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Mining, drilling, burning, fast-tracking, polluting, and pillaging are not enough and meet too much resistance (aka burn too much political capital). So, to pay for their Roads of National Nonsense, National is likely to put asset sales back on the table – …

In 2023, 159,043 party votes (5.58% of all votes) were cast for parties that did not make it into Parliament. In my opinion, these were not wasted votes. Rather, a wasted vote is one that isn’t cast at all. https://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_ …

I wonder if National Party candidate selection processes ask potential candidates about climate change. I believe being a real-estate agent automatically qualifies for a position on the National Party list.

It is astonishing that they think he should be given a platform for propaganda instead. Don’t click on it, don’t read it, don’t share it, don’t waste your time on it, because there are better ways to spend your time and you’ll never get it back, IMO.

The CRL makes ego trips a lot easier and faster for many who like to jump on bandwagons. https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-09-2026/exclusive-wayne-brown-has-nicked-off-with-the-ribbon-from-the-crl-opening Real drivers of progress often remain unseen.

This piece puts the nail into political polls. https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/14/campaign-cut-through-political-polls-have-a-science-problem/ But those polls provide infinite talking points, as TS can attest. So, nothing will change.

Labour’s website is not working as it should, it seems. Anyway: https://www.labour.org.nz/news/release-labour-will-strengthen-kiwisaver-for-future-generations/

Yup, let’s hear it for the (nameless) workers who’re rarely acknowledged or celebrated in photo-ops and glossy back-patting write-ups. To his credit, Chris Bishop did mention them in his opening speech. I want to especially recognise today the thousands of …

Once you believe [it], you’ll see it everywhere, don’t you? Did you know that there are people who vote for National in the full knowledge of the party’s attitudes towards their poor fellow New Zealanders?

That is the problem with rushed lawmaking – it is not simply an abstract debate about open democracy, but something that can have very real and devastating consequences for New Zealanders. In early 2024, Newsroom was among commentators asking whether …

In a National nutshell, because the poor (aka the undeserving) are a handbrake on the economy & economic growth, they weigh down society by their existence, they breed crime & lawlessness, and because they’re a burden on taxpayers with their needs & …

You’re prone to making sweeping statements that often include absolute terms but in reality, they show your ignorance and when challenged you twist & turn. Here, you’re missing the point again. In some places, infrastructure will need to be upgraded to …

test [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.]

A nice little write-up on who deserves credit, which is not mutually exclusive but mutually reinforcing, in many cases. https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-08-2026/the-real-heroes-of-the-city-rail-link

FWIW, I share your specific doubt because I have some evidential support for it. However, for many reasons, your absolute comment @ 8.1.2, without any doubt, was inaccurate, oversimplified, and nonsensical, irrespective of what you ‘seriously doubt’ or not …