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Hipkins the Hypocrite
Hipkins called Harry Mowbray’s split-vote campaign an absolute rort by wealthy entrenched interests. Under MMP an overhang is a feature, not a loophole. Chippy only hates it when his mates aren’t running it. If it is absolute fraud, rule Te Pāti Māori out. He will not.
Digital ID rollout targets four million credentials by mid-2028 as eight govt projects kept secret
Government documents reveal a target of issuing four million digital credentials by mid-2028, while officials are withholding details of eight further credential projects across five agencies.
What are the ‘9 new taxes'?
National’s “nine new taxes from Labour and their mates” slogan combines policies from Labour, the Greens, Te Pāti Māori and Opportunity.
Mortgagee sales on track for highest total since 2020
New Zealand’s mortgagee sales are on track to reach their highest annual total since 2020, OneRoof reports.
NZ’s tax take tops Anglosphere in IMF comparison
New Zealand collected tax revenue equivalent to 32.6% of GDP in 2024, placing it sixth among 192 countries and above Australia, Canada, the UK and the US in a comparison that excludes social security contributions.
The PREFU and Strategic Voting Message
Without an overhang, we are still facing a hung-parliament but, with the overhang, the centre-right has a pathway to hold on to power so perhaps the strategic voting message is getting through.
Exclusive Excerpts From Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work
Mr Hager is known to be working on a follow up to both Dirty Politics and Dirty Work, entitled Dirty Jokes. A compendium of jokes scrawled on the parliamentary bathroom walls. The mothers of several well-known MPs are said to figure prominently.
The Shape of Humans to Come
The future human: giant heads, soft bodies and the evolutionary guessing game.
For Political Uncertainty Watch the Colours
Have you noticed the new Labour Party hoardings appearing around the country?
Who Actually Sits on the Right in NZ
My own ideal government does not believe the state should run the economy.
Foodstuffs Did Not Appear by Accident
Foodstuffs didn’t wake up yesterday morning and discover that it had become one of New Zealand’s two major supermarket operators.
Māori Roadside Art Has Become a Cultural Graffiti
An individual piece of Māori roadside art may be perfectly attractive, interesting, or even impressive.
Our Town Is Every Town
The machine cannot tolerate cogs that develop self-awareness. This is the very same machine that ran throughout the Covid years. Having built the technical infrastructure for the Great Barrington Declaration, I recognize the pattern of excommunication intimately.
Wet Gallery. Dry History.
Hager drops a mystery book Tuesday. Gallery sells destiny. The poll charts from 2002 to 2020 say noise. Agitprop in a journalist costume.
Quick Hit: Breach Of Trust. Then The SFO.
Van Velden has lost confidence in FENZ CE Kerry Gregory after a seriously significant file was withheld for a year. SFO sits on a historical levy matter FENZ says is proactive and not Gregory personally. Accountability needs the file. Breach of trust. Then the SFO.
Face of the Day
Ngarewa-Packer made the remark after Speaker Maureen Pugh told fellow Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara to watch her language in response to her calling the government’s move-on orders “bull crap”.
Science Saturday
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Where Is Chippy? Chris Hipkins Ducks Hard Questions On Labour's Tax Plan
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The Complicated Legalities Behind 3rd Party Election Campaigning
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How High Did the Grooming Cover Up Go?
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Continued Contempt of Parliament from Te Pāti Māori
If they don’t like the institution of parliament and its standing orders, then they can always go back to the mat.