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National’s Measles Gambit

Written By: - Date published: 10:51 pm, November 3rd, 2025 - 52 comments

As measles cases increase, National and ACT have chosen to come over the top of health officials and schools exercising caution.

Tend Health re-brands as Aratataki – A “Charity” – And Lobbied Simeon Brown

Written By: - Date published: 12:15 pm, November 2nd, 2025 - 90 comments

Cecilia Robinson and Chris Luxon

Ryan Bridges fawns over Tend’s Telehealth corporate model which is subsidised by taxpayers, rewards private equity investors, and costs about $80 per consult

Stuff’s Lloyd Burr infers striking workers are puppets

Written By: - Date published: 2:05 pm, October 24th, 2025 - 11 comments

Burr unironically asks: “Politics or pay – what’s really behind the mega strike?” without understanding all action is political, and that unions are made up of individual workers who vote

National’s $62 billion budget hole

Written By: - Date published: 1:19 pm, October 21st, 2025 - 14 comments

National’s road plans are fraught with risks, with one of these projects will suck up $1 in every $10 of capital spending over 20 years. Plus: NZIER analysis has been called into question

Labour’s Future Fund is full of promise

Written By: - Date published: 1:09 pm, October 21st, 2025 - 6 comments

Labour’s first cornerstone policy is a solid start

Judith Collins’ Open Letter Is Dirty Politics

Written By: - Date published: 1:35 pm, October 19th, 2025 - 15 comments

The senior National Party Cabinet Minister has penned an “Open letter to the people of New Zealand” on the New Zealand Government’s official website

Simeon Brown threatens doctors as mega strike looms

Written By: - Date published: 10:37 am, October 19th, 2025 - 5 comments

An exodus of professionals are leaving – with Kiwi citizens fleeing at levels we haven’t seen in 24 years. These incl. community GPs, doctors & nurses – and Simeon is going after those that remain

Crime Soars Under National

Written By: - Date published: 12:54 pm, October 16th, 2025 - 5 comments

Mitchell, Luxon and Goldsmith

Violent crime, sexual assaults and retail crime soar under National Party

Simeon Brown Cagey On Privatisation Meeting with Serco

Written By: - Date published: 11:07 am, October 1st, 2025 - 4 comments

Shane Reti and Simeon Brown

The British multinational meeting was first reported by ODT. Plus: Physician Associates spell more danger for the health of our health system

Christopher Luxon: We’ve shown meaningful leadership on Palestine

Written By: - Date published: 4:56 pm, September 29th, 2025 - 53 comments

Hipkins also declared his stance on Palestine recognition on the day, but it wasn’t widely reported.

Winston Peters declares “No recognition of Palestine”

Written By: - Date published: 11:59 am, September 27th, 2025 - 80 comments

After a few months of telling Kiwis a decision on Palestine was imminent, Peters finally shared NZ’s official position today. Other countries had done so months earlier.

Kiwis are now dying in corridors & carparks

Written By: - Date published: 11:02 am, September 23rd, 2025 - 37 comments

Christchurch joins Nelson ED to sound the alarm as Code Red rages across NZ departments

Joseph Mooney cosplays as alt-right hypocrite

Written By: - Date published: 10:11 am, September 21st, 2025 - 100 comments

National MP for Southland Joseph Mooney has been trying to capitalise off the US culture, and using free speech to attack academic free speech

Whanganui MP Carl Bates shielded 25 rentals from disclosure

Written By: - Date published: 6:31 pm, September 14th, 2025 - 22 comments

Bates set up a family trust after the election, presumably to hide his rentals from disclosure.

This trick of National could win them the 2026 election

Written By: - Date published: 12:22 am, September 10th, 2025 - 14 comments

US voter suppression tactics are back in vogue and National’s Coalition is bringing them to Aotearoa New Zealand

Taxpayers Union Running Interference In Local Council Elections

Written By: - Date published: 8:41 am, September 9th, 2025 - 59 comments

It’s been alleged that Taxpayers Union is involved in “bullying and intimidation” of local council candidates around the country.

