This is nothing more than a cynical, shameless vote-grab, cruelly preying on the genuine anxiety of families struggling to put food on the table. It promises cheap groceries, but delivers nothing but empty promises, empty shelves and economic fairy tales.
The current government, on balance, deserves to be re-elected and they are certainly better than the alternative currently on offer.
This is essentially what those on the right have been asking for: a clean-up of judicial activism and a better application of Treaty references and their interpretation by the judiciary.
Opportunity on 5.3 and six seats. Right 59, left 55. Neither governs without Wong.
Labour got National’s sub-30 gift and still went backwards. Opportunity is the maths problem both majors made.
Labour has unveiled its 2026 campaign slogan: 'Better starts now.' Leader Chris Hipkins made the announcement at a suburban home in Christchurch after taking a tumble in the latest poll. The party has been repeating ad nauseum its focus on "jobs, health, homes and the cost of
The head of the Electoral Commission needs to explain what will be done to ensure the 28,000 New Zealanders applying to help run the 2026 election are not subjected to separatist indoctrination.
This is where we are, with a much greater reliance on ACT and NZ First to get National over the line on November 7. This should not be the case but these are the cards National has dealt the coalition.
Why believe the sequel when they wrote the first draft?
TVNZ sold an independent oncologist. Viewers didn’t get the Labour MP wife.
The campaign manager will not sell the leader’s line.
A country that lets non-citizens vote in a general election is not being kind – it is being sloppy. Most countries do not do it.
In his latest article, Bill Chambers offers a remarkably clear and concise blueprint on how voters can actively use this mechanism to shift the balance of power.
How both sides of politics are thinking strategically about voting.
