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Why the next election will not be easy for Labour
chris hipkins, climate change, economy, election 2026, Environment, greens, labour, national, poverty, same old national, science, te pāti māori, winston petersThis may be a one term National Government. But electoral law reform, the state of Labour’s coalition partners, a possible economic upturn and a change in National’s leader threaten this.
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New Zealand losing democracy rapidly
chris bishop, Christopher Luxon, democracy under attack, democratic participation, erica stanford, social democracyMany unaware as what we hold dear and for granted slips.
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The Committee Coup: Democracy Unravels in Palmerston North
The recent decision by PNCC to remove Rangitāne o Manawatū representatives from the Culture, Arts, and Community Committee, and to remove the independent member from the Finance and Audit Committee, is not an administrative tidying-up exercise. It is a political statement.
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The tawdry silly argument in favour of selling assets
act, assets, Christopher Luxon, national, nz first, privatisation, same old national, Tobacco, winston petersWinston Peters has criticised National’s proposal to campaign at the next election on asset sales in a way that makes you wonder how National and NZ First can survive in coalition.
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Treaty what treaty?
casey costello, Christopher Luxon, national, nz first, racism, same old national, treaty settlementsThe Government’s all out assault on te Tiriti o Waitangi continues. And this time supposed liberal Erica Sanford is engaged in the latest assault.
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The attempted hostile takeover of Kelston Boys High School
Individual State Schools face the prospect of hostile takeover by groups that may wish to change dramatically the way that the school is run. And Kelston Boys High School is a test case for how the process may work.
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We Deserve Better
New Zealand’s media landscape is falling apart. We need a publicly-funded media entity covering television, radio and a digital platform
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Plunket declares war on the BSA
broadcasting, david seymour, human rights, Media, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorized, winston petersSean Plunket has threatened to sue the Broadcasting Standards Authority after it released a draft opinion suggesting that broadcasters using the internet should be subject to the same requirements as traditional broadcasters.
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Voices for Freedom’s local government campaign
Anti vax organisation Voices for Freedom has published a glossy well presented booklet suggesting how local body campaigns should be run. And it looks like a number of right wing campaigns are borrowing heavily from the information in the booklet.
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Simeon Brown Cagey On Privatisation Meeting with Serco
The British multinational meeting was first reported by ODT. Plus: Physician Associates spell more danger for the health of our health system
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The Government wants to cheat the next election result
Christopher Luxon, election 2026, elections, electoral commission, electoral systems, human rights, making shit up, spin, you couldn't make this shit upChristopher Luxon is sticking to his lines that the proposed changes to the Electoral Law will speed up the result even though this will disenfranchise an estimated 55,000 kiwis and even though the Chief Electoral Officer has said that if properly resourced the changes will make no difference.
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This trick of National could win them the 2026 election
Dirty Politics, electoral commission, electoral systems, national/act government, paul goldsmith, same old nationalUS voter suppression tactics are back in vogue and National’s Coalition is bringing them to Aotearoa New Zealand
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Local and by-election turnouts
I was asked “Do you think that the Tamaki Makaurau by-election will be a signal of whether the TMP almost clean sweep of the Maori electorate seats will continue?”. My response was that the characteristic of by-elections was that results were defined by people not voting. It is also what is going to happen in local body elections later this year. That is a problem.
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So, New Zealand First Then?
In 2026 New Zealand First in all likelihood will be back in power because Labour and National will need them to form government.
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Why Changing the Government Should Be Enough
Outrage is easy. Outrage feels righteous. But outrage without discipline destroys the very people it claims to save.
If we want transformation that endures, we must build it brick by brick. Or watch it burn, again.
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It Is Not Enough Only to Change the Government
act, Austerity, australian politics, Bernie Sanders, capital gains, capitalism, chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, class war, Coalition NZ, coalition of chaos, cost of living, david parker, david seymour, Economy, election 2023, election 2026, election funding, elections, greens, helen clark, inequality, jacinda ardern, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, labour, Left, national, national/act government, nz first, political alternatives, Politics, polls, social democracy, tax, te pāti māori, treasury, uk politics, us politics, vision, winston petersEveryone on the left can agree that we must change the government. Elliot Crossan argues that if Labour wins in 2026 and refuses […]
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Gaslighters of the world unite
David Seymour has complained that New Zealand has “some of the most anemic governing arrangements in the world constitutionally” without acknowledging that his Goverment could change this.
