Why Are Centre-Left Parties Chickening Out Over Changing Taxation?
What is it about parties on the centre-left in this country? Why are they allowing the centre-right to define tax...
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This will be the Culture War Election of overhangs and echo chambers
I think this will be the CultureWar Election of overhangs and echo chambers. Culture Wars All NZ First and ACT...
Labour promise economic incrementalism to win spooked center
Labour releases fiscal strategy, promises to slash debt Labour has released their fiscal strategy for the election, promising to get...
Health Minister Simeon Brown claims there is no emergency in our hospitals – I just spent 8 days inside – this is what I witnessed
The Health Minister keeps telling us that his underfunding of health in favour of private interests is not causing any...
Latest Polling shows Labour/Green/TPM/TOP Government
National’s pain is no gain for Labour in latest RNZ-Reid Research poll In normal times, National would be panic-stations after...
Why ACTs one law for all is redneck stupidity
ACT Party takes aim at ‘activist judges’, Treaty of Waitangi clauses The ACT Party has released a policy designed to...
We should utterly reject NZF’s racist gumboot fascism
Winston started a diplomatic fight with our largest trading partner just to justify being racist to Lawrence Xu-nan for Christ’s...
Open Mic WEDNESDAY 26th AUGUST + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: “Bludgeon men” were once paid by political factions to intimidate opposing voters at open polls....
Government’s Proposed Rates Caps Not The Answer – PSA
The PSA is calling the government’s proposed legislation to cap rates at four per cent economic incompetence. “The combination of...
185,000 understaffed shifts expose health failure – Labour
More than 185,000 nursing shifts were understaffed in 2025 exposing National’s failure to properly staff and fund the health system....
Open Mic SUNDAY 23rd AUGUST + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin all received controversial nominations for the Nobel Peace...
PSA Calls On Public Service Commission To Withdraw Te Reo Māori Parade Guidance
The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi is deeply concerned by guidance recently issued by the Public Service...
Govt’s Axing Of Pay Equity Cost Jobs & GDP Growth – PSA Analysis
Analysis shows pay equity settlements over four years would have: – Created 13,000 jobs – Grown GDP by $13.5 billion...
Newborns, Cancer Patients Suffer As Govt Leaves Health Jobs Empty – Greens
The Green Party is calling for the Government to direct Te Whatū Ora to fill vacant roles in healthcare services...
Stop Waiting For Poisoned Workers To Die – Te Pati Māori
A new Human Rights Commission report into the legacy of pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxin exposure in Aotearoa timber industry has...
Bryan Bruce – Choosing Not To Vote For Act
ACT tertiary education spokesperson Parmjeet Parmar announced recently that her Party wants to make the fee tertiary students pay for...
Ben Morgan – Why Russia can’t stop itself losing the Ukraine War
Russia is losing the Ukraine War and a reason why is its failure to respond effectively to Ukrainian strategy. In...
Ian Powell – Health Minister drops Medical Council in a right political pickle
‘In a pickle’ is an idiom meaning to be in a difficult, tricky, or troublesome situation; one where it is...
Open Mic SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Dead cats and rotten vegetables were frequently thrown at speakers during 18th-century British rallies. POLITICAL...
Green Party Announces Plan For Free And Nutritious School Lunches
The Green Party has announced its new election policy for free and nutritious school lunches. “School lunches are about more...
Health system in crisis because of National’s choices – Labour
National has spent the last two years pretending they’ve hired thousands of new nurses but yesterday, they admitted the real...
National shuts the door on climate justice – Labour
National is shutting the door on New Zealanders seeking justice for the damage caused by climate change. “Christopher Luxon has...
National bungles Winter Energy Payments – Labour
Christopher Luxon should apologise to the 15,000 New Zealanders whose Winter Energy Payment stopped because of changes National rushed under...
Why Businesses Are Choosing Hemp Buds Bulk Purchases
The hemp business has grown into a commercial industry, and there are still lots of opportunities for retailers, wellness companies,...
Understanding Minimum Lot Sizes for Synthetic Indices
One of the most important synthetic indices concepts that’s important to understand is lot size. Choosing the correct position size...
Comrades I have had a medical episode
I am such a clown. I was thinking about this stupid court case last week and just tripped Tuesday 11th...
Shane Te Pou – When I was a kid growing up in Kawerau, my old man had a line he’d trot out most weekends. “I’m just going to go have a talk to my mates.”
When I was a kid growing up in Kawerau, my old man had a line he’d trot out most weekends....
If you see cops hassling the homeless it’s your duty to step in and start filming
With the Police now gaining the power to arrest the homeless, you all have an obligation if you see cops...
TOP skepticism is good but show me how else the Left wins?
Was it really a ‘train wreck’? Have your say on Opportunity and its policies Former prime minister Helen Clark called...
National’s new vigilante laws allow for zip tie handcuffing children – why I will stop any adult doing that
National’s insane new vigilante laws allows for zip tie handcuffing children. That’s inexcusable. Under New Zealand law, children under 10...
Immigration back to the colonial future
“They died for New Zealand.” That is what is inscribed on the memorial stone at the military cemetery in Opotiki....
Dear Men of NZ – despite what the middle class woke on Bluesky say, there is a place for you on the Left
One of the interesting break downs this election is the gender split between left and right. Thanks to our middle...
The Dumb Lives Matter Parliament protest revenge backlash is why NZFirst is in double digits
When you listen to any of Winston’s speeches, the two biggest cheers he gets are when he bashes the Trans...
ICE invent new ways to be cruel
What the risen Christ is this new nightmare? White House border czar defends ICE electric shock gloves White House border...
MEDIAWATCH: Saluting Penk and why Damien Grant is still a great columnist
Despite the enormous falling out between myself and Free Speech Champion Damien Grant, he’s still a very good columnist and...