Corrections corruption exposure is probably thanks to new FBI base
Twenty arrests over prison corruption should worry New Zealand. This is what happens when 501 syndicates, meth money and cartel tactics hit a soft system.

Twenty arrests over prison corruption should worry New Zealand. This is what happens when 501 syndicates, meth money and cartel tactics hit a soft system.

As Auckland unemployment rises and Wellington braces for more cuts, critics say National is weaponising culture wars while protecting elite interests.

The Israel embassy’s new Wellington location is already provoking anger, political controversy and calls for diplomatic expulsion.

Nicola Willis didn’t just dodge the jobs crisis. She got the basic unemployment facts wrong in her own city.

The Greens say Luxon’s “DOGE style” austerity agenda is hollowing out public services while frontline workers pay the price.

Labour warns Nicola Willis’ planned public sector cuts could devastate regional economies while making public services slower and weaker.

The CTU says Nicola Willis is pushing reckless austerity cuts while gambling on AI and consultants to replace public sector workers.

Wellington commuters are being hit with higher Metlink fares just as fuel prices surge, and unions say working people are paying the price again.

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.

More Kiwis are out of work, wages are falling behind inflation and entire communities are being hit by closures. And Labour says National has no answer.