Catching Up After the Holidays: The World Didn’t Stop and Neither Did We
I hope you’ve all enjoyed a solid break over the holidays. We certainly did, recharging for what’s ahead. Now, we’re ramped up and ready for a cracker of an election year. Let’s make it count.
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Tremain had been fighting a highly aggressive cancer, angiosarcoma. It was diagnosed in 2024, just weeks after the death of his wife, Jill.
Latest Poll Nightmare for National: Luxon’s Leadership a Sinking Ship
As these poll numbers sink in, expect the ranks of National MPs facing the chop to swell. More and more will lose their seats if this holds up. That reality only grows the ‘anyone but Luxon’ faction within the party.
Exclusive: McCarten’s Receipts Blow the Lid Off MUMA’s Coverup: Lies, Bullying and Union-Busting Exposed in Damning Documents
What’s astonishing is the ostrich-like stance of legacy media. While they’ve chased trivial stories, the Good Oil has doggedly uncovered layer after layer of this scandal.
Finally, Some Commonsense in Election Laws: No More Freebies and Last-Minute Shenanigans
These reforms were necessary because some outfits have been abusing the system. Now the playing field is a tad fairer. Good on the coalition for sorting it out.
National’s Grim HYEFU Reality: The Economy Isn’t Fixed and Voters Know It
National has work to do...and fast. Otherwise, a lot of those blue seats will turn red next election.
Hipkins’ Gall in Promising a ‘New’ Labour: Same Old Hypocrisy from the Chipster
Hipkins had his shot as PM and it was a dud. Kiwis saw through the spin then, and they’ll do it again in 2026. Save your breath, Chris. No one’s buying.
Willie Jackson’s MUMA Scandal: 12 Days On and Legacy Media Still Protecting Labour’s Elite
Legacy media need to grow some balls and start reporting this. But they will not, so we will keep going.
Nicola Willis’s Blunder: Handing Ruth Richardson a Megaphone She Doesn’t Deserve
How National’s political brains trust missed this is baffling. It is straight out of the playbook. Remember Ronald Reagan’s killer line from 1980: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Swap in two years and it fits New Zealand like a glove.
Another Dismal Poll for National: Luxon Sinks Further as Election Looms
National cannot keep pretending everything is fine. This poll is a wake-up call, if they have not hit snooze too many times already. With 2026 looming, they better find some spine or prepare for a long stint in opposition.