Simeon Brown plays with Kiwi lives

Written By: - Date published: 5:55 pm, September 5th, 2025 - 6 comments

Perhaps the biggest news from a jam packed news week is how, under National’s Health Ministers Shane Reti & Simeon Brown, Health NZ illegally hid staffing data for over a year to conceal their systemic understaffing of our public health.

Foreign Buyers Ban Reversal A Sell Out By Winston Peters & His Party

Written By: - Date published: 8:59 pm, September 1st, 2025 - 22 comments

NZ First’s legacy is now firmly NZ Last

Adrian Orr Cover Up – A Quid Pro Quo?

Written By: - Date published: 12:45 pm, September 1st, 2025 - 7 comments

Part 2 of the Adrian Orr / Neil Quigley cover up scandal. Nicola Willis knew and did not divulge the truth until the Ombudsman forced their hand last week.

Adrian Orr Pushed Out By Neil Quigley – Then The Cover Up Started With Nicola Willis

Written By: - Date published: 9:21 am, August 30th, 2025 - 24 comments

Quigley, the RBNZ Board, and Willis. all appeared to take part in this explosive cover up about why Adrian Orr left the RBNZ in March 2025

Foreign Buyers Ban Will Be Lifted Under Urgency

Written By: - Date published: 1:21 pm, August 25th, 2025 - 10 comments

PM Luxon has said he wants the repeal completed by the end of the year

NZ consumed 30% more Russian disinformation than the USA during Covid

Written By: - Date published: 11:15 am, August 22nd, 2025 - 38 comments

Russian troll farms successfully penetrated Kiwi country and culture. The consumption remained high and the fervour hasn’t stopped

No mandate for this

Written By: - Date published: 8:55 am, August 21st, 2025 - 22 comments

Partial strike law penalties used on nurses trying to keep themselves safe is emblematic of the wider libertarian playbook within the NZ government

Nicola Willis: National gave “tens of dollars” to Kiwis

Written By: - Date published: 4:26 pm, August 20th, 2025 - 5 comments

Willis attacks Carmel Sepulonia as Ingrid Hipkiss assists.

National Government will have increased gross debt by over $100b – Who benefits ?

Written By: - Date published: 4:02 pm, August 19th, 2025 - 21 comments

The debt bogeyman has been unleashed in NZ, which we will examine – but even on face value, National Party debt is 25% more than Labour’s full debt contribution over 6 years – with no global pandemic

“Dirty Politics” Rachel Glucina Is Behind Nicola Willis PM Rumours

Written By: - Date published: 3:32 pm, August 19th, 2025 - 13 comments

Stuff and The Post was eager to repeat rumours of a PM Nicola Willis. Who was behind it?

How was National able to take down construction so quickly?

Written By: - Date published: 7:51 pm, August 15th, 2025 - 67 comments

Industry experts say Chris Bishop and his party are to blame, but Bishop denies it, saying construction industry leaders are just “wrong”

Should Labour attend a set-up?

Written By: - Date published: 10:57 pm, August 13th, 2025 - 158 comments

The Government is accusing Labour of all sorts of bad things for not attending the second week of the Covid-19 inquiry.

National Party wants to sell / exchange up to 67% of NZ’s conservation lands

Written By: - Date published: 3:50 pm, August 8th, 2025 - 42 comments

National say they will “unleash growth”. That may be by selling / exchanging 5 million hectares of conservation land, much of it with “high ecological value” – representing 2/3 of the entire estate.

Goldsmith’s Voter Suppression Affects 15-20% of Voters

Written By: - Date published: 7:31 pm, July 25th, 2025 - 21 comments

The voters registered about 13 days leading up to and including election day surpasses total ACT and NZ First votes by 140,000

NZ Government is Captured

Written By: - Date published: 12:01 pm, July 24th, 2025 - 11 comments

Winston Peters’ recent “sausage” insults distract From Regulatory Capture in our government. Opinion/analysis by Mountain Tui