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No mandate for this
act, Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, health and safety, Judith Collins, national, national/act government, Unions, workers' rightsPartial strike law penalties used on nurses trying to keep themselves safe is emblematic of the wider libertarian playbook within the NZ government
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National Government will have increased gross debt by over $100b – Who benefits ?
Christopher Luxon, Debt, debt / deficit, economy, Economy, grant robertson, infrastructure, jacinda ardern, labour, national/act government, nicola willis, PropagandaThe debt bogeyman has been unleashed in NZ, which we will examine – but even on face value, National Party debt is 25% more than Labour’s full debt contribution over 6 years – with no global pandemic
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NZ sleepwalking towards bastardised hybrid health model
Half-baked attempts to fix New Zealand’s failing health system has resulted in Aotearoa drifting into a hybrid public-private model that threatens to combine the worst of both worlds. Isn’t it time to seriously review the working model
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Old fast track, new fast track
What are Labour’s intentions towards protecting communities and the environment?
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Can we trust Shane Jones?
Using a really shoddy parliamentary procedure Shane Jones has introduced an amendment to a bill that will potentially reduce oil industry liability for clean up costs.
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Judith Collins believes proposed changes to enrollment laws breaches Bill of Rights
Christopher Luxon, election 2023, human rights, Judith Collins, national, paul goldsmith, same old nationalJudith Collins has issued a Bill of Rights report which concludes that National’s proposed changes to the enrollment electoral laws breach the Bill of Rights Act.
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Goldsmith’s Voter Suppression Affects 15-20% of Voters
act, Dirty Politics, election 2023, greens, labour, national/act government, nz first, paul goldsmith, te pāti māori, us politics, vote smartThe voters registered about 13 days leading up to and including election day surpasses total ACT and NZ First votes by 140,000
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Only a dropkick would want to make voting harder
National has announced electoral law changes that will disenfranchise some voters who tend to vote left. And David Seymour has described them as being dropkicks.
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Sport Must Stand Up. Sport Must Lead. Sport Must Include Everyone.
Guest post from Louisa Wall. The government’s decision to scrap Sport New Zealand’s transgender inclusion guidelines for community sport is not leadership. It is exclusion by neglect.
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The left should unite on tax, fast
… before the election starts to get real.
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You Can’t Kill A Rainbow
The incongruence of transgender fear
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Everybody is wrong except David Seymour *
Christopher Luxon, coalition of chaos, david seymour, making shit up, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, United Nations, winston peters, you couldn't make this shit up* according to Seymour when it comes to International and Domestic condemnation of his Regulatory Standards Bill.
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China is not a threat to Regional Peace
The real threat to peace in our region does not stem from China, but from a “China threat” narrative—promoted by the United States to rally other nations behind its China containment agenda.
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New Zealand starting to feel the pointy end of the climate crisis
Nelson Tasman region is still in a civil emergency and our climate denying Prime Minister is signalling an end to future flood bail outs.
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A different way of doing politics
jacinda ardern, labour, maori party, Peeni Henare, te pāti māori, Te Reo Māori, uncategorized, willie jacksonHopefully what we witnessed in Parliament this week will return a trend to the politics of kindness that Jacinda Ardern practised. And one holding respect for Te Ao Māori at its core.
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The mother of the mother of all budgets is unrepentant
Ruth Richardson remains totally convinced that her “mother of all budgets” was appropriate and claims that it was responsible for slaying inflation and promoting a high-growth high-wage high-employment economy.
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The Auckland Mayoralty
With National aligned Desley Simpson ruling herself out of the Mayoralty race and pledging support for Wayne Brown Auckland’s mayoral contest looks like it will be a two way battle between Brown and Kerrin Leoni.
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Trump and Musk: One Big Beautiful Break-up
act, Christopher Luxon, Coalition NZ, david seymour, Donald Trump, International, national, nz first, tech industry, trade, us politics, winston petersThe world’s richest man has fallen out with the President he helped elect. Elliot Crossan asks: does this mark the beginning of the […]
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Homelessness up by 58% in Auckland
auckland supercity, benefits, chris bishop, chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, crime, housing, labour, local government, national, national/act government, prisons, same old national, Social issues$250mn in emergency housing “savings” a year under National, while government increases corrections budget to ~$2b a year, and will surpass NZ’s ”moral and fiscal prison failure prison rate” by 2026
