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Politicians are like adulterers

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Date published: 5:36 pm, May 18th, 2026 - 8 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, elections, politicans
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Voter beware – some politicians are pathological populists who cannot be trusted.

Open Mike 19/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 19th, 2026 - No comments

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Daily review 18/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 18th, 2026 - 24 comments

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Should we renationalise the BNZ?

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Date published: 9:01 am, May 18th, 2026 - 41 comments

Winston Peters is trying to appeal to the far left by calling for the renationalisation of the Bank of New Zealand.

Open Mike 18/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 18th, 2026 - 18 comments

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Open Mike 17/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 17th, 2026 - 26 comments

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Open Mike 16/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 16th, 2026 - 18 comments

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The framing of Chris Hipkins’ Auckland speech – read what you like

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Date published: 6:09 pm, May 15th, 2026 - 14 comments

What you read in the media is not what happened.

Daily review 15/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 15th, 2026 - 7 comments

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Reformism or bust?: Making the best of a bleak future

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Date published: 2:42 pm, May 15th, 2026 - 4 comments

Some initial ideas about the integrated policy package Labour must consider if it is to meet contemporary challenges posed by emerging populism and the narrowing of the Labour vision over the past five decades

Open Mike 15/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 15th, 2026 - 82 comments

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Daily review 14/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 14th, 2026 - 5 comments

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Stop This Madness

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Date published: 10:20 am, May 14th, 2026 - 33 comments

Why is Chris Bishop wanting to review the cost of the City Rail Link while at the same time is happy to proceed with roads of national signficance that are very expensive but provide limited financial return?

Open Mike 14/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 14th, 2026 - 39 comments

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Daily review 13/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 13th, 2026 - 3 comments

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Open Mike 13/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 13th, 2026 - 81 comments

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Daily review 12/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 12th, 2026 - 5 comments

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Constitutional outrage

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Date published: 10:01 am, May 12th, 2026 - 25 comments

The Government’s plans to retrospectively change the law to stop a case seeking damages for climate damage caused by heavy emitters is a constitutional outrage and shows not only contempt for the rule of law but also contempt for any action taken by a citizen against climate change.

Open Mike 12/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 12th, 2026 - 34 comments

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Daily review 11/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 11th, 2026 - 25 comments

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Smash Left populism, get Right populism

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Date published: 11:41 am, May 11th, 2026 - 76 comments

That’s Starmer’s achievement, as the local elections show. He always was a muppet puppet; his string-pullers are much more sinister.

Open Mike 11/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 11th, 2026 - 30 comments

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Dirty Politics 2.0

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Date published: 9:47 am, May 10th, 2026 - 38 comments

National has engaged in a Dirty Politics style attack on TVNZ reporter Maiki Sherman in an attempt to cower the media in election year.

Open Mike 10/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 10th, 2026 - 17 comments

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Does the centre left need Te Pāti Māori to win the election?

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Date published: 7:14 pm, May 9th, 2026 - 55 comments

Does the centre left need Te Pāti Māori to win the election?

The Last Old Party Election

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Date published: 10:27 am, May 9th, 2026 - 23 comments

Anyone who thinks that New Zealand won’t be touched by the same rapid democratic pessimism as we see in our most comparable democracies, is like those who thought COVID could be stopped from reaching us.

Open Mike 09/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 9th, 2026 - 14 comments

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Daily review 08/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 8th, 2026 - 22 comments

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Open Mike 08/05/2026

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 8th, 2026 - 57 comments

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Daily review 07/05/2026

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Date published: 5:30 pm, May 7th, 2026 - 9 comments

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“Interest rates, oil and gold”

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Date published: 4:23 pm, May 7th, 2026 - 11 comments

That RNZ tricolon has always been infuriating fluff. In the real world, analysts warn we are heading for a cliff.