Record exodus to Australia as New Zealanders chase better pay and stability
“In New Zealand, I was putting groceries on Afterpay.”
Centrist
Home building rebounds as new consents hit two-year high
“Lower mortgage rates could lift property values, which would help cement a more robust upturn in 2026.”
Harvard writer says Trump-era funding cuts may bring ‘the beginning of the end for academia’
"Although these cuts might not look important, they signify something far darker..."
Teachers denounce ‘Eurocentric’ and ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum as a step backwards for ‘Aotearoa’
“Omitting this discourages kids from learning the full history of Aotearoa."
TPU audit suggests free GP visits won’t fix a doctor shortage
A “political gimmick to justify a new tax.”
Hobson’s Pledge warns private property rights threatened by ‘heritage’ claims
“Most of us assume Treaty settlements deal with Crown land, not your backyard, not your family farm."
Bill Gates says climate change ‘won’t end humanity’
Does this mean the conspiracy theorists were right?
Campaign truck for Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara listed as repossessed
“It’s not my truck. Ask the owner. I have no knowledge of it.”
Newman: Bureaucratic defiance reveals NZ’s ‘deep state’ problem
"...no nation prospers when its people are divided..."
NZ joins Nordic nations in call for free Gaza aid and full ceasefire implementation
They welcomed “the first phase of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict”.
Is the media really ignoring Te Pāti Māori or protecting it?
The divide may not be over whether TPM’s behaviour has been chaotic, but over who has failed the public more – the party itself, or a media establishment.
Labour backs 28 percent capital gains tax
Party leader Chris Hipkins said the revenue would help pay for a new “Medicard” scheme, giving “a limited number of free GP visits.”
Te Pāti Māori moves to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
“As far as I’m concerned, this so-called suspension has no mana.”