What To Expect if the Left Wins
So, what can New Zealanders expect from a Labour-Green-Opportunity-Te Pāti Māori coalition government? More power for those who run the system. Less power for those who own it.
Election 2026
Media’s New Darling: Opportunity’s Magical Rise to Almost-Relevant
A left-wing party that refuses to admit it is left-wing has been gifted credibility it has not earned, while the same media that spent years dismissing similar parties now act as its unpaid campaign managers.
Health Troughers Demand You Suffer So Others Can Be Saved From Themselves
If the Health Coalition wants to keep framing the issue as industry greed versus public good, it should at least drop the pretence that its solutions respect individual agency. They do not.
A Second-Term 3-Way Wastes More Years
I am concerned about the possibility of Labour winning this election. However, I’m equally concerned that the next three years will be wasted by New Zealand First being part of the government after November 7.
Swarbrick and Her Unchallenged Claims
If we don't reach climate targets, it doesn't matter.
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.
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.
