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Daily review 28/10/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 28th, 2025 - 3 comments

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Tax: the debate must continue

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Date published: 10:35 am, October 28th, 2025 - 46 comments

Today’s leak of Labour’s tax policy is unsurprising. The later Robertson and long-term Parker views are lost. And this position is at odds with much of the thinking in the Labour Party.

Is that it?

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Date published: 8:13 am, October 28th, 2025 - 151 comments

Labour’s Capital Gains Tax has been released in less than an optimal manner. And the policy is more modest than some would have liked.

Open Mike 28/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 28th, 2025 - 25 comments

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Spare a thought for Christopher Luxon

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Date published: 12:25 pm, October 27th, 2025 - 12 comments

Christopher Luxon successfully contesting his Auckland Council Rates bill will reinforce a strong impression that he is more concerned with personal wealth than the collective good.

Labour Day: the working class and civil emergencies

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Date published: 6:06 am, October 27th, 2025 - 17 comments

On this Labour Day, a massive shout out to all the workers in Southland, Otago and other areas affected by the storms last week. Paid and volunteer, obvious and those in the background doing support for the frontline workers.

Open Mike 27/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 27th, 2025 - 4 comments

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Open Mike 26/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 26th, 2025 - 33 comments

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More RONS!

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Date published: 9:40 am, October 25th, 2025 - 23 comments

National has announced it will be spending nearly three times as much on Roads of National Significance as it campaigned on and has justified dubious investment decisions by changing how benefits are calculated.

Open Mike 25/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 25th, 2025 - 11 comments

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Daily review 24/10/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 24th, 2025 - 3 comments

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Judith gets her marching orders

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Date published: 4:04 pm, October 24th, 2025 - 90 comments

Lauded at the CIA and lectured at the Department of War, Judith Collins last week got her marching orders – prepare New Zealanders to join the next US war against China.

Stuff’s Lloyd Burr infers striking workers are puppets

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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

Open Mike 24/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 24th, 2025 - 30 comments

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We Deserve Better

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Date published: 8:57 pm, October 23rd, 2025 - 68 comments

New Zealand’s media landscape is falling apart. We need a publicly-funded media entity covering television, radio and a digital platform

Daily review 23/10/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 23rd, 2025 - 5 comments

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Open Mike 23/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 23rd, 2025 - 92 comments

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Daily review 22/10/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 22nd, 2025 - 1 comment

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Open Mike 22/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 22nd, 2025 - 41 comments

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Daily review 21/10/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 21st, 2025 - 6 comments

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National’s $62 billion budget hole

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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

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

Labour’s first cornerstone policy is a solid start

Open Mike 21/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 21st, 2025 - 4 comments

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Labour’s Sub-Therapeutic Dose for Economic Sickness

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Date published: 6:41 pm, October 20th, 2025 - 53 comments

Why is Labour proposing $200 million for a growth fund when New Zealand First got $3 billion?

Daily review 20/10/2025

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 20th, 2025 - No comments

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Open Mike 20/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 20th, 2025 - 8 comments

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Judith Collins’ Open Letter Is Dirty Politics

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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

The strange goings on in Papatoetoe

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Date published: 11:03 am, October 19th, 2025 - 3 comments

In the Papatoetoe subdivision of Otara Papatoetoe Local Board complaints of stolen voting papers and voters being told how to vote inside polling booths and in public places have been referred to the police.

Simeon Brown threatens doctors as mega strike looms

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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

Open Mike 19/10/25

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 19th, 2025 - 7 comments

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New Zealand’s Willing Submission To The Pentagon’s Command And Control

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Date published: 9:02 pm, October 18th, 2025 - 23 comments

Our multi-billion billion spend-up on Defence has nothing to do with repelling a foreign invasion. It is all about being led by the US to join in attacking a target – China – located far from our shores.