power companies, critics argue shareholder profit is driving inequality, energy hardship and economic risk.

Rising unemployment, collapsing public services, and growing inequality expose New Zealand as a failed privatisation experiment — and raise hard questions for the Left.

Wellington’s sewage crisis isn’t an accident. It’s the predictable result of decades of privatisation, underinvestment, and political cowardice.

Calls for New Zealand to surrender its sovereignty to Australia are no longer confined to fringe commentary. They are now…

Waitangi Day should be about accountability, power, and honouring Te Tiriti. In 2026, it became something else entirely. As a…

Wellington is not drowning in sewage by accident. This is the predictable outcome of decades of privatisation ideology, lowest-bid contracting,…
New Zealand’s inflation didn’t rise by accident. It rose by design. The latest CPI figures expose exactly where the pressure…
In essence then the National led Government has washed its hands of any direct involvement in providing housing in Tauranga and a well-respected charity – the IHC, has provided it with the cover and the excuse to do this.