Quick Hit: The Letter That Bought $4.9m
OT treated a thank-you letter from Willie Jackson's wife as the business case for $4.9m. Not procurement. A family note with a price tag.
Election 2026
What Will Hipkins Have to Give Away?
KiwiPower, KiwiMart, Wealth Taxes, and Te Tiriti: What survives negotiations?
He Wouldn’t Say The Number. Now We Know Why.
Hipkins sold an above-30 comfort blanket and would not read the figure. Anacta just printed Labour 31, National 30. Show me the numbers. He had them.
Hung. Both Under Thirty. Still Demanding Your Party Vote.
Both majors under 30. Hung Parliament. National still wants your party vote while it buys zero list MPs.
Tax – A Burden We Don’t Need
We have to keep the tax gatherers well away from the seat of power. The coalition may not have given us all we voted for but they are certainly preferable to those occupying the opposition benches. This is why tactical voting has come to the fore and why it is so important.
The CTU Already Wrote Chippy’s Budget
The union wrote the invoice. Chippy just signs it.
This Is a Fragile Recovery
A debate is raging over the state of New Zealand’s economy, as we head towards the election. Some say a recovery is well underway, while others claim it remains in crisis. Both can’t be right, so let’s see what the data shows. But first, some background. When
One Picture
There’s a big difference between mediocre electoral conjuring and genuine political magic.
Proudest Legacy. Selective Memory.
They invented the scheme, waited for National’s homework, forced the boss, softened the worker and skipped the cut they cried about.
Wind It Up Or Make It Binding.
One side wants a finish line. The other wants an unelected veto. Wind it up or watch them put it above you.