Paul Henry’s Silly Game and Labour’s Predictable Meltdown
Paul Henry played a dumb game and gave a dumb answer. Labour turned it into a full-scale moral panic. One of those is funny. The other is just sad.
Election 2026
Who Would They Put in Power?
If the Opportunity leadership is willing to go against the clearest preference of its own supporters, it should at least explain before the election how that might occur.
Nash Nails It: MPs’ Maternity Grift Exposed While Ordinary Kiwis Get Scraps
If Nash’s comments spark a proper look at how parental leave actually works for our elected representatives versus everyone else, then he has done the country a favour, clumsy wording or not.
NZ First Continues to Rise
Newsroom says polling data hint at a record election performance from NZ First. They reflected back to 1996 when the party registered as high as 29 per cent before settling back at 15 per cent. I would not be surprised if NZ First hit that target this time or surpassed it.
National the Enemy Within, Part Three
The Luxon years, the future, the battle for New Zealand’s democracy.
Rents Under TOP
The flood of ‘free money’ in the form of the UBI will cause increased rents and inflation-driven price hikes.
Paul Henry Is a Game Changer
Can Paul Henry’s star-power alone give ACT a lift in the polls? Undoubtedly, which is why ACT went to the effort of holding a press conference to announce a single candidate and express confidence that he would receive a high list placing.
ACT’s Libertarian Mask Slips: Snitching, Smartphone Bans and Gun Grabs Reveal the Hypocrisy
Kiwis are not buying the gaslighting any more. If ACT wants to halt their polling slide, they need to ditch the contradictions and actually stand for liberty, not just talk about it when it suits.
ACT’s High Hopes for Henry
It's sure to be second-time successful for the former TV host.
Luxon’s Leadership is a Sinking Ship and the Polls Prove It
The coalition arithmetic is getting tighter and the punters are looking elsewhere. National under Luxon is bleeding support and the excuses are wearing thin.
National’s Economic Gamble: Peter Dunne’s Rose-Tinted Glasses Ignore the Bleed to Winston
National’s strategy is risky, sure. But pretending Labour has the answers is riskier still. The next few months will decide whether the economic recovery translates into votes or whether the coalition’s hard work gets rewarded with another term.
You Have 90 Seconds to Impact
A pilot who freezes is not a pilot. He is a passenger with a better view.
Herald Poll of Polls Dresses Up Wishful Thinking as Science
Kiwis are still rejecting the previous government’s failures and the media’s desperate attempts to manufacture a left-wing comeback keep falling flat.
National and Labour Team up to Ram Through Social Media Ban, Proving They Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
National rails against Labour when it suits them, yet reaches for their votes the moment their own coalition partners refuse to play ball.