Wong marathon questions become test of political and media integrity
Independent researcher Penny Marie drew attention to Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong crossing the Auckland Marathon finish line wearing a bib registered to another woman.
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More Kiwis raid KiwiSaver for hardship than to buy their first home
More than 44,000 New Zealanders withdrew money from KiwiSaver because of financial hardship during the first nine months of 2026, exceeding the number who accessed their savings to buy a first home.
RNZ defends Wong coverage, then stops posting about her
RNZ says it is “confident balance is being achieved” after Chris Lynch Media questioned the number of Facebook posts featuring Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong.
First move-on orders target disorder, not rough sleeping
Police issued 29 move-on orders during the law’s first nine days, but none was issued merely for rough sleeping or begging.
MBIE boss who misled Parliament chaired group that kept zombie $50m project alive
MBIE chief executive Nic Blakeley chaired the governance group that approved continuing a failed biometric IT project, despite later describing himself as not “closely involved”.
Full-time jobs fall as wages fail to keep pace with prices
New Zealand lost 17,000 full-time jobs during the September quarter as more workers shifted into part-time employment and wage growth fell well behind inflation.
Poll’s hung Parliament depends on counting Opportunity with the left
The final Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll predicts a 60–60 hung Parliament, but only by placing Opportunity’s seven projected MPs in an “Opposition Bloc” with Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori.
Politics may depend more on how macho you feel than whether you are a man
Whether people consider themselves masculine or feminine may predict their political behaviour better than biological sex, according to research involving more than 3,000 American adults.
Transparency push singles out right-wing donors while unions remain in the shadows
A Newsroom analysis has called for disclosure of donors to third-party election campaigns.
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ABC Wails as Luvvie Jailed
Childrens’ author Craig Silvey is a grotesque predator, but the ABC despairs that children won’t get to read his books any more.