Last Friday on Radio NZ’s Nine to Noon Auckland councilor Christine Fletcher (a former National Party minister so hardly a raving lefty) called the latest densification plan for Auckland “planning by firing squad”. The plan is consistent with a government mandated Auckland planning option backed…
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Winston Peters Has Sold Our Country Out For Peanuts Yes, even putting aside its utter ineffectiveness as an “economic policy”, and allowance for managed funds as an "investment", it’s also an extremely low threshold for the wealthy. Peters campaigned on reversing and blocking National’s proposed…
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Opinion/analysis: Part 1 of the series is here Conservative Michael Reddell deserves credit for helping to uncover the Neil Quigley / Nicola Willis cover up scandal. Here is the OIA response he received from Treasury on Orr’s last meeting with Treasury/RBNZ. I’ll highlight some key…
At the start of the election campaign in 2017, Metiria Turei gave a speech about the difficulties of life on a benefit in New Zealand. She talked about her early adult life as a young mum and the things she needed to do to survive…
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It is hard to imagine how this Government can continue to function properly given what Shane Jones said today. At a meeting of grey haired NZ First members he was his bombastic best. He raised the spectre of Nuclear Power for New Zealand. This frankly…
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Earlier this year the Kaipara District Council commissioned Franks Ogilvie to prepare a report outlining local Council’s obligations to Māori. The resulting 126-page report , which cost an unbudgeted $52,000, was narrowly approved by the Council in a 5-4 vote. 68 pages were recycled advice…
As news hit tonight that RBNZ Chair Neil Quigley resigned with “immediate effect” a few minutes before the 6pm news bulletins, more information is starting to drip out as to why. In short, Quigley, a National Party loyalist with links to ACT Party regulation, lied…
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Outrage is easy. Outrage feels righteous. But outrage without discipline destroys the very people it claims to save. New Zealand has tried revolutions before: Rogernomics, Ruthanasia. And forty years later, it’s workers, renters, and families still paying the bill. If we want transformation that endures, we…
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Everyone on the left can agree that we must change the government. Elliot Crossan argues that if Labour wins in 2026 and refuses to transform the system generating extreme inequality, NZ society will continue to fragment. Change the government. This is currently the unanimous goal of…
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Act's proposal for a four year Parliamentary term with safeguards built in has been reported back by the Justice Select Committee. It has by majority recommended that there be a referendum on the concept of a four year term. The provision allowing a four year…
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Watching NZME Newstalk ZB is like watching Fox News to my mind. Earlier in the year, Fox hosted then “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency) head Elon Musk where he spouted the "benefits" of his cost cutting exercises in the USA. It was extraordinary to watch…
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Brooke van Velden's attack on workers rights and wages and conditions continues unabated. And the latest attack should, in a properly functioning democracy, see her removed as a Minister. She recently announced the appointment of four new members to the Employment Relations Authority. The Beehive…
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