Cash for Access: $8000 for National Party Cabinet, $10000 for PM
National is fundraising and for $10,000 you can buy access to sit with the PM
Open Mike 25/03/2026
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Ciao, Brooke Van Velden
ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden announced her resignation today. What did she achieve during her tenure? And how will history remember her?
Why does this Government hate poor people?
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.
Open Mike 24/03/2026
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Winston Peters signals willingness to send military assets to assist USA
Is NZ going to join the Iran war?
Open Mike 23/03/2026
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Nicola Willis signals higher pollutant fuel coming to New Zealand
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
We owe a great debt to Grant Robertson
Today I learned, we owe a great debt to Grant Roberston and just wanted to say thanks
Open Mike 22/03/2026
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Neoliberalism is anathema to effective crisis management
Don’t hold on to an old umbrella in a wuthering storm.
Open Mike 21/03/2026
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What We Can Do
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.
Open Mike 20/03/2026
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Our Willingness To Earn US Approval, Via China-Bashing
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.
The oil crisis: “We live in challenging times”
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.
Open Mike 19/03/2026
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Failure to lead – is New Zealand is walking into an energy shock?
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon should be fired over the imperilment of the New Zealand economy by his government’s laissez-faire response to the coming energy shock.
Open Mike 18/03/2026
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Why scrapping Labour’s climate change policies has made the oil crisis worse
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.
Greenpeace on NZ’s Fuel Supply Resiliency Plan
“True resilience will not come from stockpiling more finite, fossil fuels, but from reducing our reliance on fossil fuels altogether.” – Greenpeace
Open Mike 17/03/2026
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PSA: Help Us Now – 23,000 Home Support Workers Hit By Petrol Price Hikes Urge Govt. To Act
“There are 23,000 home support workers on low wages who look after our most vulnerable people – the elderly, disabled and injured – every single day who need help urgently, right now. They deserve better than being left to foot the bill” – Fleur Fitzsimons, PSA
Open Mike 16/03/2026
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Open Mike 15/03/2026
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The oil crisis – What would Jacinda do?
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?
Open Mike 14/03/2026
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Will Israel/US wreck the Gulf States & Iran?
We are now in the opening days of what may be the decisive war to determine either the survival of the Iranian state or the expulsion of the US from the Arab lands.
Open Mike 13/03/2026
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The oil crisis: she’ll be right?
“Every emergency plan principle that I’m aware of says you communicate early, honestly and with a plan.” – Nathan Surendran
Lies, damned lies and Shane Jones’ Oil Refinery take
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.
Open Mike 12/03/2026
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What Should Be In the Plan for New Zealand’s Upcoming Oil Crisis?
In the short and medium term, what should this government do as a plan?
Open Mike 11/03/2026
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Open Mike 10/03/2026
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What will Winston do if National sacks Luxon?
Winston Peters has been in this scenario before. The brutal replacement of Jim Bolger as PM in 1997 eventually saw Peters walk away from the coalition. What will happen this time around?