Election 2026
The Good Oil Podcast – Episode 34 – Billy Brown
“The only person who’s going to save you is yourself” – Billy Brown on meritocracy, iwi elites and why New Zealand needs to start digging.
Hipkins’ Policy Silence Doesn’t Matter
Why the Labour leader’s failure to disclose policy is irrelevant.
Willis Buys Breathing Room and Leaves Labour in a Fiscal Chokehold
Willis has not fixed everything but she has stabilised the ship and forced the opposition to show their hand.
Willis Revives English’s Losing Playbook With Super Attack on Winston
Willis would do well to focus on fixing the books rather than picking fights she cannot win.
Willis Delivers Election Budget With Bank Tax Hammer, Winston Wins Big and Surplus Promises
National has shown they can manage the books better than Labour but the new bank tax is a reminder that fiscal discipline is still a work in progress.
Taxpayers’ Union Drops Bomb: Ardern’s 2019 Wellbeing Budget Would Deliver 13.5 Billion Surplus Today
This budget is the test. Will Nicola Willis pass it, or will she keep pretending the spending party never happened? Kiwis are watching.
Which Way Will Winston Jump?
The only way Winston can continue to make gains is by staying with the present coalition. Therefore my bet is the coalition will be re-elected and Winston will play a part.
National’s Panic Attack on Winston Reveals the Real Problem: They’re Labour Lite
If National keeps this up, they risk handing Winston an even stronger hand in post-election negotiations. Attacking him now could exact a fair bit of utu later.
It Seems the Uniparty Says No
Will they support the bill to define biological sex in law all the way?
We Should Pity the Young
The category conspicuously absent from Woke’s hierarchy of victimhood.
Labour’s Nasty Underbelly Exposed in Leaked Audio
For a party that spent six years telling us they were kind and caring, this recording rips the mask off.
Who to Vote for Being Made Easier
Chris Hipkins believes we don’t really care about the details re the Future Fund. What an abjectly ignorant little prat! This is one of his party’s cornerstone policies yet he expects that we will blindly vote for it because we are supposedly not interested in the details.
Hipkins Reckons Kiwis Don’t Care About Details in Labour’s Half Baked Future Fund
New Zealand has seen this movie before. Flashy announcements followed by vague costing and eventual disappointment. The Future Fund is simply the latest installment.
Willis Takes Another Swing At Winston And Misses Badly
This is shabby politics from Willis. Attacking Peters yet again because she can. It is all too obvious. She is building a case to have a crack at Luxon when the polls do not improve for National.