Budget 2026: Where There’s A Willis There’s No Way
Māori funding goes backwards while the wider Budget grows by billions. Te Pāti Māori says Nicola Willis has chosen war, prisons and the wealthy over whānau.

Māori funding goes backwards while the wider Budget grows by billions. Te Pāti Māori says Nicola Willis has chosen war, prisons and the wealthy over whānau.

If the economy is doing so well, why does it feel like most people are drowning? Chlöe Swarbrick says the system is working exactly as designed: for the wealthy.

Nicola Willis thinks Labour has secret taxes. God, if only. NZ doesn’t need tax panic, it needs the rich to finally pay up.

New Zealand’s tax system overwhelmingly protects wealth while workers carry the burden. Yet the political Left still seems terrified of making the moral and economic case for serious tax reform. That vacuum is becoming impossible to ignore.

Guest Blog: Pat O’Dea argues New Zealand faces a stark choice between austerity and taxing wealth as poverty, housing insecurity and inequality deepen.

The Alliance Party criticises Labour’s leaked Capital Gains Tax plan, calling for a wealth tax, FTT and full overhaul ahead of Election 2026.