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Written By: - Date published: 3:17 pm, April 18th, 2026 - 25 comments
My hunch is that Luxon stands down as Prime Minister, to be replaced by Mark Mitchell.
Written By: - Date published: 10:10 am, April 18th, 2026 - No comments
Following threats against Canada, Greenland, Denmark and engaging in attacks on Iran, Venezuela, Latin America, Nigeria, Syria and Iraq Donald Trump has now attacked the Pope.
Written By: - Date published: 12:13 pm, April 17th, 2026 - 11 comments
Is this the final straw for Luxon? And what legacy has he left behind?
Written By: - Date published: 9:45 am, April 17th, 2026 - 48 comments
We need to stop slagging off the people who have the only chance of forming a centre left government this year.
Written By: - Date published: 9:42 am, April 17th, 2026 - 34 comments
National is leaking like a sieve. Either a coup is under way or a group of disgruntled MPs are busily attempting to destabilise Luxon’s leadership. Either way this is not good for National.
Written By: - Date published: 9:47 am, April 16th, 2026 - 23 comments
Israel is the UAE’s close ally. They collaborate on the War on Iran and in heartless state-destruction campaigns for greater geopolitical weight in the region
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Written By: - Date published: 4:48 pm, April 11th, 2026 - 67 comments
The Cuban Missile crisis was solved by intelligent leadership acting in the best interests of their nations. The current Iranian crisis shows no sign of quality leadership.
Written By: - Date published: 4:46 pm, April 11th, 2026 - 36 comments
An ideological reflex to an economic challenge has severe limitations by design.
Written By: - Date published: 9:07 am, April 8th, 2026 - 16 comments
Vanushi Walters has outlined a stark contrast between the Government’s appeasement of Donald Trump and Labour’s desire to have an independent principle based foreign policy.
Written By: - Date published: 10:15 am, April 6th, 2026 - 48 comments
As this Government’s inaction over the oil crisis becomes more pronounced more and more people are noticing that Christopher Luxon is missing in action.
Written By: - Date published: 5:38 pm, April 5th, 2026 - 19 comments
Christopher Luxon this week showed strong leadership by demoting Chris Bishop for a coup against Luxon that was staged six months ago.
Written By: - Date published: 4:35 pm, April 5th, 2026 - 38 comments
What if Donald Trump is right and the West should reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
Written By: - Date published: 12:13 pm, April 2nd, 2026 - 31 comments
The Government’s complete reluctance to do anything about the approaching oil crisis is in stark contrast to the approach adopted by more progressive administrative governments overseas.
Written By: - Date published: 9:06 am, April 2nd, 2026 - 59 comments
reasons to feel hopeful but not complacent.
Written By: - Date published: 3:08 pm, March 29th, 2026 - 14 comments
David Seymour is supplying misleading ideas on how to boost our fuel resilience.
Written By: - Date published: 10:07 pm, March 27th, 2026 - 23 comments
Shane Jones appeals for understanding for the Coalition, but did he extend any to others?
Written By: - Date published: 6:41 pm, March 27th, 2026 - 24 comments
NZ First have been busy sowing disinformation. So why don’t they take responsibility for cancelling a decision to stock public diesel reserves and increase duration?
Written By: - Date published: 1:43 pm, March 26th, 2026 - 7 comments
Stand with Pike representatives have submitted to the Government that its proposed changes to worker safety laws will make people less safe at work.
Written By: - Date published: 2:57 pm, March 25th, 2026 - 31 comments
The Government’s targeted fuel support is pork-barrelling.
Written By: - Date published: 1:16 pm, March 25th, 2026 - 5 comments
National is fundraising and for $10,000 you can buy access to sit with the PM
Written By: - Date published: 1:29 pm, March 24th, 2026 - 30 comments
ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden announced her resignation today. What did she achieve during her tenure? And how will history remember her?
Written By: - Date published: 11:15 am, March 24th, 2026 - 23 comments
The Government will today announce its response to increasing pressure on household budgets cause by the oil crisis. And it seems inevitable that poor people who are not working will be excluded from its effect.
Written By: - Date published: 7:49 pm, March 23rd, 2026 - 24 comments
Is NZ going to join the Iran war?
Written By: - Date published: 7:21 pm, March 22nd, 2026 - 3 comments
As fuel crisis continues, National continues to hesitate and “analyse”. Today Willis denied she was not taking it seriously but also said her first port of call was to increase the range of fuels available for import into the country
Written By: - Date published: 5:16 pm, March 22nd, 2026 - 9 comments
Today I learned, we owe a great debt to Grant Roberston and just wanted to say thanks
Written By: - Date published: 6:50 pm, March 20th, 2026 - 30 comments
In absence of a concrete leadership plan from this government to address the impending oil supply crisis, this post is for us to simply note down what actions we are taking ourselves.
Written By: - Date published: 7:10 pm, March 19th, 2026 - 7 comments
The Chinese Embassy is right. The recent joint statement by Australia and New Zealand condemning China’s actions in the South China Sea reads like a relic from a bygone colonial era.
Written By: - Date published: 4:33 pm, March 19th, 2026 - 46 comments
The government has shifted position and is now directly talking about the need to plan and prepare for a potential crisis and doing so for the worst case scenario.
Written By: - Date published: 1:38 pm, March 17th, 2026 - 10 comments
Driven by ideology, this Government has worsened the country’s prospects to reduce oil dependance by axing policies that would have cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
Written By: - Date published: 11:52 am, March 14th, 2026 - 43 comments
Jacinda Ardern led the country through some of the most taxing international crises imaginable. How would she deal with the potential oil shock caused by the Iranian war and how does this compare to Christopher Luxon’s response?
Written By: - Date published: 1:31 pm, March 12th, 2026 - 29 comments
Shane Jones has been making a song and dance about how the previous Labour Government was responsible for the closure of the Marsden Point Refinery. But a perusal of the cabinet paper he cites in support shows that this clearly is not the case.
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