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The pundits have pundited and have determined who the politician of the year is. Fran O'Sullivan thinks that it is Christopher Luxon and Todd McClay. For getting the India Free Trade over the line. The deal that was undermined by the start by Luxon's open…
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Cross-posted from GreenpeaceNZ, first published 19 December 2025. It was a year of people power, hard-fought wins, and standing up against political and corporate harm. From the deep ocean to the halls of power, from harbours and ports to courtrooms and communities, Greenpeace Aotearoa and…
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Cross-posted from Resilience. Originally published 7/7/25 The following is an excerpt from Rob Hopkins’s new book How to Fall in Love with the Future (Chelsea Green Publishing) and is printed with permission from the publisher. Adjust Your Disbelief Suspenders I have the fortune – in my role as someone…
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Earlier this week the Government was cock a hoop about the announcement of a free trade deal with India. This was a major policy announced during Luxon's 2023 election campaign and a rather strange one. Announcing that you had to do a deal by a…
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1. In 2026 New Zealand will agree with Ruth Richardson … … that this is the worst Minister of Finance we’ve had in 50 years. Government income has declined even faster than forecast because they refuse to admit how much impact public spending has in a…
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Some of the best video media coverage of a terrorism event I’ve seen, from the human side. That 'big, bloody, beautiful bastard', Australian social media comedian Ethan Marrell aka Ozzy Man, pays tribute to the victims and heroes in the wake of the Bondi terrorism…
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National's anti shoplifting champion Sunny Kaushal is in the news again. I have followed his involvement with this Government with interest. We go back quite a while. He was a good Labour Party activist for a number of years and clearly hoped to be an…
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During the 1990s I was Roading Design Manager at the Wellington City Council. One of my functions was liaison officer with Transit New Zealand on the motorway extension from the Terrace Tunnel to the Basin Reserve, now known as Karo Drive. The proposed solution was…
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“After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, and to protect our homeland and our access to key geographies throughout the region.” NSS 2025. The US has always had two central…
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The Taxpayer's Union campaign against Nicola Willis's Socialist handling of the economy, complete with novelty fudge has crashed unceremoniously. Its sponsors have clearly spoken. Facing dwindling polling numbers and surging support for Labour the last think the right needs is an increasingly marginalised National Party.…
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Excerpt from Mountain Tui Kieran McAnulty’s revelation this week that National took an estimated $90 million awarded for the remediation of Wairarapa Masterton Hospital to fill their own budget doesn’t surprise. But it is disappointing. Health NZ saw a remediation lawsuit for the hospital reach…
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Screenshot The last poll of the political year and it is a doozie. Labour is 8 points ahead of National. With NZ First and Act support National is still within reach of Labour and Green and Te Pati Maori but they are behind. And the…
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Last night I posted the following snippets, but this deserves its own post and clarifications - Government passed foreign home buyers repeal under urgency. Winston Peters and David Seymour align to sell assets, land and homes to wealthy foreigners. Photo source: Stuff The abuse of…
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