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.
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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.
Own goal? Foodstuffs’ poll favours supermarket split, but voters doubt cheaper groceries
A poll commissioned by Foodstuffs and leaked to Stuff found 45% supported National’s policy to investigate forcing Pak’nSave and New World into separate companies, while 38% opposed it.
Is Te Pāti Māori’s ‘one-tick’ strategy helping fuel the Greens’ surge?
Te Pāti Māori’s campaign for electorate votes may be contributing to rising Green support among Māori, according to commentators discussing a new Mata-Horizon poll.
Who are you calling racist? ACT candidate heckled over Te Tiriti
ACT’s Auckland Central candidate Antonia Modkova faced repeated heckling at a recent Auckland Central candidates’ debate after opposing different rights based on ancestry during a discussion about Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
NZ First candidate questions media focus on old tweets over family violence and youth suicide
NZ First’s Takanini candidate Elliot Ikilei has questioned why his 2022 comments about Andrew Tate are “more urgent than fatherlessness, family violence, youth suicide, and the collapse of two-parent homes in the communities I actually work in”.
Two million-dollar helicopters forfeited over luxury crayfish trips
Queenstown’s Helicopter Line has been fined $12,000 and ordered to forfeit two helicopters worth more than $1 million each after pleading guilty to four fisheries offences involving luxury crayfish excursions.
TOP’s trawling bottom line sparks clash over Māori Treaty fishing rights
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong’s demand to phase out bottom trawling as a condition of supporting the next government has put TOP on a collision course with Māori fishing interests.
Murderess’s wish for all-female execution team ends in botched lethal injection
Convicted murderer Christa Pike survived Tennessee’s September 30 lethal-injection attempt after apparently receiving the all-female execution team she had requested.
Throwing Good Money After Bad Is Easy When It’s Not Yours
‘Snowy 2.0’ is costing billions and may never be finished: it’s time to stop.
Time for Cable Street 2.0
This time, the left are playing the role of Mosley’s Blackshirts.
Quick Hit: Own It, Both Of You
National pledges a digital trans-Tasman trial before the 2028 T20 World Cup. Hipkins says he and Albanese agreed it in 2023. Luxon says you need National to get things done. The row is about credit, not caution. Own it, both of you.
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.
For Political Uncertainty Watch the Colours
Have you noticed the new Labour Party hoardings appearing around the country?